Spinach and Cheese Calzone

Spinach and Cheese Calzone

🔥 Cook 20 minutes Medium ~490 cal / serving (est.)
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Ingredients

  • 200g ground chicken breast
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • dash salt
  • dash pepper
  • dash Italian seasoning
  • 15 gm parmigiano reggiano, grated
  • 1/4 tsp cooking oil of choice
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1 wedge lemon juice
  • 180g low fat cottage cheese
  • 80ml tomato passata

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line a pan with parchment paper.
  3. Spread the ground chicken breast into a thin layer on the pan.
  4. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.
  5. Set the chicken aside.
  6. In a blender, combine the cottage cheese and blend until smooth.
  7. In a pan, lightly sauté the garlic in cooking oil.
  8. Add the spinach to the pan and sauté until wilted.
  9. Mix the sautéed spinach with the cottage cheese and add lemon juice and salt.
  10. Spread the spinach and cottage cheese mixture over half of the chicken layer.
  11. Fold the chicken over to create a calzone and seal the edges.
  12. Press grated parmigiano reggiano into the calzone.
  13. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
  14. Warm up the tomato passata for dipping.
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