Sausage and Pepper Calzones

• 16 ounces, weight Store Bought Pizza Dough
• 1 dash Flour, To Work On Dough
• 19 ounces, weight Hot Italian Sausage
• 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 whole Bell Pepper, Diced
• 24 ounces, fluid Store-bought Spaghetti Sauce
• 1/4 cups Red Wine
• 1 dash Red Pepper Flakes
• 1 teaspoon Basil, Chopped
• 1-13 cup Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded
• 1 dash Cooking Spray

1. 1.
2. Split your dough into 4 even sections, and roll out each on a floured surface until flat and very oval shaped.
3. 2.
4. Over medium heat, cook sausage in a pan with a dash of extra virgin olive oil until brown and cooked throughout (about 5 minutes).
5. In the last minute of cooking, add bell pepper to the pan, cooking until tender and translucent (another 3 minutes.)
6. 3.
7. Prepare sauce.
8. Add spaghetti sauce, red wine, red pepper flakes and basil in a bowl and combine.
9. 4.
10. Assemble calzones.
11. Add 1/2 cup of meat and pepper mixture to each piece of dough (only cover one half of the surface), leaving a 3/4 -1 border of dough around the filling.
12. Add 3 tablespoons tomato sauce and 1/3 cup cheese to each pizza pocket.
13. 5.
14. Close your pocket up by folding the empty half of the dough over the filling covered half.
15. Use your fork to smash the two sides of dough together in one cohesive seam.
16. Spray calzone on both sides with cooking spray.
17. (This will help it get crispy).
18. Repeat with the remaining sections of dough and filling.
19. 6.
20. Bake at 425F for 15-20 minutes until crust is crispy and browned.
21. Serve with remaining spaghetti sauce.
22. Makes 4 calzones.
23. Feel free to switch it up and add any other pizza toppings you like!

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/sausage-and-pepper-calzones/ (may not work)