Recipe Review - Pizza Pockets - Lunch Box and After School Ideas

[cookie1]

Pizza Pockets
Lunch Box and After School Ideas  page 22
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I made the recipe exactly as per the book. After making them I realised that any filling at all would be suitable to put in these. They could be made to use up leftovers of casseroles etc, or with fruit fillings. Would be very handy to have in the freezer for lunch boxes or that quick snack.

I would give these 4.5/5

I will definitely be making them again.

[judydawn]

I can't picture a pizza pocket so if anyone makes these and can post a photo, I would appreciate it thanks.

[~Narelle~]

Judy - the way I do them is just a disc of pizza dough folded over the fillings, a bit like an apple turnover I guess.

I make these all the time for the freezer for the girls lunchboxes.  They love them.  One batch of TMX dough makes 8 in my experience.  I will often make 2 batches of dough, use 1/4 for a pizza for us, the rest in to pockets, one each for the girls tea and the rest in the freezer.

Great and very economical.

[riv_mum]

yep we love these too. Great for using up left over bits and pieces.

[judydawn]

I get it, you fill them before baking.  I thought you filled them afterwards for some stupid reason.

[brazen20au]

aka calzones yum!

[cookie1]

I must hang my head in shame yet again. I posted this early this morning and the book is Lunch Box and After School Ideas not Budget Busters. DD has been on the computer all day (it is hers!) doing some work for her Masters so I didn't have the heart to try and kick her off.

[judydawn]

Oh well then, I have that recipe Cookie1 - didn't go looking when you said Budget Busters as I don't have that one. Now I can read it for myself.  Thanks for the correction.

[Thermomixer]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Pizza_Calzone.jpg

Like this - calzone as brazen says - yum

[JaneeZee]

Talking of calzones have you all tried the one from the calendar???  Roasted vegetables on a pesto base with a bit of mozzarella & ricotta...........one of my favourite dinners. Yum Yum Yum

[Thermomixer]

Have to dig the calendar out of the draw   

[cookie1]

JZ that one is lovely too. Our SAturday night special is pizza or something similar. Supposedly quick and easy bit in fact far from it.

[Gralke]

Thanks for this post. Inspired by it, I made some plain pizza dough, filled four pockets with cheese and ham and baked them for 12 minutes in a hot oven. After they were cooled I placed them in the fridge. My son had one for breakfast and 2 for dinner after soup - heated in mw for a few seconds, my daughter took one for recess in school and both loved them! I have some dough left over so later today I will make some more!
THANKS

[Kristie]

Ohhh, these would be so yummy with curry inside. I (pre TMX) used to make curry puffs but these would be even better!!

I think I need a bigger fridge lol

[cookie1]

Maybe a bigger freezer too. I certainly do.