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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Arugula Calzone


I had every intention of making a spinach calzone the other day but when I got to Trader Joes the spinach was twice the price of arugula. That decided me right there and even though I had never had arugula before I have read about it and it's rich peppery taste so I decided what the heck? I'll give it a shot. I think I actually like the calzone better with arugula than I did with spinach. I also added some Kalmata olives for some extra flavor

Ingredients:
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 cups arugula
1/2 small sweet onion finely chopped
1 1/3 cups sliced portobella mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped Kalmata olives
3/4 cup Mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup pizza or pasta sauce
butter or oil to grease the pan
4 basil leaves
Preheat oven to 425°.

Unroll dough onto a baking sheet coated with olive oil
Cut into 4 quarters.
Pat each quarter into a 6 x 5-inch rectangle.
spread 1/4 of the pizza sauce evenly over each rectangle
Sprinkle garlic evenly over rectangles.
Top each rectangle with 1 cup arugula, 2 onion slices, 1/3 cup mushrooms, 1/4 of the olives, and 3 tablespoons cheese.




Add basil leaf to the top of the mixture.
Bring 2 opposite corners to center, pinching points to seal. Bring remaining 2 corners to center, pinching all points together to seal.
Bake at 425° for 12 minutes or until golden.






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2 Comments:

At 11:05 PM, Blogger Prudy said...

Holy Moly that looks good. I'd love it with peppery arugula. Who would spinach after that? Just Popeye.

 
At 12:13 AM, Blogger Vinnie G. said...

Thanks! We enjoy them and we both actually did enjoy it better with the arugula. I may have to work it in other recipes instead of spinach.

 

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