Roasted Vegetable Calzone

Yield:  8 large wedges

Ingredients

• 2 pre-made pizza dough
• 2 leeks white part only, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces (6.5cm)
• 2 red peppers cleaned and cut into 1 inch slices (1.6cm)
• 2 cups button mushrooms cleaned (500ml)
• 6 cloves of garlic with skins intact
• 2 cups spinach cleaned (500ml)
• ¾ cup goat cheese (185ml)
• 2 cups grated provolone cheese (500ml)
• ½ cup chopped sun dried tomatoes (125ml)
• ½ cup fresh basil chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (30ml)
• 2 bamboo skewers soaked in water for 1 hour

Olive Crust

• ½ cup black kalamata olives pitted and halved (125ml)
• 1 teaspoon capers
• 6 cloves of roasted garlic
• ¼ cup olive oil (60 ml)
• The juice of 1 lemon

Egg Wash

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water (30 ml)

Other

• Flour for dusting
• Cornmeal for dusting
• Pizza paddle

Directions

1. To prepare vegetables, cut leeks to size and leave the top root attached. Soak leeks standing up in a large container of cold water root side up. (Note leeks have a large amount of dirt between leaves; by soaking up side down the dirt will fall to the bottom of the container. You may have to repeat several times to remove all grit and dirt.)
2. Clean mushrooms by lightly brushing with a dry cloth or mushroom brush.
3. Cut and remove seeds and veins from peppers.
4. Place all vegetables in a large bowl.
5. Toss vegetable with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
6. Place garlic cloves with skins in tack on soaked bamboo skewers.
7. Preheat barbeque to 375°F/190°C or medium high heat.
8. Oil preheated barbeque grate.
9. Place leeks and garlic skewers on grill first and cook for 4 minutes.  Flip leeks and add the mushrooms and peppers. Cook the mushrooms and peppers for 2 minutes per side (The vegetables should still be tender- crisp as you will be cooking them again later in the calzone). Remove all the vegetables. Place in tray and let cool.
10. Peel the skins from garlic and set aside.   Once vegetables are cool chop all into bite sized pieces and set aside.
11. In a food processor combine olives, roasted garlic, lemon juice and capers, blend lightly with the pulse button of the blender.  The mixture will be slightly chunky.
12. Roll pizza dough into 2 x 12 inch rounds (2 x 19.6cm) on a large cutting board lightly dusted with flour and cornmeal.
13. Smear olive mixture on half of the pizza dough.  Leave a 1 inch (2.5cm) border around the outside. Repeat with the other rolled pizza dough.  Place cheeses on top of ½ the olive crust then top with spinach, chopped vegetables and sun dried tomatoes.  Sprinkle with freshly chopped basil.
14. Make egg wash by whisking together egg with water in a small bowl. Using a pastry brush, brush egg wash over the empty half of the pizza dough’s border. Carefully fold the crust over top the vegetable cheese mixture to form a half moon shape. Using your fingers or a fork press both edges together. You should have ½ moon shaped calzone. Repeat with the second olive crust.
15. Place calzone on a cornmeal dusted pizza paddle.
16. Preheat one side of the barbeque to 350°F/176°C or medium heat and the other side to 250°F/137°C or low heat .
17. Oil the grill.
18. Place calzone on medium heat side for 3 minutes or until crust is hard and can calzone can be easily be moved.
19. Move calzone over to low heat side and close lid on barbeque.
20. Cook with lid down for 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and crisp.  The calzone will puff up to form what looks like a pillow.
21. Remove calzone from grill with the pizza paddle.
22. Cut in wedges and serve.