Recipes

Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Calzone

  • Serves

    makes 6 Calzones

YOSSY AREFI

The classic combo of bacon, egg, and cheese gets folded inside flaky pastry dough for a breakfast variation on the calzone.

Ingredients

  • 2 (¼-oz.) packages active dry yeast
  • 14 tsp. sugar
  • 1 34 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
  • 12 tsp. salt, plus more to taste
  • 1 12 lb. sliced bacon, cooked until slightly crisp and roughly chopped
  • 4 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 10 eggs, lightly beaten
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Fine semolina, for dusting
  • Olive oil, for brushing

Instructions

Step 1

Combine yeast, sugar, and ¾ cup water heated to 115° in a bowl; let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. Whisk flour and salt in a bowl. Add yeast mixture; stir until a dough comes together. Transfer to a lightly floured surface; knead briefly until the dough becomes smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and set aside for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Place pizza stone in oven and heat oven to 450°. Mix bacon, cheese, eggs, salt, and pepper in a bowl. On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into 6 balls. Working in 2 batches, roll 3 balls into 8" circles about ⅛" thick. Place about ¾ cup egg mixture on one side of each circle, leaving a 1" border. Fold other half of circles over, and pinch edges to seal. Transfer calzones to a semolina-dusted pizza peel. Brush tops with olive oil and slide calzones onto pizza stone. Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes. Repeat with remaining balls and egg mixture.

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