Vegan Calzone

Written by McDonald, T.  |  Date 24th of October 2022

If you like pizza, this is a must try!  Calzone is basically a small folded pizza baked in the oven that resembles a Cornish pasty in looks.  However, unlike a Cornish pasty, it has a pizza filling such as pepperoni. You can choose what ever filling you like, but I will be using the Catholic vegan pepperoni filling.  While a New Yorker filling has just cheese and pepperoni, a Catholic vegan pepperoni filling has cheese, pepperoni, mushroom, onion and green pepper.  Although you can choose any filling, this one is one of my favourites. 

Notes

• If you stack the filling too high, folding the top over becomes difficult. 
• Be sure to keep the filling to one side of the dough, or again you will have trouble folding it over. 
  

Portions - 1

Time - 45 minutes

Ingredients

Calzone Dough

• 42g all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
  
• 46 ml lukewarm water
• 0.25 tsp sugar
• 0.25 tsp backing powder
  
• Pinch of salt
• 0.5 tsp olive oil
• 34g whole wheat flour

Filling

• Tomato sauce (tomatoes, tomato purée, crushed garlic, and basil) x 2 tbsps
  
• Onion x a few slices
  
• Mushroom x a few slices
  
• Green peppers x a few slices
  
• Vegan pepperoni x 4 or 5 slices
  
• Vegan cheese grated x about 20g
  

Method 

Step one

1. Preheat oven to 200C.
2. Add all the dry dough ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix with a balloon whisk.
   
3. Stir in the water and oil with a wooden spoon.  Bear in mind you might now need all the water. 
4. Mix until you get a shaggy dough. 
5. Use your hands to form a ball, then knead on a floured surface for about 1 minute.
   
6. Place back into the mixing bowl.  Cover with a towel and let it rest for 10 – 15 minutes.
7. Roll the dough to about 3 mm thick circle.
   

Calzone dough

Step two - cover half with filling.

• Add tomato sauce, then add additional fillings. 
• Once the calzone is filled, carefully pick up the top half and fold it over the toppings, bringing the edges together.
• Fold the dough edges together, at the edges.
• You may find it easier to assemble your vegan calzone directly on a baking sheet. However, if you do have trouble moving a calzone to a baking sheet, I found using a big dough scraper made it easy.
  

Add the tomato sauce.

Add the vegan cheese

 

Add the filling

 

Fold over and fold edges to make a crust.

Step Three

1. Bake for 15 minutes, turning halfway through
2. Once baked, take out of the oven and allow it  to cool for at least 3 minutes before cutting into because it is going to be hot inside.
   

Results

This turns out really well and makes a fantastic dinner that is filling.  Full of taste; lots of fun.

I hope that you liked this blog and if you do try this recipe, please let me know how you got on and what it turned out like. You can leave a comment in the comments below.