SLITHERICIOUS SNAKE
You'll love this snake shaped peperoni filled calzone for Halloween.
Ingredients
For the Filling:
- 2 ounces pepperoni sliced
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste paste, not sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups mozzarella or pizza blend cheese shredded
For the Snake:
- 1 16 ounce frozen loaf of bread dough OR refrigerated pizza dough thawed
- 2 egg yolks
- ½ tablespoon water
- liquid food coloring, in green, yellow and red or whatever colors you have
- 2 whole cloves for nostrils or substitution
- 3 tablespoons parmesan for a scaly look, grated
- 2 small pimiento olives or black olives for eyes or substitution
- 1 sliced pepperoni for the tongue
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400°F degrees.
- Line a cookie or baking sheet with foil. Coat the foil with cooking spray and set aside.
- Cut your already sliced pepperoni into small pieces, like a julienne cut. In a mixing bowl combine the peperoni with the other filling ingredients and mix it all up. Set aside.Please note this filling will seem dry but when the cheesemelts it will get lovely and gooey.
- On a lightly floured surface roll the dough into an approximately 24 x 6 inch rectangle.
- Be sure the dough is evenly thick or any thin spots will cause the filling to ooze out during cooking. It’s a cool look for Halloween but not the look we’re going for here. Let the dough rest a few minutes.
- Carefully spoon some of the pizza filling to within 2 inches of the sides of the dough. Fight the temptation to over fill.
- Brush edges of the dough with water. Roll the dough into a snake shape starting with one of the long edges. Pinch the edges together to seal. You can gently roll to shape the snake being careful not to make thin spots in the dough.
- Transfer the snake to the baking sheet. Shape into an “S” shape. Shape one end to resemble a head and taper the other end to look like a tail.
- Mix the egg yolks with the water and divide into 3 small dishes or paper cups. Put several drops of food coloring into each dish to make different colors. With a pastry brush (or fingers) paint stripes on to your snake.
- Sprinkle with parmesan, if using.
- Bake your snake at 400°F degrees for 25-30 minutes or until the snake is golden brown and delicious.
- When the snake is cool enough to touch; make the face. Add the cloves to make nostrils, the olives on toothpicks for eyes and the pepperoni strip to make a forked tongue.
- If making more than one snake you can make individual snakes or make one big snake in sections and stick together for one big beautiful snake slithering along your buffet table.
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