Best 4 Egg Calzone Recipes

BREAKFAST CALZONE

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Rinse the broccoli in water, then slice the florets off the broccoli and place into a bowl. Microwave for 1 minute. This will partially cook the broccoli.
• Next, prepare the scrambled eggs. Whisk the eggs together, and pour into a nonstick skillet heated over medium low heat. Season the eggs with salt and pepper, and stir frequently until the eggs are about 90% cooked. You want them to be a little runny.
• Dust the flour over a work surface and lay out the crescent roll dough. Pinch the seams together, and roll out the dough so that it increases in size about 20%.
• Spread the spinach out in the center of the dough.
• Add the scrambled eggs on top of the spinach.
• Layer the cheese over the cheese on top.
• Lastly add the broccoli.
• You can either simply fold the dough over the fillings, or you can braid the dough.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Then melt the butter and brush it over the dough. Return the breakfast calzone to the oven for 10 more minutes.
• Slice and serve.

REAL ITALIAN CALZONES

Steps:

• To Make Dough: In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add the oil, sugar and salt; mix in 1 cup of the flour until smooth. Gradually stir in the rest of the flour, until dough is smooth and workable. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for about 5 minutes, or until it is elastic. Lay dough in a bowl containing 1 teaspoon olive oil, then flip the dough, cover and let rise for 40 minutes, or until almost doubled.
• To Make Filling: While dough is rising, combine the ricotta cheese, Cheddar cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms and basil leaves in a large bowl. Mix well, cover bowl and refrigerate to chill.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• When dough is ready, punch it down and separate it into 2 equal parts. Roll parts out into thin circles on a lightly floured surface. Fill each circle with 1/2 of the cheese/meat filling and fold over, securing edges by folding in and pressing with a fork. Brush the top of each calzone with egg and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Serve hot.

EGG CALZONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 210C/190C fan-forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Combine yeast, sugar and 1 cup LUKEWARM water, in a large jug. Using a fork, stir. Cover, then let stand in a warm place for 5 minutes or until bubbles appear on the surface. Sift flour and salt into large bowl. Add yeast mixture and oil. Mix to combine. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough into 4 portions.
• Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan over moderate heat. Crack eggs into pan; cook for 1 minute or until just cooked underneath.
• For each calzone, roll a portion of dough into a 20cm round. Spread with paste; top with ham, egg, cheese, onion and parsley. Lightly brush edges with water, fold rounds in half to enclose filling. using a fork, press edges together to seal. Place on prepared trays. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden.

SCRAMBLED EGGS & BACON CALZONE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Whisk eggs, milk and pepper in medium bowl until blended; stir in onions. Pour into skillet sprayed with cooking spray. Cook on medium heat 5 min. or until set but top is still moist, stirring occasionally; set aside.
• Unroll pizza crust onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; pat into 14x10-inch rectangle. Sprinkle bacon down center of dough; top with egg mixture and cheese. Fold long sides of dough over filling, slightly overlapping edges in center; pinch seams and ends together to seal.
• Bake 12 to 15 min. or until lightly browned. Let stand 5 min. before serving.