Chicken Calzone

Nature Boy

<p />All the different ideas for my wacky calzone idea helped a lot, and I ended up angling toward the "chicken pot pie" route as suggested by Tonia, and the roux suggested by Wil. Well...sorta. [p]Overall I was really happy with the results, and the kids just devoured it. Wished the dough would have browned more on top, but the results were crunchy with a bit of chew to the crust. Can't imagine a better outside layer than Mr. Hyde's dough. Wow. [p]In an eggshell:
Sauteed onion garlic in a little olive oil. Added mushrooms and cooked til almost caramelized. Pushed aside in pan, and added butter. Then flour to butter to make roux. Whisked in a pint or so of homemade chicken broth and reduced. Seasoned with salt pepper basil and parsley and some ragin river. Added milk and reduced a bit more, then added broccolli and chicken, and seasoned with salt til it was right. Rolled out dough and added 1/2 cup cheese (mozzarella, garlic chedder, jack, queso blanco), then spooned in chicken mixture. Sealed "zones" and cooked at 500 til crunchy. [p]We loved it, but it gets BIG points because it was a kid pleaser......and that seems to be getting tougher and tougher.[p]Thanks again for the suggestions, and thanks to Mr. Hyde fer the dough recipe!
Cheers
Chris

Chuck

Nature Boy,[p]Looks great Chris. I'll have to give it a try. I'll also have to try Mr Hyde's dough recipe. I have one I'm really happy with, adapted from FatDogs recipe, but it's always good to try something different. Looking forward to seeing you again in Waldorf.[p]Chuck

GrillMeister

Nature Boy,[p]Where's the recipe for Mr. Hyde's dough?

QBabe

Nature Boy,[p]To get the top a little browner, you might try brushing it with a little melted butter or olive oil....[p]Looks like it turned out well![p]Tonia
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QBabe

GrillMeister,[p]It's in the Pizza/Breads section of my website. I'm working on converting all of the recipes to webpages so many of the links are down at the moment, but that one is up and running. I also have it in Word...[p]Tonia
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QBabe

Hi Chuck,[p]Here's the link to my website, where I've posted the recipe and it's one of the hot links right now...[p]Please forgive the many un-linked choices but I'm in the middle of converting all the recipes to webpages because folks were having trouble with some of the information in the Word files doing weird things when they downloaded the recipe, depending on what version of Word they were using...[p]We're starting to get really psyched about Eggfest 2004 in Waldorf. See you there![p]Tonia
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Banker John

QBabe,
I agree with the brushing to brown the top. I beat an egg and whip in 2 tbsp of olie oil. Brush on the dough then sprinkle with parmesan cheese or course salt. [p]I learned the above from watching an Emeril episode.[p]Banker John