Calzone Stuffed With Chicory And Olives
- 4 cloves roasted garlic, peeled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 anchovy fillets, minced
- 4 capers
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 24 oil-cured black olives, pitted and roughly chopped
- 10 cups roughly chopped escarole
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1/2 ounce fast-acting yeast
- 1 3/4 cup unbleached flour, plus up to 2 cups for kneading
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 cup low-fat yogurt
- Cornmeal for dusting the pan
- Combine the garlic, 1 tablespoon olive oil, anchovies, capers, vinegar and olives in a large saucepan.
- Cook over low heat until soft.
- Add the escarole, toss well, cover and braise, about 40 minutes.
- Pour the warm water into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the yeast and gently stir the water with a fork until the yeast dissolves.
- Combine 1 3/4 cups flour with the salt.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the dissolved yeast.
- Add the yogurt and continue to mix the ingredients until the dough becomes soft and sticky.
- Sprinkle a small handful of flour onto a flat surface.
- Knead the dough until smooth, about 5 minutes, adding flour as needed to prevent sticking.
- Brush the inside of a large bowl with the remaining olive oil.
- Place the dough in the bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap.
- Put the bowl in a warm place and let dough rise until double in volume, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Punch the dough to release the air, re-form it into a ball, cover the bowl with the plastic wrap and let it rise for another hour.
- Divide the dough evenly into 12 balls.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Sprinkle a handful of flour onto a flat surface.
- Using a rolling pin, roll each ball into a thin disk, about 1/8 inch thick and 4 inches in diameter, adding more flour when necessary to prevent sticking.
- Lightly dust 2 baking sheets with cornmeal.
- Place 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of filling on the lower half of each circle, leaving a 1/2-inch border all around.
- Fold the top half of the circle over the mixture.
- Then fold the border over and crimp the edges with your fingers.
- Put the calzone on the baking sheets.
- Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
garlic, olive oil, anchovy, capers, balsamic vinegar, oilcured black olives, escarole, water, yeast, unbleached flour, salt, lowfat yogurt, cornmeal
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5477 (may not work)