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Arugula and Ricotta Calzones

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Using prepared pizza dough, you can make these homemade cheese-filled calzones just as fast as your favorite pizzeria could deliver them.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    45 min

  • Yield

    Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1

large garlic clove, minced

2

tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

5

oz baby arugula (8 cups packed)

6

oz whole-milk ricotta (2/3 cup)

3

oz whole-milk mozzarella, coarsely grated

2

1

large egg yolk

1

/4 teaspoon salt

1

/8 teaspoon black pepper

1

lb frozen pizza dough, thawed

Special Equipment

an oiled 17- by 12-inch heavy baking sheet

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 450°F.

    Step 2

    Cook garlic in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add arugula and cook, stirring frequently, until wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a sieve and press hard on arugula to squeeze out as much excess liquid as possible, then coarsely chop.

    Step 3

    Stir together ricotta, mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano, yolk, salt, and pepper until blended, then stir in arugula.

    Step 4

    Quarter dough, then roll out each piece into an 8-inch round with a rolling pin. Put one fourth of cheese filling (about 1/3 cup) in center of 1 round and fold dough in half to enclose filling and form a semicircle. Press edges together to seal. Beginning at 1 end and working toward the other, stretch sealed edge outward, pinching and rolling edge to form a rope. Transfer to baking sheet. Make 3 more calzones in same manner, transferring to baking sheet.

    Step 5

    Bake calzones until golden and puffed, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before serving.