How to make Corn and Capsicum Calzone -
An Italian delicacy, these calzones are stuffed with a mixture bursting with flavours of capsicums and corn.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Corn kernels (मकई के दाने), Green capsicum (हरी शिमला मिर्च )
Cuisine : Italian
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Corn and Capsicum Calzone Recipe Card
Hindi: makai
Corn was indigenous to America, but is now grown throughout the world. It is used as a vegetable, briefly boiled or roasted or eaten with butter. And it would also interest you to know that the favourite popcorn, made by popping the small corn kernels, is a wholesome cereal food and is easily digested. Besides this, corn sees its use in various other ways – salads, soups, subzis and even sweets too!
Prep Time : 51-60 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Corn and Capsicum Calzone Recipe
Corn kernels boiled, crushed ½ cup
Green capsicum finely chopped ½ medium
Red capsicum finely chopped ½ medium
Yellow capsicum finely chopped ½ medium
Refined flour (maida) 2 cups + for dusting
Fresh yeast 1 teaspoon
Castor sugar (caster sugar) ½ teaspoon
Salt ½ teaspoon
Olive oil 3 tablespoons + for greasing
Garlic chopped 1 tablespoon
Red chilli flakes 1 teaspoon
Onions finely chopped 2 medium
Salt to taste
Dried mixed herbs ½ teaspoon
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
Tomato ketchup 2 tablespoons
Processed cheese grated 2-3 tablespoons
Milk for brushing
Butter for basting
Method
Step 1
Take yeast in a bowl. Add castor sugar and 2 tablespoons warm water, mix and set aside for 5-10 minutes or till it activates.
Step 2
Take flour in a bowl. Add salt and mix. Add activated yeast and mix. Add sufficient water and knead into soft dough. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and knead again. Cover with damp muslin cloth and set aside to prove for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a non-stick pan. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Add chilli flakes and onions and sauté till onions turns translucent.
Step 4
Add red capsicum, yellow capsicum and green capsicum, mix and cook for 30 seconds. Add crushed corn kernels and mix.
Step 5
Add salt, mixed herbs, crushed peppercorns and tomato ketchup, mix and cook till the mixture dries. Transfer onto a plate and cool. Add cheese and mix well.
Step 6
Transfer dough onto the worktop and knock back to release excess air.
Step 7
Divide the dough into 2 equal portions. Dust the worktop with some flour and roll out each portion to a ½ cm thick sheet. Cut into roundels using a medium sized cookie cutter.
Step 8
Put some capsicum mixture in the center of each roundel, brush some water on the edges, fold to a half moon shape and lightly press the edges to seal. Dust a fork with some flour and lightly press the edges with its backside to create a pattern.
Step 9
Grease a baking tray with some olive oil, place the calzones, cover with damp muslin cloth and set aside to prove for 10-15 minutes.
Step 10
Preheat oven to 180° C. Brush the calzones with some milk. Put the baking tray in preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, basting with some butter at intervals. Serve hot.
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