Grilled Pepper, Onion, and Sausage Calzones

Use sweet turkey Italian sausage for sensitive palates. Serve with a spinach salad to use greens left after making the pizza on page 94.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/2 calzone and 5 1/2 teaspoons sauce)

Ingredients

• 1  portion Homemade Pizza Dough
• 1  Vidalia or other sweet onion, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices (about 14 ounces)
• 1  red bell pepper, quartered
• 1  yellow bell pepper, quartered
• Cooking spray
• 1  pound  hot Italian turkey sausage links
• 1 3/4  cups  plus 3 tablespoons New York-Style Pizza Sauce, divided
• 113/  cup  (about 5 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Preparation

1. Remove Homemade Pizza Dough from refrigerator; let stand at room temperature 1 hour.

2. Prepare grill to medium-high heat.

3. Coat onion slices and bell pepper pieces with cooking spray. Place vegetables and sausages on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill vegetables 4 minutes on each side or until browned; grill sausages 8 minutes or until done, turning occasionally to brown on all sides. Remove vegetables and sausages from grill; cool slightly. Cut onion slices in half; cut bell pepper pieces into 1/2-inch strips. Cut sausages diagonally into thin slices.

4. Preheat oven to 500°

5. Place dough on a lightly floured surface; divide dough into 4 equal portions. Roll each portion into a 9 x 5-inch rectangle. Spread 1/4 cup New York-Style Pizza Sauce evenly over each rectangle, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Arrange sausage evenly over half of each rectangle; top evenly with onion and bell peppers. Sprinkle each calzone with 1/3 cup cheese. Fold other half of dough over filling; press edges together with a fork to seal.

6. Place calzones on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Coat calzones with cooking spray. Bake at 500° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven; let stand 5 minutes. Cut each calzone in half; serve with remaining New York-Style Pizza Sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

398

Fat:

13.6g (sat 4.4g,mono 5.7g,poly 2.2g)

Protein:

21.5g

Carbohydrate:

48g

Fiber:

4.3g

Cholesterol:

44mg

Iron:

3.8mg

Sodium:

759mg

Calcium:

186mg