A golden mushroom and spinach calzone with mozzarella cheese.

Calzone 01.jpg

Serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 2 sheets ready-made puff pastry, thawed

  • Canola oil, spray

  • 1 red onion, sliced

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 400g tinned tomatoes

  • ½ cup of tap water

  • 250g mixed mushrooms, sliced

  • 125g fresh or frozen spinach

  • 250g mozzarella cheese, shredded

  • A sprig of thyme

  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil, shredded

  • Basil leaves extra, garnish

  • Salt and pepper seasoning

  • Sweet chili sauce optional

Method:

  1. Place baking paper on a baking tray and spray with canola oil, then put one sheet of puff pastry on baking paper, set aside. Repeat process for second sheet of puff pastry on another tray, set aside.

  2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius, fan-forced

  3. In a small saucepan pour in tomatoes and water and place on medium heat. Bring to boil then turn down heat and simmer until liquid reduces and tomatoes thicken, around 10 minutes. Then add thyme and basil, salt and pepper and stir. Set aside.

  4. In meantime place a frying pan over medium heat, add onions and oil. Fry for 1 minute then add garlic. Fry until onions are translucent, then add mushrooms and fry until golden.

  5. Place spinach into mushroom mixture and fry over low heat until spinach is slightly wilted then take off heat and set aside. 

  6.   Pour tomato mixture into mushroom mixture and stir through gently. Then take one ladle of tomato and mushroom mixture and place onto the middle of the puff pastry, repeat process twice, making sure liquid mixture stays to centre of pastry.

  7. Now fold the puff pastry from one corner to another corner making a triangle. Then at one of the corners, stretch and press down firmly, folding the pastry edges forming a rolled decorative edge using your thumb and finger movement. Do this until pastry is entirely sealed. Spray with canola oil.

  8. Repeat process with second puff pastry

  9. Bake in moderate oven for 20 minutes or until pastry is golden. When serving cut in half and garnish with extra basil leaves. Add sweet chili sauce if desired.

 

Nutritional analysis per serve

  • Energy:  396Cals/ 1659kJ

  •  Protein:   14g

  • Fat:        22g

  • Saturated fat:          10g             

  •  Carbohydrate:           34g

  • Sugars:                           6g        

  • Fibre:                            8g    

  • Sodium:                  572mg

 

Theresa GrayComment