Saturday, June 18, 2016

Saturday, June 18, 2016

What the Beck???

Recipe Review

Today’s Recipe and Location: Pizza Pockets

Found in: The Pioneer Woman blog

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/pizza-pockets.html

I figured out that there are 348 calories in the mushroom version and 416 calories in the meat version, if 18 servings are made. (Please note that the calorie counts vary depending on the specific brands of ingredients that you choose to use.)

For this meat recipe I needed sausage, olive oil, marinara sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, Canadian bacon and an egg. I did not use the bacon or pepperoni because I made them specially for
Bryan and Molly and I asked what they would 
like the filling to be in the pockets. 

I browned the sausage in the olive oil.

 I totally cheated on this recipe and used 
premade pizza dough. That was a huge 
mistake. I should have made Ree's dough 
and it would have gone better.

Now on to building the pocket.
I first, spread a little sauce on the dough

Then, on went the sausage

 The mozzarella covered the sauce and sausage

 I placed a second piece of dough on top of the other

and crimped the edges with a fork

Now, on to the Mushroom version

 I began by heating the olive oil in a skillet

 I sauted the onion

and then added the garlic, thyme.

I then added in the mushrooms,  wine, and salt and pepper

The last step was to assemble with the sauce and cheese.

Ree recommended flash freezing them on cookie sheets,

 and then transferring them to labeled zip lock bags