We love home made pizza but last week we decided to make a variation of this by making mini pizza calzones together.
It was part of an extra effort to get Master Frugal eating new things as he’s seemed quite receptive to new food lately and after years of being a fussy eater, he’s starting to get a bit braver. I though calzones would be a good way to help encourage him as he can’t see what he’s eating so he doesn’t get chance to fuss over it if you know what I mean.
We each made a portion of out own homemade pizza dough which is basically 125g bread flour, 7g yeast packet and 75ml warm water all mixed together and kneaded for five minutes.
When the dough was ready we split it into smaller portions with each one being about the size of a child’s fist and stretched each one out as thin as we dared before they ripped. I then made the tomato sauce to spread on the top (50% tomato ketchup and 50% tomato puree as we had no homemade tomato sauce left)
I then added bowls of pineapple, cold cooked chicken, slices of ham, pineapple, jalapenos and cheese to the table and we set about making our mini calzones. Once each one was topped with everything they wanted, we folded them over and tucked the edges over themselves to seal them together.
They were then cooked at 200 c for between 15 and 25 minutes before we ate them with homemade coleslaw and sweet potato fries.
You can use all sorts of things in them as fillings so they’ll be great to have at the end of a week to use up anything left in your fridge!
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We made pizzas the other weekend when Kaycee's friend came for a sleepover. These will be fun for them to make next time 🙂
Is it wrong I didn't know what a calzone is! They look great to make with the kids
Will have to try these! Calzone is Mr J's favourite on any menu. Would imagine at least two of our 3 would love them.
Love it!
We make pizza at least once a week but never attempted making calzones before
These look yummy and a great idea! I have fussy eaters and will definitely give this a go! 🙂 x
these look blooming amazing ! I love these
Yum!! Pizza pasties! We've never made calzones and we do like making pizzas…they look lovely though and I'm sure mine would love to have a go at making them.
im not so good at baking, but this seems easy and a fun activity with kids
We love making pizza! I’ll have to try a calzone next time x
Looks like such a fun activity.Great way to introduce cooking to kids.
This looks like so much fun. I have made pizza's before but never these. Mr Hubby would love them xx
These look delicious and love how the children have made them with you. Also great to hear about the less fussy eating!
These are lovely and I now know what is for dinner. They look a bit like pastry. I have come across this type of pizzas or filled breads in a few countries and they are really popular. You fill curry in it and you have a roti. They can be kept a few days as well.