Friday, March 13, 2009

The Farmer's Pocket

We've all made a pizza before, but what about one of those triangle crust filled, gooey pockets, also known as calzones? Here's one all the farmers, and those who buy their crops, will enjoy.

Slice 2 cups of mushrooms. Combine with 3 cups of fresh baby spinach and 3 tablespoons of chopped garlic in a skillet with olive oil over low heat. Sauté until veggies are soft. Also dice 2 cups of tomatoes, 1/2 cup of artichoke hearts, and have 1/4 cup of capers, and 1 branch of fresh rosemary picked from stem, ready.


Roll pizza dough onto greased cooking sheet. Divide into 2 triangles.


On one side of each triangle, top with 1/4 cup of pizza/pasta sauce and 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese.


Place sautéed veggies, plus diced tomatoes, artichoke hearts, capers, and rosemary on top of cheese and sauce.


Top veggies with another layer of 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese.


Fold the untouched dough over the top of the veggies, cheese, and sauce and fold edges over one another to prevent leakage. Sprinkle a small mound of cheese with a few capers on the top of the triangle.


Bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes. 

While washing the few dishes this creation took to make, listen to a classic song about a different kind of pocket:


Once the quarter of a hour is up, remove, let cool for just a couple minutes and sink your teeth into this folded up pizza.