Calzones Stuffed with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage

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Another Excellent dish from Anne B! I used a ball of frozen pizza dough which I defrosted in fridge day before then cut into quarters rolled into balls then let rise. I did not change the recipe just used spicy italian chicken sausage (60% less fat than pork sausage and tastes the same and part skim ricotta. So I kept it the same just lightened up a little. The chopped broccoli rape adds to the perfect combination of flavors and textures. Came out great...replaced our Friday homemade pizza night.

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I can only fairly rate this on the filling... and directions for assembling & baking.... I am a pizza dough chicken... and decided to use my tried & true recipe off the back of a package of "pizza yeast." We absolutely LOVED these.... made them for my kids.... one of whom refuses to try anything new or green without putting up a huge fight. The filling... OMG... the spicy sausage.... the 'sweet grassiness' of the broccoli rabe... I can go on for days about these... including the SESAME SEEDS! I would have never dreamed of putting these together... particularly for my kids... This truly is a keeper...

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I am not a calzone big fan , but this recipe made me change my mind. I really love it and for sure I will make it again.

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This is an excellent filling for a calzone! I made this because I had just bought some broccoli rabe and happened to have some ricotta left over. I cut the recipe in half so that would have been 3/4c. ricotta but I only had about 1/2c. So I supplemented with cream cheese and it camee out fine. I didn't care much for the addition of semolina to the crust. I found it was kind of tough. I know calzones are typically made with a pizza dough crust but I think next time I will try something closer to a pie crust, more like a pasty. The only other thing I would change might be to use sweet Italian sausage rather than hot. I served it with marinara which I make with a little spice so the combination was just a little too much for my taste.

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This is a pretty basic dough recipe and i don't know what others might have done to it to judge it to be 'horrible'. You really can't mess this up unless your yeast isnt working. As for the taste of the crust, its flour and water, what exactly are you expecting? You can always slather some butter on it and sprinkle some minced garlic or italian spices before baking. But there is nothing wrong with the dough recipe at all. You can always just buy a cylinder of Pillsbury pre-made stuff and skip this step.

The filling is great too. So many calzones are filled with tomato sauce and veggies. Its nice to have an alternate filling and you can always dip it into a cup of tomato sauce on the side too! Great recipe!

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Awesome! Tasty filling and the crust was so easy. I've never used semolina in a calzone dough so I tried it and it adds a nice texture to the dough. I also really let the yeast go crazy too because living at a higher altitude sometimes tweaks yeast breads. This is a keeper

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The crust was horrible. The filling was great but crust is bland and not good.