Beef / Pork

Sausage Calzone takes several minutes to prepare.

Sausage Calzone takes several minutes to cook.

Sausage Calzone makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Sausage Calzone are:

1/2 pound fresh hot Italian sausage
Olive oil cooking spray
1 (10-ounce) tube refrigerated pizza crust
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed

Topping:
2 tablespoons chopped fresh red pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Here is how you make Sausage Calzone:

Squeeze sausage from the casings into a heavy skillet. Over medium heat, sauté sausage, breaking sausage into small pieces. Cook until sausage is no longer pink. Remove sausage pieces from pan with a slotted spoon and drain well on clean paper towels. Blot dry with additional paper towels. Lightly spray an 11x7 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Unroll dough and position in the baking dish with half of the dough falling to the side. Gently press dough into corners and to cover the dish bottom. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon rosemary. Crumble cooked sausage and sprinkle 1 cup sausage over the dough. Fold dough over sausage filling, covering completely. Seal edges. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup sausage and 2 tablespoons peppers atop dough. Combine garlic powder, herbs and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle over dough. Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve hot. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ROSE09.

The nutritional information for Sausage Calzone is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 494.1

• Total Fat: 32.5 g
• Cholesterol: 67.6 mg
• Sodium: 1,177.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 29.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 22.7 g