Pioneer Woman's Cowboy Calzones

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lb breakfast sausage
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 diced onion
• 8 ounces rotel
• 8 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated monterey jack cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 for pizza dough:.
• 2 pour 1 1/2 cups warm water in a bowl and sprinkle in yeast.
• 3 combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
• 4 with an electric mixer on low speed, drizzle in olive oil until combined.
• 5 add water and yeast mixture slowly until ball forms.
• 6 let it rise for 1 to 2 hours or can be refrigerated for 2 days.
• 7 to make calzones:.
• 8 preheat oven to 450.
• 9 in a large skillet brown ground beef, sausage and onion over medium heat. drain excess grease.
• 10 add rotel and cook for 2 minutes remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• 11 combine ricotta, mozzarella, monterey jack, and egg in a bowl. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 12 combine cheese mixture with meat mixture.
• 13 divide dough into 8 equal balls. roll into 6 inch circles.
• 14 place one-eighth of the mixture in the middle of each circle.
• 15 fold one half of the circle over and pinch the edges to seal. brush with olive oil.
• 16 bake for 12 to 15 minutes.