- If you love cheesy, stuffed pizza pockets,
you're going to want to watch this video.
The recipe is super easy to make,
and it's a family favorite.
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Hey guys, welcome back to Deliciously Cheesy Video,
brought to you by my friends at Borden Cheese.
It's no surprise that in a house full of kids,
you'd find a few cheese lovers.
From homemade macaroni and cheese,
to our cheesy taco skillet, to homemade pizzas,
if there's cheese, dinner is a winner.
Today I have Sophia here to help me make dinner.
I love any recipe
that brings the kids into the kitchen with me
to cook together.
And luckily it's pizza night.
And today we wanna make pizza pockets or homemade calzones.
There is a local pizzeria that makes the best calzones,
and the broccoli and cheese stuffed one
is one of our favorites to order.
So we're gonna make that one here at home,
as well as the classic pepperoni and cheese calzone.
Sophia has been grating some sharp cheddar cheese
this whole time, and I saved myself some time
by buying shredded mozzarella,
which are both from Borden Cheese.
Borden Cheese is the perfect creamy addition
to any cheesy recipe,
which is why we love it for today's recipe.
Sophia's gonna go ahead and slice the pepperoni
while I finely chop the broccoli.
Awesome, and these ingredients are ready.
And as you can see, I have two pizza dough balls here,
that I've sliced in half.
Now whether you make your own pizza dough or buy it,
this recipe is a lot of fun to make.
Okay, so we have the pizza dough, olive oil,
Italian seasoning, finely chopped broccoli,
and mozzarella and cheddar cheeses
for the broccoli and cheese stuffed pockets.
I like to add a little mozzarella to the cheddar cheese
because that's how our local pizzeria does it.
So we're going to do the same today.
For our classic pepperoni pizza pocket
I have pizza dough, pepperoni, a few sliced black olives,
and of course our mozzarella cheese.
Simple, but this is a classic combination everyone loves.
So let's get started by flouring the surface,
and roll out our pizza dough.
Now I'm gonna pick it up
and place it on the parchment paper, like this.
Notice how I made this dough a little thin,
because it will rise while baking,
and remember that you'll find today's recipe
in the description box below this video.
Okay, now that our pizza doughs are ready,
we can get started.
Sophia is going to spread pizza sauce on half of the dough,
just like that,
and then top it with pepperoni and black olives.
And finally we add
our favorite pizza ingredient, the cheese.
Now onto the part that makes this pizza a pocket.
Let's fold over the half without the sauce,
onto the other side.
And with a fork, I'm going to puncture the top
to let the steam release while cooking,
and also use it to press down on the edges
to make a good seal.
To give our calzone or pizza pocket
that golden color we all love,
we're going to brush this with a little olive oil.
Beautiful!
Now these classic pepperoni calzones are ready.
Now onto our broccoli cheddar pizza pockets.
We have some chopped broccoli here,
and to the bowl we're going to add
some shredded mozzarella and shredded sharp cheddar.
Let's combine this mixture.
Perfect!
Before we fill our pizza pockets
with the broccoli and cheese mixture,
let's spread the olive oil onto the dough,
then let's sprinkle a little Italian seasoning throughout.
Excellent!
Now on to distributing the broccoli and cheese mixture
over half of the dough.
And just like we did with the other pizza pocket,
we're going to fold over half of the dough,
press the edges down, and poke a few holes on top
to let the steam escape.
Because we want this nice and golden too,
we're going to brush it with a little olive oil.
I'm also going to sprinkle a bit of Italian seasoning on top
to know that this is a broccoli and cheese one.
All we have to do is bake this in our preheated oven
for approximately 25 minutes, until the tops are golden
and the bottoms slide off the parchment paper easily.
If you're not baking these one at a time,
remember to swap them out halfway through the baking.
Wow, these came out and look amazing!
So much love baked right into these.
It's hard to give 'em a minute to cool down
prior to cutting them.
So what do you think, Sophia,
are you ready just to give 'em a try?
- Yeah.
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