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Deep-Dish Pan Calzones are a stuffed pizza recipe using a large thin pizza dough that literally wraps your favorite pizza toppings in dough in a 13x9 pan. We are pizza lovers. I am a crust lover. However, I do not have time to make homemade pie crust. I do not always want cardboard pizza and who do you think delivers to the middle of nowhere? So, I developed my own pizza dish that I call deep-dish pan calzone for lack of better name but basically stuffed pizza.

Now, this again is one of those recipes that can be doctored to meet your needs and likings. Normally this is a great dish to make when you are feeding a crowd. I make a jelly roll pan size calzone most of the time. But the other night I knew there was no need for enough calzone to feed the entire neighborhood. So, I experimented with my calzone making.

Calzone Ingredients

The ingredients for deep-dish pan calzones are just like the ingredients for a pizza. It is just a stuffed pizza with the toppings filling in between the dough.

Here are the ingredients I used to make this pan of calzones:

Pizza Crust - Refrigerator Thin Crust
Pizza Sauce
Diced Tomatoes
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Sausage
Ham or Bacon
Pepperoni
Onions
Mushrooms
Garlic Powder
Olive Oil Parmesan Cheese

Yeah, I use pizza sauce and petite diced tomatoes in my calzones because I like a chunky sauce. Sometimes I even use a chunky spaghetti sauce.

How to Make Deep-Dish Pan Calzones

I brown up the sausage and make sure it is tiny pieces thanks to my pampered chef mix and mash. Feel free to throw in onion and garlic if you so desire. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

Then I prep my pan. Now, I am making this calzone in my metal 9 x 13 pan rather than my stone jelly roll. The key to a good crust for me is in the crispiness. So I start by pouring some olive oil in the bottom of the pan and sprinkling a generous amount of garlic powder on top.

Then, I grab a paper towel and spread the oil and garlic powder all over the bottom and sides of the pan.

Then I grab my tube of Pillsbury thin crust piece dough. Normally I would put the entire crust on the bottom of a jelly roll pan and use an additional tube for the top of the calzone. But this time, I use just one tube. Spread it out in the pan with half hanging over the edge to flip over wants it was filled with my pizza stuffing.

Once the sausage was browned, I drained the fat off and got the rest of my stuffings ready. I roughly chopped some pepperoni.

Tossed it in the skillet right on top of the sausage.

Then did the same with some mushrooms and onions. I really like the taste of onion, so I tend to wait till now to throw in the onion. Gives it a stronger raw onion flavor.

Then I poured in the pizza sauce.

Followed by the tomatoes. Now, remember to drain the water off of the tomatoes. Someone might have forgotten to do that very important step. Not sure who, but I heard someone did. Then, also add in a few pinches of oregano and some salt and pepper.

While your stuffings simmer a few minutes, grab a two cup package of shredded mozzarella. Sprinkle half on the bottom crust.

Once the fillings are thoroughly heated, it is time to start filling your calzone.

I use a slotted spoon to transfer the filling from the skillet to the crust. You don't want too much liquid in the mixture. It makes the crust more doughy and harder to get done.

Finally, once you have the filling all piled onto the crust, finish off by sprinkling the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese.

Then fold the remaining half of crust over the top of the filling.

I sprinkled the top with garlic powder. But, I have an obsession with garlic. Put into a 400-degree oven for 20 minutes or until the top is done to your liking.

I let it sit about 10 minutes to cool slighting before cutting and serving.

Tasty, quick dinner. Deep dish pan calzones are always a family pleaser.

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Deep-Dish Pan Calzones - Stuffed Pizza

Deep-Dish Pan Calzones are a stuffed pizza recipe using a large thin pizza dough that literally wraps your favorite pizza toppings in dough in a 13x9 pan.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: pieces

Calories: 307kcal

Author: Leah @ Beyer Beware

Ingredients

1 thin crust refrigerator pizza dough
1 pound ground sausage or ground beef
1 cup ham pepperoni, bacon or combination of the three
4 ounces fresh or canned mushrooms sliced (optional)
1 onion diced (Optional)
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 teaspoon oregano
1.5 cups pizza sauce
1, 15 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes drained
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1-2 teaspoons garlic powder
Olive Oil

Instructions

In a large skillet, brown ground sausage, onions, and garlic. Drain grease and return to the skillet
Mix in the cup of extra meats and mushrooms into the meat.
Pour pizza sauce and diced tomatoes over the meat and veggies. Stir in the oregano. Let simmer for five minutes.
Prepare the pan by spreading olive oil on the bottom. When coated, sprinkle with garlic powder.
Lay the pizza dough in pan so the length of the pizza dough goes across the width of the pan. This allows for half the dough to be hanging over the side. Sprinkle with one cup of the shredded mozzarella.
On top of the dough put the meat and sauce mixture. Top with the remaining cup of shredded mozzarella.
Fold the remaining half of the dough over the top of the meat mixture to seal the dough over the top.
Spread olive oil over the top of the dough and sprinkle with garlic powder. I also sometimems sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Bake for 15-20 minutes on 400 degrees or the crust is golden brown.

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A working mom of two very active teenagers. My husband and I gave up running the 80-cow dairy farm that also included a couple of hundred acres of corn and soybeans to both work to support the agricultural industry. We still have about 20 head of dairy heifers and cows to help my kids appreciate the effort it takes to raise livestock. I consider myself a foodie as I love cooking and experimenting with recipes. My family just wishes I would make the same thing twice. Find my other blog, FarmWifeDrinks.com for all things cocktails.

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