Pizza Pockets
Who doesn’t like pizza? **crickets**
… Exactly. Everyone likes pizza. Sometimes though, you want to switch up your pizza and get creative. We figured why not put together our take on a pizza pocket/calzone. Well we are glad we did. They turned out amazing. We made extra and froze them for an easy snack or dinner on a potentially hungover day.
Pizza Dough Ingredients
4 Cups Flour
1.5 Cups Warm Water
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
2 Tsp. Yeast
2 Tsp. Sugar
1 Tsp. Salt
Pizza Ingredients
2 Cups Shredded Cheese (Mozza & Parmesan is recommended)
1-2 Cups Pizza Sauce
1-2 Cups Assortment of Pizza Meats
1 Cup Sliced Mushrooms
1 Cup Sliced Red Onion (add more veggies if you desire, green pepper etc)
1/2 Cup Sliced Green Onion
1 Egg
4 Tbsp. Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. Coarse Salt
1 Tbsp. Margarine
2 Tsp. Oregano
2 Tsp. Salt & Pepper
Cooking Spray
Directions
Prep the dough a couple hours ahead of time to get the most out of the rising dough.
Sprinkle the yeast into the measuring cup of warm water and allow it to sit until bubbles form. Approx. 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes, whisk together then pour into a large bowl.
Add in the oil, sugar and salt then finally the flour in a seperate bowl. Combine then stir and mix until sticky dough forms.
Kneed the dough into a large ball, cover with a tea towel and set in the fridge for 1 hour. Remove from fridge, lightly punch down the dough and then cover and place back un thr fridge until needed.
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray and set aside. Grab the dough from the fridge and separate out into 2 balls. Sprinkle flour out onto a clean/dry counter top and roll out the balls 1 at a time. Sprinkle flour onto the dough ball and rolling pin if necessary.
Roll out the dough until it is about 1/8 inch thickness and using a medium-small bowl create round shapes from the dough and cut out then set onto the sprayed cooking sheets. Repeat until all dough is gone.
Once all the dough is prepped in a medium frying pan on the stove, saute the vegetables with the margarine and salt/pepper. Set aside.
Now it is time to dress/fill your pizza pockets. Starting with the sauce, sauce up each of the dough circles with desired amount of sauce. Yes the whole circle! But leave about 1/2 an inch along the edges for when we fold them over. Sprinkle garlic over top of the sauce.
Sprinkle with oregano and a little more salt/pepper.
Add desired amounts of meat, veggies and cheese now.
Grabbing the edges of the circle, grab 1 side of the circle and fold it over and pinch together well with the other side sort of creating a 1/2 moon. Ensure each pocket is sealed properly. Repeat for all.
Now crack and whisk the egg then egg wash the tops of all pizza pockets. Sprinkle coarse salt lightly on the top of each.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to sit 5 minutes before serving/eating to allow for the cheese to cool slightly so it doesn’t burn your mouth when you go to take your first bites.
Serve with marinara sauce or ranch and enjoy!
