A frugal, delicious, easy calzone recipe that costs pennies (2024)

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My husband has had an operation recently. One of the first things that he asked for, when he started to feel better, was a calzone. I decided to knock up this easy calzone recipe.

It is so simple to make, fun to prepare and delicious too. The total cost of this calzone, including ingredients, for two people, is well under £2!Depending on the fillings you want.

I’m so happy with this easy calzone recipe that I’m already looking forward to making it again! Skip near the end of this recipe to go straight to my easy calzone recipe card.

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Ingredients for my easy calzone recipe

This dough is mypizza dough recipe. You can make this in a bread maker or you can make it by hand.

1/2 teaspoon yeast

300g strong white flour

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

170ml water

Pizza toppings of your choice

Method for my easy calzone recipe

Make the dough and leave it to rise in a warm place for at least 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into two, to make two calzones.

I rolled my dough out like a pizza dough, into two large circles.

Looking for some tasty calzone fillings?

My homemade pasta sauce works really well as a base filling, and then I love to use any combinations of meat and vegetables that works well on a pizza.

Also, we LOVE to use sweet fillings too, like marshmallow fluff and chocolate spread, or biscoff spread and chocolate spread.

Chicken and chorizo has to be one of my favourite ever fillings!

Can you make a calzone in the air fryer?

Absolutely!! Just follow my recipe and start off with 1/2 the cooking time. Check it and if needed add another couple of minutes on. The air fryer always cooks things a lot faster I find, so 1/3 – 1/2 less time should be perfect, but it’ll depend on the size of your calzone and your air fryer, so keep a close eye on it.

Products I use when making my easy calzone recipe:

The links below are affiliate links.

*Panasonic Breadmaker SD2501 / *Dough Scraper / *Pizza Tray / *Baking Liners

How to make my easy calzone recipe:

easy calzone recipe

How to make an easy calzone.

CourseMain Course

CuisineItalian

Keyworddough, pizza

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Rising time 30 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 2 Calzones

Calories 588 kcal

Author Katykicker

Ingredients

1/2tspyeast
300gstrong white flour
1tbspolive oil
1tspsalt
170mlwater
pizza toppings of your choice

Instructions

Make your dough and leave it to rise in a warm place, for at least 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into two, to make two calzones.
Roll your dough out like pizza dough, into a large circle.
Dress half the dough with tomato puree/homemade pizza sauce and the toppings of your choice. I personally like chorizo, ham, mushrooms & peppers. Then I add cubes of mozzarella.
Fold the dough over on to itself.
Crimp the edges. I use a fork as it gives the desired effect in seconds.
Brush the outside with melted butter if you want to. I usually skip this to save time.
Cook at gas mark 6 (200C) for around 20 minutes. I use both shelves and swap them over halfway through. It’s ready when the dough is brown.

Recipe Notes

There are so many options for fillings for this easy calzone recipe. You could use your favourite pizza toppings or you could just fill it with chocolate spread and marshmallows. Yum!

Calories do not include chosen toppings.

Note: All calorie information is for demonstration purposes only and is based on the specific uncooked ingredients that I used when creating the recipe.

Like this easy calzone recipe? Fancy trying one of my other recipes? Here are some great ones:

or air fryer quiche

Delicious beef hotpot

Sausage cassoulet

Bacon mac and cheese pasta bake made with air fryer bacon

Moroccan lamb burgers

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FAQs

Is there a difference between pizza dough and calzone dough? ›

Both are prepared with flour, water, salt, and yeast; that's the solution. In contrast, the eggs and olive oil used in most calzone dough give it a deeper flavor and a softer texture. Eggs and oil are not common ingredients in pizza dough, contributing to its crispiness and durability.

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How do you keep calzones from getting soggy? ›

Cut several slits in the calzone to allow steam to escape. Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden and bubbling. Check the calzones halfway through baking and rotate the pan to evenly brown all of them. Allow calzones to cool on a cooling rack to prevent the bottom from getting soggy.

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What do traditional calzones have in them? ›

A calzone is an Italian dish that features a circular piece of pizza or yeasted bread dough that's folded in half over a filling that includes ricotta, and often mozzarella and Parmesan, too, cured meats, vegetables and herbs, then sealed shut using a crimping technique.

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What's the difference between a calzone and a stromboli? ›

A stromboli is larger and longer than a calzone and is baked as one piece and then cut into slices for serving a crowd. Calzones also start with pizza dough, but instead of forming a large rectangle, a small or medium ball is rolled or stretched out into a round.

Does a calzone have sauce inside? ›

Calzones never have tomato sauce inside the dough. They're always dipped. While stromboli is also dip-able, it's totally cool to put some sauce inside stromboli, pre-roll.

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Is calzone more unhealthy than pizza? ›

Did you know that a standard calzone has over 1000 calories? On the other hand, a slice of pizza is around 300 calories. So just because they're technically the same in terms of ingredients and taste, they're not! A calzone can equal 3 slices of pizza so choose wisely!