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Mezzaluna Pizza with Garlic Riccotta and Spianata Piccante

Writer: Tim
Tim
Oct 8
1 min read
Half calzone, half Neapolitan-style pizza, this delicious mezzaluna brings together the best of both worlds. One half is folded around a creamy, garlicky filling of ricotta and spinach, creating a soft, rich and comforting calzone-style centre. The other half is left open and topped with spicy Spianata Piccante, creamy mozzarella and fresh green chilli for a delicious hit of heat.

PREP: 6 minutes BAKE: 5 minutes DOUGH: 24hrs
Half calzone spianata and ricotta pizza topped with green chili slices on a wooden paddle board, over a flour-dusted dark surface baked in a home oven on a baking steel
780 kcal | 31g protein | 110g carbohydrates | 23g fat | 10g (of which saturates)

You can find the Neapolitan-style dough recipe here


Toppings

  • 125g Italian Ricotta cheese

  • handful spinach

  • 1 garlic clove

  • pinch cracked black pepper

  • 40g mozzarella

  • 4 slices Spianata Piccante

  • 1 sliced green chilli


Instructions

  1. Preheat your carbon baking steel on the top oven shelf at maximum temperature for at least 20 minutes.

  2. Finely slice your garlic and pan-fry on a medium-high heat for 30 seconds, then mix in the ricotta, spinach and cracked black pepper. Stir until combined (1-2mins).

Ricotta, garlic and spinach cooking in a black frying pan on a stovetop, with black pepper sprinkled on top.

  1. Stretch your dough to roughly 30cm and press the air all the way out of one side to form a flat base.

  2. Add your Ricotta mix into one half, then fold it over to create a sealed pocket.

  3. Spread your tomato and cheese on the other half along with the remaining ingredients.

  4. Poke a few small holes in the calzone half, then brush lightly with extra virgin olive oil.

Three-step pizza prep on a kitchen counter: dough folded, then topped with cheese, salami, and jalapeños. half calzone half neapolitan

  1. Dust your peel with semolina and launch directly onto your baking steel. Bake for around 5 minutes (starting with the grill on) and turning halfway through.


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