Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 130 minutes
- Preparation: 10 minutes
- Cooking: 120 minutes
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 Water - or as required
- 1 teaspoon Active dry yeast - or 1/2 tablespoon dry active yeast
- 1 pinch Sugar
- 5 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt - as required
- 1/2 cup Carrot (Gajjar) - finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Green beans (French Beans) - finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) - finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Onion - finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Sweet corn
- 2 tablespoon Black olives - finely chopped
- 3 tablespoon Homemade tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon White pepper powder
- 4 tablespoon Cheese - grated
- Sunflower Oil - for frying (optional)
Instructions
- To prepare Calzone/ Pocket Pizza/ Mc Puffs Recipe, Get prepped up with all the ingredients and warm the water to activate the yeast
- Dissolve sugar in warm water, sprinkle yeast and the 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour to it
- Now with the help of a wire whisk, beat this mixture and make sure there are no lumps
- Close the bowl and allow the mixture to bubble up at room temperature for about 30 minutes
- Add the 2 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 to 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 cup all-purpose flour in this mixture and stir well
- Now add other 1 cup of all-purpose flour and continue stirring till the whole mixture gathers together and starts leaving the sides of the bowl
- Lastly, add the 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour and now knead with your hands till the dough becomes smooth, springy and elastic
- Add more water if required
- Brush water all over the dough and place in a bowl covered with a kitchen towel
- Allow to leaven and rise for about 45 minutes to 1 hour
- Now take the saucepan add 3 tablespoon oil to it at low flame, when oil gets heated, add onion to it
- Cook it for 2 minutes now add carrot, beans, capsicum, onion, sweet corn, olives to it
- After a minute add tomato puree to it
- After a few minutes when the vegetables are soft, add vinegar, oregano, chilli flakes and white pepper
- Sauté
- Add cheese and switch off the flame
- Heat oil in a deep fry pan to fry these pocket pizzas
- Alternatively, for a healthy option, pre-heat oven to 180 degree Celsius for 10-15 minutes
- Now take the dough add make small balls of it as per your preference for the size of the pocket pizza
- Roll the dough balls around like chapatis and fill the veggies and cheese, as required
- Cover and seal the edges and press the edges with spoon or fork to lock the mixture in place
- Deep fry the pocket pizzas in hot oil or bake them after brushing them with olive oil for 20-25 minutes
- Check after 20 minutes and if not done, you could wait for few more minutes before removing them to serve
- Serve Calzone/ Pocket Pizza/ Mc Puffs Recipe with chilli garlic sauce or Italian Marinara sauce
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Italian Recipes
- Appetizer
- Vegetarian