Living Rich Recipe: Ham & Cheese Calzone

Ingredients

• Pizza Dough (frozen, fresh, or homemade)
• 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 lb (one package) Hatfield ham steak, cut in small pieces
• 2 eggs
• sea salt
• 1/4 cup grated pecorino cheese
• extra virgin olive oil
• marinara sauce

 Instructions

1. Prepare pizza dough (I used our bread maker to make the dough)
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Cut dough into 2 pieces 
4. In a medium mixing bowl combine the ricotta, ham, mozzarella, 1 egg and pecorino cheese. Stir until well combined and set aside.
5. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into pizza sized circles
6. if you are using a pizza stone, sprinkle some sea salt on to keep the dough from sticking. If not spray some pam on the baking sheet
7. Lay the dough on the pizza stone and spoon half of the cheese and ham mixture onto half of the dough.
8. Using your finger, put olive oil on the edges of the dough.
9. Fold the dough over the cheese mixture creating a half moon shape. 
10. Use your fingers to crimp the edges to seal the calzone
11. in a small bowl beat the last egg and use a pastry brush to spread it on top of the calzones. This creates a golden brown crust.
12. Place in the oven and cook for about 25 mins. Make sure the center is not doughy, this will mostly depend on how thick your crust is.
13. Slice it up and enjoy it hot with some marinara sauce on the side!