Calzone stuffed with spinach and smoked mozzarella

July 19, 2012 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

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Calzone stuffed with spinach and smoked mozzarella

Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 30 mins plus extra for rising

Ingredients

  • DOUGH
  • 120g (1 cup) cake flour
  • 20g (2 tbsp) butter
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) honey
  • 5g instant yeast
  • 200ml warm milk
  • SPINACH
  • 45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
  • 300g baby spinach, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 150g smoked mozzarella, coarsely grated

Instructions

1

To make the dough, place all of the ingredients except for the milk in the bowl of an electric mixer and use a dough hook to mix until combined. Slowly add the milk until a dough is formed.

2

Place the dough in a bowl, cover and leave in a warm place until it doubles in size, about 2 hours.

3

For the spinach, heat the oil in a frying pan and add the spinach and garlic and season. Toss until the spinach has wilted, remove and set aside.

4

Divide the dough into 4 x 70g balls and cover. Working on a lightly floured work surface, roll each ball out into a circle. Spoon one quarter of the spinach mixture into one side of the circle. Add one quarter of the mozzarella to each calzone and, with a brush, wet all around the sides. Fold the circle to form a half moon and press down with your fork to secure.

5

Leave in the fridge for about 1 hour.

6

Heat a flat frying pan until hot and cook the calzone until golden. Serve hot.

 

 

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