Sausage and Ricotta Calzones

Name: Sausage and Ricotta Calzones
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 227 grams package sliced fresh mushrooms (about 3 cups); 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 79 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 kilograms homemade pizza dough or store-bought dough for 3 pizzas; 425 grams container ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters chopped cooked sausage; 473 milliliters fresh spinach leaves

Sausage and Ricotta Calzones might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 662 calories, 26g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up pizza dough, nutmeg, sausage, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 450F. Divide pizza dough into 8 pieces.

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Pizza Dough

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Oven

Roll out each into 8-inch round disk.

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Roll

To make filling, in 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium to medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add onion and mushrooms; cook 5 to 7 minutes or until vegetables begin to soften.

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Vegetable

Mushrooms

Onion

Add spinach; continue to cook about 2 minutes or until spinach wilts.

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Spinach

Remove from heat; set aside.

In large bowl, mix cooked sausage, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt, nutmeg, pepper and onion-spinach mixture.

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Parmesan

Ricotta Cheese

Sausage

Spinach

Nutmeg

Pepper

Onion

Salt

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Bowl

To make each calzone, place filling in center of dough round. (Resist the temptation to overfill the dough.) Fold dough over; press edge and twist to seal.

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Dough

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

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