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Calzone Hearts – Valentine’s Day Dinner

Published: Jan 30, 2014 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by serving your sweetheart Calzone Hearts. Each heart-shaped pizza crust filled with a blend of cheeses topped with pizza sauce is easy to make and fun to serve.

You need cheesy, you need saucy, you need doughy. Make these Calzone Hearts for your loved ones and satisfy all their needs whether its lunch, dinner, or a midnight snack.

I mentioned earlier this week that I got a box of Valentine’s Day goodies from Wilton recently and for days I have felt like a kid right after Christmas. I am having so much fun playing with all my new toys. One of the shiniest, prettiest, and heaviest things in my box was a new Wilton Dimensions 6 Cavity Mini Hearts Pan in which I made these Calzone Hearts.

wilton dimensions heart pan

I just love the intricate design and those indentations in the top of the hearts were just screaming for some bright red sauce.

Well, maybe that was just the voice inside my crazy head!

But, crazy or not, I do think the bright red marinara sauce looks very pretty in these Calzone Hearts. It’s exactly what I had envisioned when I first looked at the pan.

 

Valentine's Day Dinner Calzone Hearts | HungryHappenings.com

Most people would think to make cakes using this pan, and why not, that is their intended use. As we’ve already established, my mind is a bit crazy, I try not to make obvious choices.

At Halloween, I used another one of Wilton’s pans to make Stuffed Pizza Skulls and they turned out great. I had actually, originally planned to make calzones in the skull pan, but wanted to keep it a very kid-friendly meal, so I just made stuffed pizzas.

Some kids hate ricotta cheese. I was one of them. I’m glad my tastes have changed over the years. Now I love it and am a huge fan of calzones.

You need cheesy, you need saucy, you need doughy. Make these Calzone Hearts for your loved ones and satisfy all their needs whether its lunch, dinner, or a midnight snack.

It’s funny how tastes change. As a kid I thought a pizza wasn’t a pizza without pepperoni, now I never eat it. I much prefer veggies or even ham and pineapple on my pizza. I chose to stuff my calzones with roasted red peppers and artichokes (pictured) and put pepperoni in my husband’s.

That’s one of the great things about calzones, or stuffed pizzas, you can customize them to your tastes.

 

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Calzone Hearts
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
22 mins
Total Time
52 mins
 
Make delicious homemade calzones into heart shapes that are perfect for Valentine's Day
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: calzone, valentines day dinner
Servings: 6
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces ricotta cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg plus 1 more for egg wash
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 tubes Pillsbury Thin Crust Pizza Dough
  • fillings pepperoni, bacon, sausage, veggies
Instructions
  1. Stir together ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, one egg, and pinch of salt.
  2. Spray the inside of each heart with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. Open and unroll one tube of dough. Cut dough in half. Drape one piece of dough over heart cavity.
  4. Fill with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce and a little over 1/4 cup of the cheese mixture. Add toppings of your choice.
  5. Fold dough over, pinching pieces together, cutting off excess.
  6. Brush egg wash over top.
  7. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  8. Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake for 18-22 minutes, until golden brown
  9. Heat remaining pizza sauce, then spoon into the indentations on the top of each heart. Serve.

How to Make Calzone Hearts

Stir together ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, one egg, and pinch of salt.

Spray the inside of each heart with non-stick cooking spray. Open and unroll one tube of dough. Cut dough in half. Drape one piece of dough over the heart cavity. Gently press the dough into the sides and bottom of the pan.

Fill with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce and a little over 1/4 cup of the cheese mixture. Add toppings of your choice. Repeat.

Valentine's Day dinner food

Fold dough over, pinching pieces together, cutting off excess.

You want enough dough to just cover and close around the top of each calzone heart. Brush egg wash over top.

Valentine's Day homemade dinner

If you’ve filled your hearts with various toppings, it’s a good idea to mark them in some way.

I just put small pieces of the fillings on top.

Valentine's Day heart food

Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake for 18-24 minutes, until golden brown. Mine could have used another minute or two.

Valentine's Day dinner recipe

Heat remaining pizza sauce, then spoon into the indentations on the top of each heart. Serve immediately.

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About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Allie BakingAMoment

    February 7, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    This idea is so cute I can hardly stand it! I absolutely love the red sauce in the heart on
    top. Pinned, and sharing on my Facebook page!

    Reply
  2. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com

    February 6, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Wow! We made Heart Calzones last year, but they do not look near this good….love them!!

    Reply
  3. CJ - Food Stories

    February 6, 2014 at 5:53 am

    Nice ~ Would love to see this submitted at FoodFotoGallery.com (without watermarks, please) so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂

    Reply
  4. Annie

    February 4, 2014 at 2:37 pm

    They look great! I thought they were cakes just looking at the picture, what a surprise!

    Reply
  5. Jasmine

    February 4, 2014 at 5:24 am

    This is very original! I love it and I will totally make these! They look delicious!

    Great Post!
    Thanks for sharing this. Let's follow each other and share!? 🙂

    www.sweetlittleluxuries.com

    Reply
  6. Cathy McInnes

    February 2, 2014 at 3:09 am

    Checking these out from six sisters link party..what a fun and creative idea! And yummy too 🙂
    Cathy
    www.threekidsandafish.com

    Reply
  7. Made from Pinterest

    February 1, 2014 at 1:48 am

    Wow! I never would have looked at that pan and thought of pizza…but calzones are a GENIUS idea! These look so fun, and delicious to eat, too. Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea!

    Reply
  8. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff

    January 31, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    Outstanding idea that can be personalized for each family member! This has got to be a favorite with adults and kids!

    Reply
  9. The Partiologist

    January 31, 2014 at 2:51 am

    Calzones are one of my favorite foods and to have them look this festive and beautiful would be my dream valentine's dinner. Seriously, this would be the best! Awesome!

    Reply
  10. Unknown

    January 30, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    What an outstanding idea – I love hearts and hope to try this!

    Reply
  11. Michelle

    January 30, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    I love these! They turned out perfect and it's so nice to have a non-sweet, but still super pretty treat on Valentine's. I've often wondered about using bread dough instead of cake batter in those pans, and I just love how it turned out!!

    Reply

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