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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Homemade Sausage Hot pockets

I was experimenting in the kitchen
and decided to give calzones a try.
Soon I realized that it was not only
easy to do, but you can stuff miniature calzones
(or hot pockets) with whatever you like
and they'll keep fresh for a couple of days.

Ingredients:
1/2 package active dry yeast
1/2 cup and 1 tbsp warm water
1 3/4 cups flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup sausage,ground
1 cup spinach, chopped and sautéed with olive oil
2 cups organic mozzarella

Directions:
Dissolve the yeast in warm water for about five minutes.
Gradually add water to flour and
knead by hand or using the dough hook on your mixer.
Set the mixer to medium.
The process should take about ten minutes.
Transfer the dough to a large bowl,
coated in olive oil. Cover with a clean towel
and place in the oven (turned off).
Let rise until doubled in size
about 1 1/2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use a pizza stone.
Divide the dough into four balls
and let rest for about 20 minutes.
Roll out each dough into 6-inch rounds.
Combine sausage, spinach, and cheese in a bowl.
Add a generous scoop of filling,
about 1 cup, onto each and form into calzones.
Brush with olive oil
and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown

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