Meat Lovers Gameday Calzone
This Meat Lovers Gameday Calzone has all the fixings of a supreme pizza in Calzone form. Fun to make and even more fun to eat! Perfect for a Super Bowl party or any gameday!
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage (casings removed and crumbled)
- 2 rolls pizza dough, thawed (we used WeWalka Bistro Pizza dough from Walmart)
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 5 oz package mini pepperonis
- 1 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 green bell pepper (diced)
- 1 onion (diced)
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce or Pizza sauce
- salt and pepper
- 1 slice white cheese or string cheese (cut into strips for the football laces)
- 1 egg white (for brushing)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until starting to brown. Add onions, garlic, bell peppers and Italian seasoning. Remove from heat and drain if necessary. Let cool slightly.
- Unroll dough out to a parchment covered baking sheet. Gently pull dough on the ends, to form a football shape.
- Brush marinara on the top of bottom dough (leaving at least an inch all around the edges) and fill with sausage, peppers and onion mixture
- Spread pepperonis and then cheese over the top. Leave at least 1-inch of the edge without filling to ensure a tight seal and brush around the edge with egg white.
- Slightly pull top dough on the ends, forming a football shape, and place over the top, then slightly roll and pinch and press the edges together to seal.
- Brush with egg white
- Cut a few slits where the football laces should be in the top to allow steam to release.
- Bake 18-22 minutes, until puffed up golden brown.
- Remove from oven then place cheese slices over the cuts for laces.
- To cut use point of knife straight down across the top so you don't smash the crust, then go back cut through to the bottom.