quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Calzones

This is very “Jersey Italian. It’s easy and good for a weeknight fast meal

1 cup ricotta cheese
1 link cooked Italian sausage, diced
3/4 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
about 2 cups a bread dough , you can make it yourself with poppop’s bread recipe or you can but brad dough at the super market frozen section, OR you can get it some times at a local Italian deli.
1 cup marinara sauce, warmed

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In medium bowl, stir together ricotta, sausage, frozen peas, and mozzarella.
Spray large cookie sheet with pam cooking spray. Unroll pizza dough on center of cookie sheet. With fingertips, press dough into 14" by 10" rectangle.
Cut dough lengthwise in half, then cut each piece crosswise in half to make 4 rectangles.
lace one-fourth ricotta filling on half of one dough rectangle. Fold other half of dough over filling and pinch edges together to seal. Repeat with remaining filling and dough.
Bake calzones 25 minutes or until well browned on top. Serve with marinara sauce.


Chianti goes real good with this!!