On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 11:49:43 PM UTC-10, Ophelia 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 - but I used
> to make them just fine. The question is got is "is it a calzone if it's made
> with short crust?"
>
> Here's a couple of calzone made with pizza dough.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...YbDE3vC3rX_kFv
>
> ===
>
> I like the look of that! Not something I have seen before though.
> Recipe please?

Those things were made so long ago that I have no idea what they were stuffed with. Mostly, they are pizza dough stuffed with pizza stuff. It might have been that I was making a pizza and decided to change course in midstream.. That could happen when making pizzas.