Bread Machine Calzone

The perfection you get from this bread machine calzone is unparalleled and seldom experienced in any other dish of this nature. The dough for this tasty Italian specialty is prepared within a bread machine, and is then filled with delicacies including Italian sausages, mozzarella cheese and pizza sauce.

You can also serve the bread machine calzone with a serving of pasta to make it a well-rounded Italian course.

Health Benefits

Calzones are considered as a healthier version of pizza and can be had without the guilty conscious you have while consuming pizza. The dish is high on protein content.

Ingredients

cup of water: 1

teaspoons of active dry yeast: 2

tablespoons of white sugar: 1 1/2

cups of bread flour: 3

teaspoons of salt: 1

teaspoon of powdered milk: 1

cup of sliced Italian sausage: 3 1/4

cup of pizza sauce: 3

cup of properly shredded mozzarella cheese: 1 1/4

tablespoons of melted butter: 2

How To Make Bread Machine Calzone

1. To make the dough get the pan of the bread machine and place water, sugar, flour, yeast, powdered milk and salt into it. Do so in the order that has been suggested by the manufacturer in question.
2. Select the cycle of the dough and roll it out on a lightly colored surface when the cycle you had selected is complete.
3. In the meanwhile, put the sausages in a large skillet over medium heat.
4. Simmer the sausages for 8-10 minutes, until they turn brown. Drain all excess reserves of fat.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. Shape your dough into a 10 by 16 inch rectangle. Transfer it to a cookie sheet that is largely greased.
7. Spoon the pizza sauce down the center of the follow.
8. Follow the pizza sauce by the sausages and cheese.
9. Make diagonal cuts on the dough and cut to within half an inch of your filling.
10. Seal the edges with water and brush the top of your calzone with melted butter.
11. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until they turn brown.
12. Remove from inside the oven and cool it for 5 minutes, then serve when hot.

Trivia

In Italian calzones mean ‘trousers’. In culinary language it is referred to something that means a pizza turnover. The item is a specialty of Naples and is well-liked by the people of that part of the world.