Easy Sausage Calzones

"Saw this recipe on Pioneer Woman. I hope I live long enough to make all these recipes that I want to make. I am counting the thawing time with the prep time. You can also use 2 loaves of frozen bread instead of the frozen dinner rolls"
 
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Ready In:
3hrs
Ingredients:
23
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place frozen rolls (or frozen bread loaves) on a baking sheet to thaw. Cover with a tea towel and let thaw and rise for 2 to 3 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
  • Add the onions and allow to cook for a couple of minutes.
  • Add the sausage and cook until brown, crumbling the sausage as you stir.
  • Add the Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes.
  • Remove form the skillet and allow to cool on a plate.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan cheeses, salt, some pepper, parsley and 2 eggs.
  • When sausage is cool, stir it into the cheese mixture and set aside.
  • When the rolls are thawed and risen, roll them out on a lightly floured surface until paper thin.
  • Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of the filling onto the half of the dough circle.
  • Fold half of the dough over itself and the press the edges to seal. Use a fork, if needed.
  • Brush the surface of each calzone with the beaten egg and then bake until nice and golden brown. 10 to 13 minutes.
  • Serve with warm Marinara sauce.
  • Add a teaspoon or so of olive oil into a hot pan over medium high heat.
  • add garlic and onion and stir.
  • Add the wine (or chicken broth) whisking to deglaze the bottom of the skillet.
  • Add salt and pepper and a pinch of sugar.
  • Reduce the heat to low and simmer 30 minutes.
  • Toward the end of the cooking process, chop up fresh parsley and basil and add it to the sauce to taste, stirring to combine.

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