Jamie's "Calzones"

I spent some time at Jamie's on Saturday night while John was at his bachelor party (hint, hint...someone's gettin' married....woohoo!!). She made a yummy dinner for us; I managed to get out of the office at a reasonable hour tonight, so decided to stop at the grocery store on the way home and get the ingredients so I could try and repeat her recipe. We really liked it, and I have plenty over for another night's meal. When Jamie said we were having calzones, I was expecting a pastry filled with ham, ricotta and mozzarella....which it totally was not...LOL!! She's not sure where her mom got the name calzone for it, but that's what they have always called it. To me it's more like a meat pie.

Mine was a bit different than hers....she made her own dough (excuuussseee me Betty Crocker...LOL!), I bought the ready made pie shells (I don't do dough from scratch...no reason to when Betty can make it for me...LOL!). It called for 3 eggs, she couldn't use eggs, as Jonathan is allergic to them. I put a crust on the bottom (only because I had two and made it in an 8x8 pan), she didn't. Both ways tasted great!

Recipe:

Brown 1 and a half pounds of ground beef with chopped onions. Season as you wish.

Mix the following in a bowl:
3 eggs
8 oz. grated swiss cheese
1/4-1/2 cup parmesan cheese
parsley

Add cooked ground beef to mixture in the bowl.

Purchase one box Pillsbury ready made pie shells...or you can make your own (Jamie, you can comment with recipe for that if you'd like)

Two choices:

1. Spread mixture in 9x13 pan, cover with dough.
OR
2. Place one pie shell on bottom of 8x8 pan, pour in meat/cheese mixture, cover with second pie shell.
OR
3. Spread mixture in 8x8 pan, pour in meat/cheese mixture, cover with one pie shell. Make an apple pie with second pie shell :)

Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Serve with a side of cream of celery soup to spoon over top after served. (Kurt wondered what it would taste like with tomato sauce on top)

DELICIOUS!!
Thanks Jamie :)