Fast and Fabulous Fake out Calzones

Ingredients

• 4 large kaiser rolls
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 6 ounces pepperoni, see note
• 1/2 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 8 slices fresh mozzarella cheese
• 1 tomato, thinly sliced
• 8 basil leaves, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried basil

Optional add ins you may like

• green pepper
• mushroom
• onion
• olive
• tomato
• sausage
• pineapple

Directions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 325 degrees F.

2. 2

   Split the Kaiser rolls making the bottom larger than the top. Scoop some of the white soft insides out of the bottoms to make room for your filling. Reserve the tops.

3. 3

   Mix salt and pepper, to taste, meat and grated cheese into ricotta. (NOTE: Feel free to add some veggies here. You could leave the meat out if you like and just use veggies! Think of the toppings or calzone fillings you would normally eat and use those. Mushrooms work great here as well as spinach, green peppers, onions, etc.).

4. 4

   Fill the rolls with the ricotta mixture.

5. 5

   Cover the ricotta with mozzarella, tomato and basil.

6. 6

   Place reserved roll top in place and bake 10 to 12 minutes, just to heat through and melt the cheese.

7. 7

   Cut and serve with optional garnishes of crushed red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese.