Spinach Calzone With Veggie Crumbles

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 200 g veggie crumbles, soaked in water and drained if necessary (this varies from brand to brand)
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste
• 200 g frozen spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
• 70 g dried apricots, diced
• 1 (200 g) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• salt and black pepper
• 1 small ball mozzarella cheese, diced
• 1 portion of your favourite pizza dough (store-bough or home-made)
• 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a large pan. sautee veggie crumbles for about 5 minutes or until browned and fragrant. add onion and garlic and sautee for another 2 minutes.
• 2 stir in tomato paste.
• 3 then add spinach, apricots and diced tomatoes. bring to a boil, then turn off heat.
• 4 add the spices and stir to combine. allow to cool a tad, then add the mozzarella cheese.
• 5 roll out the pizza dough into a large rectangle (about the size of your baking sheet). this is easiest if done directly on the baking paper.
• 6 scoop all of the filling onto one of the short halves of the dough leaving a rim 2 cm/1 inch all around.
• 7 fold over the other half of the dough using your baking paper to do this. peel off the paper again and seal the rim using a fork. prick dough a few times.
• 8 sprinkle with parmesan cheese and bake in the preheated oven at 200°c/400°f on the lower rack for about 15-20 minutes or until dough is done and the top nicely browned.