Friday night is pizza night in our family, but this week we’ve decided to change it up a bit for a mouth-watering yeast free calzone with Zacusca Eggplant.
My kids love Italian food, be it pasta, risottos, antipasto and pizza is one of their favourite. But it can be tricky to keep it healthy and nutritious for them while keeping that comfort food taste they crave.
Hence why, swapping the traditional pizza sauce with Zacusca Eggplant or Zacusca Chilli is a great way to boost everyone’s veggie intake and better yet, your kids won’t even notice they’re eating their veggies. Mix it with your favourite fresh herbs, we’ve used some fragrant oregano and garlic chives from our very own veggie patch and you’ve got yourself a great Mediterranean favourite that all the family will love.
So here it goes:
No Yeast Mediterranean Calzone with Zacusca Eggplant
Ingredients
- 500g shredded ham or any other deli meat you fancy
- 1 jar of Zacusca Eggplant
- 3 cups of wholemeal flour plus a little extra to dust the bench
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 300g shredded tasty cheese
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil plus a little extra to brush the calzones
- chopped garlic chives
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, place the flour, together with the water, salt, baking powder and olive oil. Mix with a wooden spoon until incorporated and then start kneading until the mixture comes of the sides of the bowl. You’ll get a soft dough but unlike yeast pizza dough, this one will have a rougher surface.
- Dust the bench with a little flour and using a rolling pin form 2 round sheets of dough. Add half of the cheese and half of the ham and fold one end over the other to enclose the filling. Using a fork seal the edges of the calzone and brush with olive oil for extra crunch. Repeat with the other ball of dough and the remaining cheese and ham.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees fan forced or 220 conventional. Place the calzones on a baking tray lined with baking paper and cook for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- While the calzones are baking, make the topping sauce by mixing 1 jar of Zacusca Eggplant with a small handful of chopped garlic chives and oregano. If you like spice you can easily replace it with Zacusca Chilli.
- Top the calzones with the Zacusca mixture and cut in half. Enjoy warm! Yummy veggie goodness at its best.
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