Vegetable and Garlic Calzones
Whole-wheat dough wraps a pile of asparagus, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, tomato and mozzarella. The filling keeps these calzones lighter than meat-heavy versions, while pizza sauce stays on the side so every bite can be dressed to taste.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Serving size
- 1 calzone + 2 1/2 tbsp sauce
Ingredients
- 3 asparagus stalks, cut into 2.5 cm (1 in) pieces
- 15 g (1/2 cup) chopped spinach
- 45 g (1/2 cup) chopped broccoli
- 35 g (1/2 cup) sliced mushrooms
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp olive oil, divided
- 225 g (1/2 lb) frozen whole-wheat bread dough, thawed
- 1 medium tomato, sliced
- 55 g (1/2 cup) shredded part-skim mozzarella
- 160 ml (2/3 cup) pizza sauce
- Cooking spray
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F) and lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Toss the asparagus, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms and garlic with 1 tsp of the olive oil. Sauté in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat for 4 to 5 minutes, then set aside to cool slightly.
- Divide the dough into four pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece into a thin oval.
- Place one-quarter of the cooked vegetables, tomato slices and 2 tbsp mozzarella on one half of each oval. Moisten the edge, fold the dough over and crimp firmly with a fork.
- Brush the calzones with the remaining oil and bake for about 10 minutes, until golden. Warm the pizza sauce separately and serve about 2 1/2 tbsp with each calzone.
Cook’s tip
The pizza sauce is the biggest sodium lever in this recipe. Check labels and choose the lowest-sodium sauce you can find if sodium reduction is a priority.
Variation
Keep the same amount of filling but change the vegetable mix with the season: zucchini, bell pepper or chopped kale all work well. Nutrition will change with substitutions.
Nutrition per serving
Values reproduced from the supplied recipe document.
- Energy
- 264 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbohydrate
- 36 g
- of which sugars
- 5 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- of which saturates
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 590 mg
DASH-friendly and meatless. At 590 mg sodium per serving, this is the highest-sodium recipe in the chapter.