The Calzone Is One Big, Irresistible Hand Pie

Serve it with tomato sauce on the side and it’s near perfect

Mark Bittman
Heated
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3 min readMay 21, 2020

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Essentially a pizza folded over itself, the calzone is like one big hand pie: filling neatly enclosed with dough, so you get browned crust in every bite. You can fill it with any pizza toppings; it should be substantial and fairly dry so the dough doesn’t leak or get soggy. Drained…

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Mark Bittman
Heated

Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.