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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2020-07-11 8:06 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 1:15:23 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>> I'm going to make Calzones for dinner. Just cheese for the filling. I
> >>> think
> >>> I make them once before and my then husband was not impressed as they
> >>> were
> >>> not authentic. Not many places make them here. I don't recall ever
> >>> getting
> >>> any in NY. I had my first one in Reno but didn't like it as they used
> >>> only
> >>> Ricotta for the filling. Had them many times in PA where they used
> >>> Ricotta
> >>> mixed with other cheeses.
> >>>
> >>> One thing all had in common was there was no sauce inside. Sauce was
> >>> served
> >>> on the side to dip them in.
> >>>
> >>> I was looking at recipes to get a bake time/temp. It was hard to find
> >>> many
> >>> recipes for just cheese. Most were broccoli and cheese or spinach and
> >>> cheese. And most had sauce inside. Also, many were made into squares,
> >>> triangles. rectangles, etc.
> >>>
> >>> To me, a Calzone is a folded over circle and has no sauce inside. How do
> >>> you
> >>> make yours?
> >>
> >> You can make your calzone any way you like - unless you're cooking for
> >> your spouse. You can fold it any way you like too. I don't make calzone
> >> because I prefer a hand pie made with short crust rather than pizza
> >> dough -
> >
> > No! That's a pastie!
>
> Not in Brazil, it isn't.

That's because neither pasties nor calzoni come from Brazil.

Calzone (word and recipe) is Italian.

Janet UK