• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Raks Kitchen
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipe index
  • Lunch ideas
  • About Me
  • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipe index
    • Lunch ideas
    • About Me
    • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Recipes » Kids recipes

    Calzone recipe | Step by step

    December 15, 2015 by Raks Anand 36 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Calzone is a folded version of Italian pizza in my understanding. In India may be new to many, but it’s nothing but pizza made in different method.

    calzone recipe
    calzone, vegetarian
    Jump to:
    • Variations
    • Instructions
    • Recipe card

    Pretty much same recipe as Pizza, just the technique is different. I made this last month for Kungumam thozhi magazine.

    Have seen calzone few times in cookery shows, but never tasted. Since this is my first attempt, I am not satisfied with the shape and looks.

    Holiday season has started and I thought this post will be really helpful to solve one day's menu.

    Variations

    I have filled this with my easy mix onion, tomato, capsicum along with cheese. But you can use vegetables too like zucchini, sweet corn, broccoli.

    The tomato sauce is basic must in this. I usually use my pasta sauce with basil as pizza sauce.

    You can also add some cubed paneer or paneer tikka inside and make an 'Indian flavor'.

    Related posts

    • Bread pizza
    • Spicy veggie pizza
    • Tortilla pizza

    Instructions

    1. In a mixing bowl, place maida, instant yeast, salt, sugar and mix well. Make a dent in the middle. Warm the milk and mix with water. Add the luke warm milk + water, oil/ butter to the dent.
    dough

    2. Gather and knead well for 5 minutes to a smooth dough. Keep aside and cover the mouth of the bowl with a cling wrap or damp cloth. Warm place will be better, so that the dough raises well – For an hour.

    rise

    3. Once the dough is ready, punch it down and knead again. Divide into 2 or 3.

    Untitled-5

    4. Meanwhile you can cube the onion, tomato and capsicum. Fry onion and capsicum for a good flavour. Spread it thick into disks.

    In this disk, spread pasta sauce to one half. Over this, spread some sautéed onion tomato capsicum and on top of that some cheese.

    3-spread

    5. Cover it with the other side folding the spread dough and seal the edges.

    You can smear little water along the edges while sealing,  to ensure it doesn’t open up.

    4-stuff

    6. Press the edges well, either with your fingers or using a fork like I did. Repeat the same to make the other two calzones.

    Using a knife, make three slits to open the calzones from top, so that steam escapes as it gets baked.

    5-seal

    7. Pre heat oven at 190 deg C and bake these calzones for 15 minutes or until golden, placed in a greased and floured baking pan. Calzones should be placed with enough space.

    6-ready

    If desired, brush with butter to serve it hot. The stuffing inside will be hot, so be careful while eating.

    calzone
    calzone

    Recipe card

    calzone recipe
    Print Pin
    No ratings yet

    Calzone recipe

    Calzone is a folded version of Italian pizza in my understanding. In India may be new to many, but it’s nothing but pizza made in different method.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Global, Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Resting times 1 hour
    Servings 3 calzones
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 & ½ cups All purpose flour Maida
    • 1 teaspoon Instant yeast refer notes for other varieties
    • ¼ cup Milk
    • ¼ cup Water
    • 1 & ½ teaspoon Sugar
    • ¾ teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ cup Oil or melted butter Olive oil
    • ¼ cup Pasta sauce
    • ½ Onion
    • ½ Capsicum
    • ½ Tomato
    • ¾ cup Mozzarella cheese grated
    • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
    • Chilli flakes for garnish
    Prevent your screen from going dark

    Instructions

    • In a mixing bowl, place all purpose flour, instant yeast, salt, sugar and mix well.
    • Make a dent in the middle. Warm the milk and mix with water.
    • Add the luke warm milk + water, oil/ butter to the dent.
    • Gather and knead well for 5 minutes to a smooth dough.
    • Keep aside and cover the mouth of the bowl with a cling wrap or damp cloth.
    • Warm place will be better, so that the dough raises well – For an hour.
    • Once the dough is ready, punch it down and knead again. Divide into 2 or 3.
    • Meanwhile you can cube the onion, tomato and capsicum.
    • Fry onion and capsicum for a good flavour. Spread it thick into disks.
    • In this disk, spread pasta sauce to one half.
    • Over this, spread some sautéed onion tomato capsicum and on top of that some cheese.
    • Cover it with the other side folding the spread dough and seal the edges. You can smear little water along the edges while sealing, to ensure it doesn’t open up.
    • Press the edges well, either with your fingers or using a fork like I did.
    • Repeat the same to make the other two calzones.
    • Using a knife, make three slits to open the calzones from top, so that steam escapes as it gets baked.
    • Pre heat oven at 190 deg C and bake these calzones for 15 minutes or until golden, placed in a greased and floured baking pan.
    • Calzones should be placed with enough space.
    • once done, take out carefully and brush with generous butter or olive oil.

    Notes

    • Do not spread the dough too thick, as the calzone wont get baked.
    • I have used instant yeast in this recipe. If you are using other type of yeast like dry yeast, first dissolve ¾ tablespoon yeast in luke warm milk + water with sugar and let it sit for 5 minutes.
      If it froths and raises, your yeast is good and you can proceed with baking. Use the dissolved yeast in milk to make the dough.
    • The stuffing can be of your choice like sweet corn, paneer etc;
    YoutubeDo you like short videos? Subscribe now!
    InstagramMention @rakskitchen or tag #rakskitchen if you have tried this recipe.

    More Kids recipes

    • Samosa recipe, How to make samosa full video
    • Beetroot dosa recipe | Healthy breakfast recipes
    • Rava toast recipe, Sooji toast
    • Kadalai urundai recipe (kadalai mittai)

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Shamee S

      December 15, 2015 at 9:03 am

      wow..looks yummy...

      Reply
    2. Anamika Vajpai

      December 15, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Great!!! Looks yummy, I'll try to make.

      Reply
    3. Anamika Vajpai

      December 15, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Great!!! Looks yummy, I'll try to make.

      Reply
    4. bhuvanamukund

      December 15, 2015 at 11:56 am

      Hi , i dont have a oven..how to cook in the stove?

      Reply
    5. Sudarshan

      December 15, 2015 at 3:33 pm

      Ya same doubt...i have microwave but no baking option...how to do this using microwave

      Reply
    6. Neena Vilas

      December 15, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      I dnt no how to pre heat oven... And dnt no how to handle oven

      Reply
    7. Asha

      December 15, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      Looks yummy... Thanks for posting...can v use processed cheese instead of mozzarella cheese?

      Reply
    8. Asha

      December 15, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      Looks yummy... Thanks for posting...can v use processed cheese instead of mozzarella cheese?

      Reply
    9. SOWMYA SUGUMARAN

      December 15, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      Can I use a readymade pie pastry sheet instead??

      Reply
    10. Aksh

      December 16, 2015 at 3:52 am

      Looks so good.Can we skip the yeast part?

      Reply
    11. Aksh

      December 16, 2015 at 3:53 am

      Looks so good.Can we skip the yeast part?

      Reply
    12. dimple jain

      December 16, 2015 at 2:46 pm

      can v fry them..

      Reply
    13. dimple jain

      December 16, 2015 at 2:47 pm

      instead of baking them can v deep fry dem?

      Reply
    14. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:39 am

      Since there is yeast, you cant deep fry. Shape will not be maintained, also will not remain sealed.

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:42 am

      May be in a heavy bottomed dosa pan preferably a iron skillet, you can cook in low flame and see..

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:43 am

      Cant do in a Microwave

      Reply
    17. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:43 am

      Refer my FAQ page also your user manual

      Reply
    18. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:44 am

      Yes, but mozarella is better than processed.

      Reply
    19. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:45 am

      It will taste totally different. But its a good idea

      Reply
    20. Raks anand

      December 18, 2015 at 4:45 am

      Wont be soft and spongy.

      Reply
    21. Reshma Sawant

      December 22, 2015 at 2:58 am

      made this and was such a treat.my first hand on baking and was so tasty. thank you so much

      Reply
    22. Hari Chandana P

      December 22, 2015 at 2:58 am

      Calzone is one of my recent favorites.. love the taste! 🙂

      Reply
    23. Sudarshan

      December 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    24. Shravani K

      January 02, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Calzone is perfectly made its mouth watering

      Reply
    25. Poorva Ganla

      March 10, 2016 at 1:33 am

      Hi I wanted to know if there is any other substitute to yeast... Because I generally don't keep yeast at home

      Reply
    26. Raks anand

      March 10, 2016 at 1:44 am

      I have no other option to suggest you, sorry

      Reply
    27. Sathya Sri

      June 28, 2016 at 11:01 am

      Should we use sunflower oil or olive oil?

      Reply
    28. Raks anand

      June 28, 2016 at 11:07 am

      Which ever you prefer

      Reply
    29. Padma Hariharan

      August 09, 2016 at 12:49 pm

      Can prepare a day before and store it in fridge and then bake it next day...will it taste good?

      Reply
    30. Raks anand

      August 09, 2016 at 12:54 pm

      You can try keeping the dough ready in fridge and make calzone the next day. You can freeze it and bake next day otherwise. You should keep outside, thaw and let it come to room temperature before baking.

      Reply
    31. Meenu Thakur

      November 30, 2016 at 11:15 am

      Hi... Can I make it in microwave... I have never done baking.

      Reply
    32. Raks anand

      November 30, 2016 at 11:16 am

      Microwave mode cannot be adapted, only convection mode you can bake

      Reply
    33. Radhika Santhanam

      May 09, 2017 at 12:57 am

      Looks yummy raks!! Can you please post ravioli recipe??

      Reply
    34. Raks anand

      May 09, 2017 at 5:57 am

      I should try it out soon 🙂 Sure.

      Reply
    35. Punitha Ramachandran

      May 09, 2017 at 11:26 am

      Can you freeze the extras and bake it a day or two later?

      Reply
    36. Raks anand

      May 09, 2017 at 11:29 am

      Sure, make sure to thaw before baking.

      Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Raks anand

    Hi, I'm Rajeswari Vijayanand! I am the person behind Rakskitchen, sharing recipes with pictures & videos.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • Medhu vadai, Ulundu vadai recipe - With video
    • Panakam recipe, Panagam, Rama navami recipes
    • Eggless doughnut recipe, Basic donut, soft & light
    • Rose milk recipe - With homemade rose syrup

    Gokulashtami recipes

    • Panjiri Recipe | Janmashtami recipes
    • Mint nippattu, pudina nippattu | Gokulashtami special
    • Aval murukku recipe, poha murukku
    • Pepper seedai recipe, millet pepper seedai
    Raks anand

    Hi, I'm Rajeswari Vijayanand! I am the person behind Rakskitchen, sharing recipes with pictures & videos.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • Medhu vadai, Ulundu vadai recipe - With video
    • Panakam recipe, Panagam, Rama navami recipes
    • Eggless doughnut recipe, Basic donut, soft & light
    • Rose milk recipe - With homemade rose syrup

    Gokulashtami recipes

    • Millet butter murukku recipe, millet murukku
    • How to make milagu thattai, pepper thattai recipe
    • Kara seedai recipe, seedai with store bought rice flour
    • Palkova recipe, how to make palkova

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    Links

    • Privacy Policy
    • FAQ

    Also from Rakskitchen

    • Rakskitchen Tamil

    Contact

    • [email protected]

    As an Amazon Associate and Shopee ambassador I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2022 Rakskitchen