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Cheesy Spinach Calzone Pockets

Pizza dough folded around ricotta, mozzarella, and spinach and baked until puffed and golden.

Cheesy Spinach Calzone Pockets, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
42 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.25

Ingredients

  • 1 refrigerated pizza dough
  • 1 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  • 8 oz shredded mozzarella
  • 10 oz frozen chopped spinach
  • 2 oz grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 1 1/2 tsp italian seasoning blend
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 16 oz jarred marinara sauce
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425F and line a sheet pan with parchment.

  2. Thaw the spinach and squeeze it bone dry, then mix with the ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, minced garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt.

  3. Divide the dough into four pieces and stretch each into a rough circle.

  4. Mound a quarter of the filling on one half of each circle, fold over, and crimp the edges tightly with a fork.

  5. Brush with olive oil, cut two small vents in each top, and bake 20 to 22 minutes until deep golden.

  6. Warm the marinara for dipping and let the calzones cool 5 minutes before serving.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$32.98$8.2510 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£33.91£8.4810 of 10 ingredients
Australia$66.72$16.6810 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬١٥٣٫٠٨ ج.م.‏‏٢٨٨٫٢٧ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 28,84€ 7,219 of 10 ingredients
Canada$76.23$19.068 of 10 ingredients
Spain26,09 €6,52 €8 of 10 ingredients
Germany30,64 €7,66 €8 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$58.74$14.697 of 10 ingredients
Greece22,67 €5,67 €7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$985.40$246.357 of 10 ingredients

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