calzone
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Etymology
Origin of calzone
1945–50; < Italian: literally, trouser leg ( calzoni (plural) trousers), masculine augmentative of calza stocking < Vulgar Latin *calcea, for Latin calceus shoe, derivative of calx heel
Explanation
A calzone is a savory Italian turnover that's essentially a small, portable pizza, with the cheese baked inside a piece of folded dough. The sauce is usually served on the side. In Italian, calzone means "trouser leg," and this traditional stuffed bread originally had a longer, more leg-like shape. Today, that better describes a stromboli, while a calzone is usually made by rolling pizza dough into a circle, filling it with meat and cheese, and folding it over. If you've never tried one, you should! You're in for a hot, cheesy, and portable treat.
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The week before she died, Lim cooked for her colleagues almost every day, and threw a baby shower for Sharma, complete with chicken calzone and blueberry cake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
When the chain’s chicken bake — a long calzone of sorts, stuffed with chicken, three kinds of cheese, bacon, and Caesar salad dressing — returned to menus in September, fans flocked to food courts.
From Fox News ● Jan. 21, 2021
A pizza puff is similar to a calzone, but instead of being baked, a piece of dough is molded into a pocket and gets deep-fried with its cheese- and tomato-based fillings.
From Fox News ● Dec. 7, 2020
Could you cram a calzone with broccoli and Cheddar?
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2020
Jinx spotted Ned and handed him a calzone.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
“Hot dogs, burritos, tacos, calzones too, of course. If they’re all sandwiches, then the senator has nothing to worry about,” Mr. Lincicome wrote on X.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
And the Bridle Trails neighborhood is home to the second location of Pizzaiolo, a wood-fired pizza shop with specialty pies, calzones and salads.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
In addition to making pizzas, the dough can be used to make mini pizza rolls, calzones and even breadsticks.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
Rachael Ray Scarlett Johansson; Tommy DiDario gives a makeover; calzones made two ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
This figure was clad in a suit of unbleached cotton, much too long and slender for it, and the arms of the camisa, and the legs of the calzones hung limp.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
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