Bolognese 'calzone'

This recipe is perfect for leftover Bolognese sauce that you can’t bear to have with spaghetti YET AGAIN!! It is also a great way to get extra veggies into your kids without them knowing it, and the perfect recipe for using up leftover vegetables sitting in the bottom of your fridge – anything goes.

Ingredients (serves 6)

1 Tbsp Olive oil
1 Onion (diced)
1/2 tsp Oregano (dried)
1/2 tsp Basil (dried)
1 Carrot (diced)
1/2 Zucchini (diced)
1/2 Red capsicum (diced)
500g Beef mince
500g jar Pasta sauce
1/2 cup Water
2 sheets Ready rolled pastry
2 handfuls Spinach leaves (optional)
1 cup Cheese (grated)
1 Egg (beaten)

Method

Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large fry pan. Cook onion and carrot until soft.
Add herbs, followed by remaining vegetables and cook until tender. Remove from the pan.
Brown mince in the pan. Return vegetables to the pan and add pasta sauce and water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 minutes, until liquid is absorbed.
While the sauce is reducing, preheat the oven to 220 degrees celcius.
Place one sheet of pastry on a lined baking tray. Cover half of the pastry with a handful of spinach leaves (if using). Then top with half the mince sauce and half the grated cheese. Fold the pastry over the filling, sealing the edges with your fingers. Repeat process with the second sheet of pastry.
Brush pastry cases with egg wash and bake for 30 minutes (or until golden).

24 Comments

- - mom160270 said
  - 10 Apr 2025
    12:27 pm
A great way to use up left overs and so tasty too.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 27 Aug 2019
    2:41 am
These sound great a good idea too thanks for sharing

- - happymum2018 said
  - 23 May 2019
    8:18 pm
Looks lovely and we love to make these thanks for the recipe

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 02 Feb 2017
    10:51 am
I HAVE TRIED THIS RECIPE AND IT IS REALLY GOOD.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 25 Aug 2016
    1:33 pm
Light bulb recipe – I love the sound of this idea!

- - Kasey said
  - 25 Jun 2016
    9:27 pm
Yum I love this idea

- - mom113991 said
  - 06 May 2016
    8:35 pm
these look amazing…and so tasty too

- - serotonin said
  - 13 Mar 2016
    11:13 am
Mm these look scrumptious, great way to use bolognese sauce without p[pasta. Thanks for sharing!

- - rachelvk said
  - 16 Feb 2016
    9:56 pm
An interesting way to use bolognese sauce. Thanks for sharing.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    12:16 pm
I know what to do with left over spag bol sauce now. thank you.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 30 Nov 2015
    7:12 pm
these look and sound awesome – thanks for sharing the recipe

- - mom62624 said
  - 20 Nov 2015
    12:26 pm
An interesting recipe; looks great, thanks!.

- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Nov 2015
    1:59 pm
This is so tempting! Very good!

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Oct 2015
    11:18 pm
i can have this daily but will increase my fat content. But tasty!!

- - jellybean01 said
  - 23 Oct 2015
    11:36 pm
Looks great! Mmmm trying soon

- - mom57808 said
  - 04 Oct 2015
    8:14 am
mmm so good can not wait to try

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Oct 2015
    7:24 am
ooh! this recipe sounds mega handy! what a clever way to use up the sauce
- mom94125 replied
  
  11 Oct 2015 , 6:49 pm
  cheers for posting by the way. it does look really good. i like this one
- - crystalangela said
  - 23 Sep 2015
    8:35 pm
Yum, what a great idea for left over pasta sauce. I always cook too much. I usually use it on baked potatoes but this will be nice for a change.

- - mom93821 said
  - 22 Sep 2015
    6:09 am
Your Calzone recipe looks pretty tasty – thanks!

- - mom112217 said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    9:09 pm
Fantastic idea,left-over sauce to use for a different recipe,good thinking! Thanks.