Plant based Calzone Recipe

Veggie Calzone

Here is a recipe for a fun meal on a Friday or weekend.  I was hoping my family would come home in time to make their own but alas, I got to build all six of them myself using my favorite pizza topping ingredients.  I couldn't help but think of Jim Gaffigan's "Hot Pockets" comedy routine while putting these together and humming the little song from the commercial.

The making of a great homemade calzone without meat or fats or dairy

Dough recipe:
2 cups better for bread flour (or whole grain flour with some vital wheat gluten)
1 cup oat flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon salt
dash of garlic powder
1/2 cup rice milk
1 cup warm water, more or less to make the dough a proper constancy (start with one cup and keep adding until all the flour is incorporated).

Knead for 5 minutes and let rest for 2 hours in a warm, draft-free location.  Punch down and divide dough into 6 or 8 equal parts.  To make a calzone, roll one of the sections into a circle roughly the size of a dinner plate on a floured surface.  Rolling it thin makes for a calzone that isn't too tough, but too thin and you might tear it while closing in your ingredients.

Ideas for filling ingredients:
Tofu Garlic Sauce (see below) or your favorite red sauce
Lots of fresh baby spinach
Sliced zucchini
Sliced black olives or kalmata olives
Sliced mushrooms
Vegan sausage crumbles
Sun dried tomatoes
Pineapple tidbits
Artichoke hearts, packed in water
Rice shreds (like mozzarella cheese)

Pile your toppings in the center of your dough beginning with the sauce.  Run a wet finger over the outside edge before folding over and pinching shut.  Poke a couple of slits in the top with a sharp knife to let the steam escape.  Bake in hot oven, 400 degrees fahrenheit for 20 minutes or until golden brown and hollow sounding.

Serving suggestion:  We like dipping the hot pockets in warm tomato sauce (pizza or spaghetti sauce).

Tofu Garlic Sauce (This is like Alfredo Sauce but without the dairy and animal fats.)


1 package soft silken tofu
1/2 cup low-fat almond milk
1/4 cup Tofutti Sour Supreme, vegan sour cream
2 Tbsp Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese, vegan cream cheese
1/3 cup nutritional yeast flakes
2 tsp Galaxy Nutritional Foods Soy Grated Topping Parmesan Flavor
1 tsp miso paste
1 tsp Bragg 24 Herb Seasoning
2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp hot sauce, or to taste
1/4 tsp dry mustard powder
1/4 tsp pepper