Consider calzones as pizza hand pies, crammed together with your favourite toppings. With a crispy exterior in each chew, they’re good for crust-lovers.
Skip the pepperoni if you would like — there’s loads of taste right here to maintain the vegetarians joyful. Serve the calzones together with your favourite inexperienced salad to finish the meal.
Air Fryer Pepperoni and Roasted Pepper Calzones
1 lb. recent pizza dough
½ cup pizza sauce (from 1 [13-oz.] jar)
3 oz. whole-milk mozzarella cheese, finely shredded (about 3/4 cup)
½ cup roasted purple bell peppers (from 1 [16-oz.] jar), drained and chopped
12 slices pepperoni (from 1 [6-oz.] pkg.)
¾ oz. Parmesan cheese, grated (about 8 tsp.)
2 tsp. finely chopped garlic (from 2 garlic cloves)
1 tsp. dried oregano
1. Place pizza dough in a calmly greased bowl; cowl loosely with a towel or plastic wrap. Put aside to return to room temperature, about 1 hour.
2. Preheat air fryer to 350° for 3 minutes. Divide dough evenly into 4 parts; roll into balls, and flatten barely. Cowl with a kitchen towel.
3. Stretch out 2 dough parts into 8-inch rounds; coat calmly with olive oil spray, and flip over. Unfold 2 tablespoons pizza sauce on half of every spherical, leaving a 1-inch border. High sauce on every with 3 tablespoons mozzarella, 2 tablespoons roasted peppers, 3 slices pepperoni, and a couple of teaspoons Parmesan; sprinkle ½ teaspoon garlic and ¼ teaspoon oregano evenly over every. Fold dough over; utilizing fingertips or a fork, press edges to seal.
4. Coat tops with olive oil spray; switch to air fryer basket. Cook dinner till dough is golden brown, crisp, and cooked by means of, about 14 minutes, flipping over midway by means of cook dinner time. Let cool 5 minutes.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 utilizing remaining dough, sauce, mozzarella, peppers, pepperoni, Parmesan, garlic, and oregano.
Serves: 4
Lively time: 20 minutes
Complete time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
