How to Make a Homemade 'Calzone' (in 7 pictures)

So, around 8 months ago, my wife (a pizza addict) & I began experimenting with making pizza at home. I've shared, on Steemit, our adventures which you can see, here

Emboldened by the success of that, we got more ambitious and, just last night, attempted to make our first calzone -- basically, a pizza folded in half (before cooking) with stuffing -- think glorified hot pocket.

As with making a pizza, the joy of creating a calzone is that you can stuff it with whatever you like or happen to have in your kitchen, at the moment. I began by sauteing cubed chicken , as well as broccoli with onion:

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Next step was readying the dough (which, despite the deceiving picture of my man hands, is my wife's domain). Basically, it's the same as preparing a pizza, which is easier said than done, but I noticed that if you dust the dough, liberally, with flour it makes for easier handling. The base for my calzone consisted of tomato sauce mixed with pesto and, once chicken and broccoli were prepped, I added Parmesan & Swiss cheese on top of them.

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Now, came the truly tricky part... Carefully, fold dough over, using more flour helps (as it might be quite sticky) , and leave around one inch of a flap, which you can pinch with slightly moistened fingers, to seal the sides.

This is, more or less, what your edible beast should look like:

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I got fancy and, as a last step before popping it into the oven, I lightly applied egg whites to the top & sprinkled more (Parmesan) cheese. Having preheated the oven to 500 degrees, I slipped my calzone in for 15 minutes and below, are the mouth-watering, golden-delicious results:

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Bon Appétit!