Sausage & Spinach Calzones Recipe

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These are perfect for quick lunches or a midnight snack. My nurse coworkers always ask me to make them when it's my turn to bring in lunch. —Kourtney Williams, Mechanicsville, Virginia

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Sausage & Spinach Calzones Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/2 pound bulk Johnsonville® Ground Sausage
1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
3 cups fresh baby spinach
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Meanwhile, unroll pizza crust; pat into a 15-in. x 11-in. rectangle. Cut into four rectangles. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over half of each rectangle to within 1 in. of edges.
Drain sausage. Add spinach; cook and stir over medium heat until spinach is wilted. Remove from the heat. Stir in the ricotta cheese, salt and pepper; spread over mozzarella cheese. Fold dough over filling; press edges with a fork to seal.
Transfer to a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 calzone equals 452 calories, 17 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 44 mg cholesterol, 1,220 mg sodium, 50 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 24 g protein.

Originally published as Sausage & Spinach Calzones in Simple & Delicious September/October 2009, p29