Calzone with Sausage, Spinach, Fontina, and Pine Nuts

Name: Calzone with Sausage, Spinach, Fontina, and Pine Nuts
Yield: makes 8 calzones
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for brushing; 2 red onions, cut into thin wedges; 12 ounces sweet Italian sausage, removed from casings and crumbled; 8 large cloves garlic, peeled; 2 cups packed spinach leaves; 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes; Basic Pizza Dough (page 33); 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh mint; 2 cups shredded Italian fontina cheese; 1 cup pine nuts, toasted in olive oil (page 184); Coarse sea salt

January 24, 2012

This is one of my favorite savory calzones because the filling is so delicious. The sausage and onions become smoky because they are first cooked in the wood-fired oven. Spinach is a natural with these two ingredients. The creamy, slightly nutty fontina cheese is a great companion to the toasted pine nuts. This combination would be wonderful on a pizza as well.

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