Pizza Pockets
Pizza Pockets are individual-sized buns made from hamburger bun dough filled with sliced pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. The dough is shaped into balls, flattened, then filled and sealed before final proofing and baking. A tomato sauce is added on top with a distinctive "cross" cut in the top crust. These pockets offer handheld convenience with melty cheese and flavorful cured meat inside a soft bun.
Ingredients
- 1 batch hamburger bun dough
- 200g liced pepperoni 4 slices/bun, approximately 40 slices
- 150g liced mozzarella cheese cut into 4 pieces/bun
- ½ C tomato sauce
Instructions
Make the dough:
- Make the Hamburger Bun dough according to the recipe.
- Line a 13" by 18" baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Shape the pizza pockets: (see post for visual step-by-steps)
- Once the dough has risen, divide it into 10 equal pieces and form into round balls.
- Take one piece of dough and flatten it with a rolling pin, about 4.5" in diameter.
- Layer the pepperoni and cheese in the centre of the dough, and pleat to seal the edges.
- Place the shaped dough seam-side down onto a lined baking sheet.
- Repeat with the remainder.
- Cover the buns with plastic wrap/loose tea towel and leave it to rise in a warm location, until the buns are slightly puffy (about 20-30 minutes, depending on how warm your kitchen is).
- Near the end of the rising time, preheat oven to 375°F/191°C.
- Once the buns are puffy, use a sharp pair of kitchen scissors to cut the tops of the buns in a "cross" or "x," cutting about ⅔rds of the down.
- Place the tomato sauce into a little plastic baggy.
- Make a small cut at the corner/tip of the bag to squeeze about 1 tablespoon tomato sauce into the top of the buns (where you've made the "cross" or "x.")
- Tip: use a small spoon to help push down the tomato sauce so it doesn't overflow.
- Bake the pizza pockets at 375°F/191°C for 20-22 minutes, or until lightly golden; covering with aluminum foil halfway through (if the tops get too brown).
- Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Garnish with chopped parsley (optional) and serve warm.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 85
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 85kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 298mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 76mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 152IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 75mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.