Mini Pizzas

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Mini Pizzas

Everybody loves them, crunchy and rich with filling, mini pizzas are ideal for any gathering. Great solution for birthday parties, celebrations and especially for children’s birthdays. Excellent as a snack. This recipe takes a while to prepare, but once you take them out of the oven, you’ll put a smile on everyone’s face. 

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Ingredients:

·         Milk 300 ml /1.2 cups/

·         Water 300 ml /1.2 cups/

·         1 dry active yeast 7g /2 teaspoons/

·         Oil 150 ml / ½ cup/

·         Salt 1 tablespoon

·         Sugar 1 teaspoon

·         All-purpose flour 1 kilo /2.2 pounds/

Pizza Topping:

·         3 egg yolks, beaten

·         Sour cream 200 ml /1 cup/

·         Butter, softened 100 g /3.5 oz/

·         Ham, shredded 400 g /14 oz/

·         Gouda cheese, shredded 500 g /17.6 oz/

·         Mushrooms 700 g /25 oz/

·         Pepperoni, chopped ½ cup

·         Ketchup

·         Oregano

Directions:

1.    In a large bowl combine milk, water, flour, yeast, oil, salt and sugar. Knead the dough for 15 min until smooth and fluffy and doesn’t stick to a bowl.

2.    Cover the dough with kithen towel and leave in a warm place to rise for at least 40 min.

3.    When the dough is doubled, take out on a floured work sourface. Divide into 3 quarters.

4.    Roll out each of the 3 balls with a rolling pin and use flour to prevent sticking. Spread pizza filling evenly on top of each rectangle.

5.    Prepare filling in a bowl by combining egg yolk, sour cream, cheese and butter. First spread ketchup on each rectangle, spread filling over and toss ham, pepperoni and mushrooms equally. Sprinkle with oregano.

6.    Roll up the filling inside the dough starting from ends. Roll the dough with your hands in jally roll fashion until you finish the entire rectangle of dough.

7.    Cut the rolled dough into individual rolls with knife, making each pizza roll 3 cm /1 ½ inches/ thick.

8.    Place in greased baking sheet and leave to rise for 30 min before baking.

9.    Bake in the preheated oven for 15 min at 180 degree C /356 F/ until lightly browned. 

Calories: 560

Preparation time: 2 hours  |  Bake time: 15 min  | Serves: 10-15

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Pizza Phyllo Pie

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Pizza Phyllo Pie

This is very quick and easy pie which can serve as a main dish when you have unexpected house guests. Everyone loves pizza, and pizza filling can be used for various types of dough, and each pizza will turn out great. This recipe is with the easiest in the world-dough, available everywhere - phyllo dough. If you haven’t prepared ​​anything with phyllo sheets, then you should start right now. With this dough you can make a huge number of sweet, sour, salty and savory pies and each one will be a succsess. You can not go wrong with this dough. Phyllo dough is usually baked in 25 min and the pie is ready for serving. Filling can be whichever you like, use your favorite pie-filling to make this crispy pastry and have fun baking.

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Ingredients:

·         8 sheets phyllo dough

·         6 tablespoons butter, melted

·         Ham, shredded 200g /7 oz/

·         Mushrooms 150g /5 oz/

·         Mozzarella cheese, shredded 250g /1 cup/

·         2 cloves garlic, minced

·         1 small onion, thinly sliced

·         1 teaspoon dried oregano

·         Pepper

·         Salt

Directions:

1.    Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C / 360 F/. Brush 15inch x 10inch x 1inch baking pan with butter.

2.    Lay a phyllo sheet in pan, folding edges in to fit. Brush phyllo with butter and sprinkle with half mozzarella cheese, half ham, half mushrooms, minced garlic, and onion.

3.    Top with remaining phyllo sheets and brush with butter. Sprinkle with remaining half of mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, garlic, onion and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle oregano.

4.    Brush the last top layer of phyllo sheets with butter.

5.    Bake in the oven until crust is crisp and golden brown color. Bake for 25 min.

Calories: 195

Preparation time: 15 min   |  Cook time: 25 min   |  Serves: 16

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Fried Calzone – Panzerotti

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Fried Calzone – Panzerotti

Perfect, soft and delicious. In short description of these calzones or as we on Balkans call them “panzerotti”. Usually you will find recipe for baked calzones, but I like to fry them in deep oil. I know it’s not a low-calorie food, it’s a complete opposite, but sometimes we can indulge ourselves. This is the ultimate comfort food recipe. Though similar pastries baked in the oven are equally delicious. Fot those who are on a diet, just look at the images and those who love good food, try them.

Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour 1 kilo /2.2 pounds/
• 2 cups water
• Oil 50ml / ¼ cup/
• 1 dry active yeast 7g /2 teaspoons/
• Oil for frying 300ml / 1.2 cups/

For Filling:

• Ricotta cheese 200g /7 oz/
• Sour cream 200ml /0.8 cup/
• Ham, shredded 200g /7 oz/
• 2 large leeks, sliced thinly
• Salt

Directions:

1.    In a large bowl combine flour, water, oil, and yeast. Knead the dough for 10 min until smooth. The dough shouldn’t stick to a bowl.

2.    Cover with kitchen towel and leave the dough in a warm place to rise for at least 40 min.

3.    Prepare the filling by combining in a bowl cheese, sour cream, ham, leeks and salt.

4.    When the dough is doubled, take out on a floured work sourface. Roll out the dough and cut out pieces with a round cup.

5.    Stretch every round piece with hands, and stuff with 2 teaspoon of filling. Fold dough over to enclose the filling, and press edges together to seal the calzone.

6.    Heat the oil for frying in a deep pan. Fry each calzone on high heat until golden, brown color.

Calories: 590

Preparation time: 1 hour   |   Cook time: 25 min   |  Serves: 50

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