Traditional and Tasty Pugliese Calzone Recipe
The traditional Calzone Pugliese is a tasty folded pizza filled with onions, anchovies, capers, and black olives, cooked until golden. Enhance it with cherry tomatoes for a fresh and tangy twist. Perfect for a quick and flavorful meal!
Ingredients
- 400 g Pizza Dough
- 350 g Onions
- 40 g Anchovies Fillets
- 2 tablespoons Capers
- 80 g Black Olives Pitted
- as needed Flour
- 5 tablespoons Oil Olive
Instructions
- Clean and finely slice the onions.
- In a pan, soften the onions with three tablespoons of oil over moderate heat without letting them color.
- Cut the pitted black olives in half.
- Work the pizza dough with two tablespoons of oil until completely absorbed.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin until it's about two to three centimeters thick.
- Evenly distribute the softened onions, anchovy pieces, capers, and black olives on the rolled-out dough.
- Fold the other half of the dough over the filling and seal the edges well.
- Preheat the oven to 240 degrees Celsius.
- Grease a baking tray with some oil and place the prepared calzone on it, brushing the surface with more olive oil.
- Bake the calzone in the middle of the preheated oven and cook for about fifteen minutes or until desired golden brown.
Notes
To add a special touch to the traditional Pugliese Calzone recipe, you can enhance the filling with a handful of cherry tomatoes cut in half, which will add freshness and a slight acidity balancing the sweetness of the onions.