Stromboli

Ingredients for dough: ( pizza dough ) - for 2 ,
All purpose flour - 3 cups or 300 gms,
Salt - 1 tsp,
Sugar - 1 tsp ,
Olive oil - 1 tbsp and 1and 1/2 tsp,
warm water - 1cup,
Dry active  yeast - 2 tsp or 1/4 ounce packet.

  
Ingredients for filling: for 2
Chicken ham -   slices,
Chicken salami- slices ,
Garlic clove - 5 or 6 ( small ),
Onion- 2 sliced,
Mushroom - 200 gms - sliced,
Oregano - 1/4 tsp,
Pepper - 1/4 tsp,
Chilli flakes -  a pinch,
Salt - a pinch.
Mozzarella cheese ,
Parmesan cheese,
Olives and jalapeno.

Egg - 1 ( egg wash ).


Method :
Sieve flour and salt and keep aside in a bowl.
Warm water in microwave for 20 seconds and then put 2 tsp of yeast and 1 tsp of sugar. 

Stir with a spoon and leave it for 10 minutes to foam.

After 10 minutes add olive oil.

Make a well in the center and pour the yeast mixture.
Take a fork and stir the flour mixture in circular motion bring all the flour to the center of the bowl.

Gather the dough and then knead by pressing with the back of your palm and then folding and right turning and again pressing ,folding  and right turn process.

 Knead  for 10 minutes till the dough is smooth and will spring back if you poke it.
Initially the dough will be  sticky but kneading will smoothen it.
Take a bowl and put 1 tsp of olive oil  in it and spread  it around.
After kneading the dough for 10 minutes, place it in the greased bowl and toss it around so that all sides is evenly coated  with oil.

Cover with a damp cloth and put in warm place ( oven  )for 1 hour .
The dough will double in size.

When the dough has risen after an hour ,punch to take out air.

Put the dough on the counter and make it into a log .
Divide it into half with a knife and make 2 balls.

Wrap the balls with a cling film and keep  one in the fridge and leave the other one to rest for 10 minutes on a greased tray or counter .
If you plan to use the other dough ball ,take out from the fridge and let it rest for 15 minutes at room temperature and then roll and follow the same process.

Filling :
Heat 1 tsp of oil in pan and lightly brown the garlic.
Raise the heat to medium high ,add then add the sliced onions.

Stir fry till the onions are slightly caramalized, ( light colour 
Add a pinch of salt to make the process faster.
Add the sliced mushrooms.
As  the mushroom  shrinks in size and leaves moisture ,add pepper ,oregano and red chilli flakes.
Close the gas when there is no moisture in the mushroom and it is dry.

Transfer to a bowl to cool .
Grate  cheese and chop the olives and jalapeno.


Assemble:
Pre heat oven to 350 F or 177 C .
Baking time is 35 to 40 minutes.

After the ball has been rested for 10 minutes, unwrap .

Sprinkle some flour on the counter and put the dough ball on it .
Roll the dough into 12 inch x10 inch  rectangle sheet .

Leaving 1 inch along the edges, place the chicken  ham slices, salami ,onion mushroom mix on the dough .

Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese and some parmesan cheese.
 Brush the edges with egg wash except the long side where the rolling will start.

Start rolling from the long side .
Pinch the  seam side to seal and tuck ends under.
Place the seam side down on greased tray sprinkled with bread crumbs.

Cover and let it rise for 30 minutes .
After 30 minutes make  slight slits and make a hole in the center with a knife .
Slits make it easier to slice the stromboli.

Brush with egg wash.

Transfer the tray to bake for 35 to 40 minutes or till light brown.
When the crust is slightly brown after 35 minutes ,take out the tray and sprinkle some parmesan cheese on the crust.

Put back the tray to bake for another 5 minutes.
Take our the tray after 40 and leave for 10 minutes to rest.

With a sharp broad knife or spatula remove the stromboli to a wooden board and slice into thick slices.

Enjoy while still warm .

Stromboli is very similiar to calzone.
Only difference is that  calzone is  folded but stromboli  is rolled like pinwheel and takes few minutes longer to bake.
Since the dough sheet has to be thin in stromboli  because  it is rolled ,so the crust is tastier  and crispper than clazone . More like patties :)