Sometimes I crave a true, authentic, Italian dish with the right cheeses, traditional sauces, and love cooked right into the pasta. Other times, I go to the Olive Garden

snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro

The food court kings.

TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (8 replies)

You're probably thinking of a stromboli.

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (7 replies)

You're thinking of a pizza roll

TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Probably.

Honestly it's so weird. I've been all over and have seen a lot of calzones with sauce inside, and I've seen most strombolis without sauce but with ricotta. But it's still a gamble unless their menu specifically says how they make it.

I prefer the sauce on the side, so I usually get a stromboli, ask for a container of sauce, and roll the dice unless it's a place I know.

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Like all exported recipes, it's regional. It's like how American pizza is quite different from Italy. But true pizza isn't the #1 food in the world, now is it? I mean American pizza probably isn't either when other cuisines win by shear population by who's counting

criitz@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'll say it, American pizza is the #1 food in the world. As chosen by me, an American

Cosmicomical@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Never been there but I could bet pizza in new york is pretty serious

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

Let us take to the experts.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/calzone-vs-stromboli

Fillings

Calzones and stromboli share several the same fillings, including cured meats and veggies. And while both have Italian cheese, calzones are made with ricotta (often alongside mozzarella and/or Parmesan) while stromboli are typically only made with mozzarella. Calzones’ fillings do not include sauce; marinara is served on the side for dipping. Stromboli portions can also be dipped, but they can also be baked with the sauce inside.

This source also specifies strombolis are a different shape, and tbh at one time that was true, but I think that practice has mostly died out and the shape of the two is now often "the same" but dependant on location. The sauce v ricotta situation however is nonnegotiable and places that swap them are wrong.

Source: Food Network and also am retired 10+yr pizza veteran, multiple shops.

pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

I’m not done eating the last batch of pizza rolls that Mr Plinkette mailed me.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

Your thinking of a dish that is toppings on top of cheese red sauce and bread.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Please start a battle with Wikipedia editors over the tomato sauce calzone in this article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calzone

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

.... Did you read your own link or no? It says "some places put sauce on top right before serving" which is what's pictured

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I’m referring to the picture, which has sauce. Which I thought was funny.

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Fair, it is a very saucy calzone that definitely looks like some sauce is inside, though it may just be diced tomato under a sauce glop

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

We’re going to have to call in the calzone forensics team to do some splatter analysis on that interior sauce.

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wait, really? My world is shaken

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Lol it's regional and always fun to stir shit up and make people argue their locally-adjusted version of an imported recipe is correct. Most places do not put sauce inside though and many don't even serve the sauce

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y

Wait what

MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y (10 replies)

A calzone doesn't have tomatoe sauce in it. Also this is a terrible insult to calzones everywhere.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Wikipedia wants to fight you over that statement

Melkath@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (7 replies)

This looks like it has sauce ON it. Like a calzone.

If it is the same as a calzone, but has sauce IN it, then its not a calzone, its a stromboli.

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

To add: calzone necessitates ricotta.

Melkath@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

My "from scratch" cooking journey started with hand mixed pizza dough, whole milk transmuted into ricotta, fresh veg... store bought mozzarella and a marinara made from canned tomatoes and dried seasonings.

Made calzones/strombolis once a week for months.

Highly recommend it.

High levels of "from scratch" pride, overall simple, super interesting and educating, and mid-low difficulty level, once you have a pizza stone and know how to use corn meal correctly.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I've never has a Calzone without red sauce and cheese.

Melkath@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

A great combination, but if the red sauce was inside the calzone, that means you've never had a calzone. You have had strombolis.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Maybe you haven't had a Calzone in the US....

Melkath@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

I live in the US.

I have had Calzones in the US. I have had Strombolis in the US.

I have made Calzones myself. I have made Strombolis myself.

I will say though, when someone serves me a Stromboli and calls it a Calzone, it is almost always a shit Stromboli.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Good point. This calzone checks out.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

Says who?!

You take your meaty red sauce you made from scratch and you put it in a pizza crust with some toppings.