Nutella Mascarpone Calzone

This is a recipe that I featured in a past blog, and I thought I'd re-share because it's so fabulously simple, not to mention gooey and delicious. It exemplifies how good, basic ingredients can be turned into a special treat when eaten in moderation. Oh, and I must give credit to David Rocco for the general idea. He's so awesome...

THE RECIPE

• Make or buy your favourite pizza dough (see below for recipe)
• Roll out dough to be maybe 1/4 inch thick (it will puff up in the oven!)
• Spread a good amount of Nutella on one half of the dough and mascarpone cheese or cream cheese on the other half.
• Optional: a few handfuls of chopped hazelnuts or other nuts
• Fold over the pizza dough and pinch edges together

Either:

• Brush with olive oil and a few pinches of salt (very interesting)

OR

• Brush with melted butter and a tbsp or two of sugar
• Bake on pizza stone or cookie sheet in a preheated oven at 400°F for about 15 minutes

Pretty excellent with good vanilla ice cream...

Here's my favourite pizza dough recipe for bread machines:

Add ingredients into basket according to your bread machine's directions. Usually the process is: wet ingredients first, followed by dry. Make a small well with your finger in the flour and carefully add yeast to the well.

• 1 1/8 cups water
• 1 1/2 tbsp olive or canola oil
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp yeast

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