INGREDIENTS
DIFFICULTY: LOW PREP. TIME: 20 MIN COOKING TIME: 45 MIN SERVINGS: 4 COST: LOW
![]() 1 RECIPE PIZZA DOUGH (PREPARED IN ADVANCE, USE 1/2) OR 1 POUND OF DOUGH STORE BOUGHT
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![]() 2 POUNDS FRESH SPONSALI, A TYPICAL SWEET FRESH ONION FROM PUGLIA. IN SUBSTITUTION USE FRESH WHITE ONIONS
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![]() 5 TBLSPOONS EXTRA VERGIN OLIVE OIL + MORE AS NEEDED
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RECIPE
HEAT OVEN AT 450°F

THE CALZONE ALLA PUGLIESE IS VERY GOOD AS AN APPETIZER OR AS A MAIN COURSE. YOU WILL FIND THIS DELICIOUS CALZONE ALL OVER PUGLIA, BUT EVERY TOWN WILL PREPARE IT DIFFERENTLY: WITH OR WITHOUT ANCHOVIES, BLACK OR GREEN OLIVES, WITH OR WITHOUT RAISINS, WITH CHERRY TOMATOES, WITH BROCCOLI AND MANY MORE. THE RECIPE I GAVE YOU IS THE TRADITIONAL BASIC ONE. SOME TOWNS WILL USE EVEN A DIFFERENT DOUGH MADE WITH WHITE WINE INSTEAD OF WATER AND NO YEAST ( 4+1/2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR, 1/2 CUP EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, 3/4 CUP + 2 TABLESPOONS LUKEWARM WHITE WINE, 1 TEASPOON SALT. KNEED ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER, IF IT'S TOO DRY ADD MORE WINE, IF TOO WET ADD MORE FLOUR, AND LET REST 30 MINUTES), BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER WITH THE PIZZA DOUGH. THE ONLY THING ALL OF THESE RECIPES HAVE IN COMMON IS THE WHITE FRESH ONION: SPONSALI
BUON APPETITO!!
BUON APPETITO!!