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Correspondingly, are calzone and pizza dough the same?

Yet, while it is one of the food wonders of the world, pizza crust is really just a type of bread dough. In fact, whether baked flat for pizza, folded over for calzones, or spiraled for stromboli, the dough and toppings remain largely the same.

Similarly, is a calzone baked or fried? "Calzone: Originating in Naples, calzone is a half-moon shaped stuffed pizza. It is usually made as an individual serving. The fillings can be various meats, vegetables or cheese; mozzarella is the cheese used most frequently. Calzones can be deep-fried or brushed with olive oil and baked."

Subsequently, question is, do calzones have sauce in them?

Ingredients like cured meats, vegetables, and herbs can be used in both calzones and stromboli, but there are two things that set them apart. Calzones use ricotta cheese, and stromboli does not. Calzones never have tomato sauce inside the dough. They're always dipped.

Why do they call it a calzone?

The origin of the term 'calzone' meaning 'pizza calzone' is not clear. Actually calzone is the augmentative form of the term 'calza' which means stocking. The idea is that of a 'Christmas stocking' filled with food, a popular idea in the south of Italy.