Calzone with ham - perfect for packed lunches

Ingredients

Freezer friendly

( 2 adults and 2 kids )

  • 500 gramspizza dough
  • 100 mlpizza sauce
  • 175 gramsham strips
  • 1 ballmozzarella
  •  baking parchment
  •  semolina flour- or plain
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This recipe is for the yummiest calzones, perfect for packed lunches. They're made with ham, tomato sauce and mozzarella, but you can also use leftover bolognese, if you have a bit in the fridge. Enjoy!

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to at least 250 degrees - ideally 275 - non-convection with a baking sheet on the bottom shelf. If you have a pizza stone, place it on the baking sheet in a cold oven, before you preheat it.

2. Sprinkle semolina flour onto a clean tabletop and roll the dough into 8-10 pizza bases with a rolling pin, so each is about 10-15 cm in diameter.

3. Important: If you don't have a pizza peel to move the pizzas to the oven, move the bases to pieces of baking parchment with your hands before adding the filling.

4. Mix pizza sauce with the ham strips (save some sauce for serving) and spread the filling on one half of each base, then top with flakes of mozzarella - keep the outermost centimetre bare.

5. Wet the edge with a finger dipped in a bit of water, and fold the naked half of the base over the filling. Seal the seam by squeezing with your fingers, so you have nice, UFO-shaped calzones.

6. Move the folded pizzas to the oven with a pizza peel, or slide a cutting board under the baking parchment holding the calzones, and move to the baking sheet (or pizza stone). Bake the calzones for about 10-15 minutes, or until beautifully golden on top. Leave to cool and use in the kids' packed lunches, long car trips or after-school activities. They're also great for birthday parties.

7. Enjoy!

Tip

Tasks for kids in the kitchen: Let your kids help mix tomato sauce and ham. They can also add the filling to the pizza bases.

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