Stuffed Bread (calzone)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs pizza dough, allowed to rise (if using frozen bread dough, allow time to thaw)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 lb ground beef or 3/4 lb italian sausage, removed from casing
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 2 green peppers or 2 red peppers, chopped
• 8 ounces shredded cheese (may use mozzerella, cheddar, monterey jack, pepper jack)
• 1/4 cup romano cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 dash cayenne (to taste) or 1 dash hot red pepper flakes (to taste)
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
• olive oil, for basting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 heat skillet and add oil.
• 3 brown garlic, remove from pan. brown beef and/or sausage and reserve.
• 4 saute onion, mushrooms, and peppers until soft.
• 5 add the browned meat, oregano, hot pepper, and parsley and mix through.
• 6 roll out dough to 24" x 10". place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 7 spoon the filling to form three 3" wide strips on the dough.
• 8 sprinkle cheese over the filling.
• 9 fold dough over, sealing the ends with fingers dipped in cold water.
• 10 form loaf into horseshoe, lightly making xs on top with a butter knife.
• 11 brush lightly with oil.
• 12 bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until dough turns light golden brown.