Napoleon Hat Pizza: It's half pizza-half calzone and 100% awesome!!
Servings: 4servings
Calories: 701kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
24oz.pizza dougheither homemade or store-bought
For the Calzone Filling
½cupricotta cheese
½cupshredded mozzarella cheese
3Tbsponionsliced
⅓cuppepperonisliced
For the Pizza Toppings
1½cupspizza saucedivided
2TbspParmesan cheesegrated
½cupshredded mozzarella cheese
favorite pizza toppings
For the Olive Oil Herb Mixture
2Tbspolive oil
1tspItalian seasoning
¼tspkosher salt
Instructions
Roll out the 1.5x size batch of pizza dough into a large circle onto a large piece of parchment paper. (Note: If you don't use parchment paper here, the pizza will be very difficult to transfer later. Trust me!)
For the Calzone portion
In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the Calzone Filling (ricotta, mozzarella, sliced onion, and pepperoni); stir until well combined. (Tip: Allowing this filling to come to room temperature before baking will yield a better calzone!) (Note: For ease of writing, I am referring to the "calzone portion as the top 1/3 of the circle and the "pizza portion" as the bottom 2/3 of the circle.)
Spread the Calzone Filling evenly on the bottom half of the "calzone portion" of the dough, leaving a 1” border around edge.
Fold the top portion of the calzone dough down over the filled portion; pinch the edges together to seal. (Tip: I press the sealed edges with a fork to ensure they are fully sealed.)
For the Pizza portion
Spread 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce evenly around the pizza portion of the dough, leaving a 1” border around edge. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese evenly across top of the sauce. Top with mozzarella cheese and your favorite pizza toppings.
In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the Olive Oil Herb Mixture; stir until well combined.
Brush edges of the “pizza” portion and entire “calzone” portion with the Olive Oil Herb Mixture.
Bake on a cornmeal dusted pizza stone at 435°F for 18-20 minutes, or until top of calzone portion is golden brown and the pizza is fully cooked.
Allow Napoleon Hat Pizza to cool for several minutes before slicing. Heat the remaining 1 cup of pizza sauce in a small dish for dipping the calzone portion.