Pizza Pockets

Name: Pizza Pockets
Prep time: 31 min
Cook time: 31 min
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 28 grams cup tightly-packed arugula (about; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 113 grams cream cheese, room temperature; 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash); 227 grams Italian turkey sausage; 355 milliliters marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 79 milliliters grated Parmesan, plus 1/4 cup; 383 grams package of store-bought pizza crust (recommended: Pillsbury); 1 teaspoons salt

Pizza Pockets might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 16g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 367 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of egg, salt, pizza crust, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 31 minutes.

Instructions

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Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a medium-sized, heavy skillet.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the sausage and cook until crumbled and golden, about 5 minutes.

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Sausage

Add the arugula and cook until wilted. Turn off the heat and let cool about 10 minutes.

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Arugula

Add the cream cheese, 1/3 cup Parmesan, salt, and pepper and stir to combine. Set aside.

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Cream Cheese

Parmesan

Pepper

Salt

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Roll out the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface to a thin 20 by 12-inch rectangle.

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Pizza Dough

Roll

Cut the rectangle in half lengthwise. The cut each half into 8 equal rectangles.

Spoon topping onto 1 side of each of the rectangles. Using a pastry brush, brush the edges of the rectangle with egg wash. Close the rectangle of pizza dough over the topping. Use a fork to seal and crimp the edges.

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Pizza Dough

Egg