Quick Vegan Air Fryer Calzones with Premade Pizza Dough (No Oven Needed)

Make a quick dinner with this vegan air fryer calzone recipe! Uses premade dough and cooks in 8 minutes flat with no oven needed. Features a flavorful smoked paprika crust.

My boyfriend and I tried to make a 5 gallon pot of beer once, but shattered our stovetop when doing so. I had to think fast, since we were starving and couldn’t use our stovetop anymore. 🥲 So, I made a vegan calzone! It actually ended up turning out so good, I had to share the recipe with you all!

Ingredients

• 1 ball of vegan premade pizza dough (can find it at Walmart)
• ¼ cup of all purpose flour
• 2 tbsp of olive oil (one for inner part of the calzone, one for outer crust)
• 1 vegan sausage
• salt, oregano, precut-garlic to taste
• handful of spinach leaves
• ½ vegan mozzarella cheese
• tube of tomato paste (since you won’t use the whole tube)
• smoked paprika, tumeric, garlic powder - For the outer part of the calzone

Instructions

• Throw in the vegan sausage into the airfryer and cook to package instructions. At the halfway point, you can speed up the cooktime by cutting it in half.
• While the sausage is cooking, grab a baking sheet and throw on ¼ cup of all purpose flour
• Remove the vegan pizza dough from the packaging
• Divide the pizza dough into 4 equal pieces
• Flatten each piece into a longer oval onto the baking sheet, coating each side with flour to prevent sticking
• Once the dough as thin as you can get it without tearing (~3-5mm), you can apply some olive oil over the dough
• Add salt and oregano to the olive oil-covered dough (the salt is there since the tomato paste isn’t salted)
• Add pre-chopped garlic to the dough and spread thin (you can also use garlic powder if you don’t have prepped garlic)
• Add tomato paste and spread thin
• Add vegan cheese and top it with some spinach leaves
• Once the vegan sausage is done, take it out of the airfryer and chop it into small pieces, add the pieces also on top of the calzone
• Add more vegan cheese to keep your toppings in check
• You can also add anything else to the calzone, but I would recommend keeping the water-content low if you can.
• Fold over the oval such that it looks like an empanada, then close it by pinching the sides. You can prevent spilling by folding the edges over and crimp / roll them to create a decorative, braided seal
• Spoon a little bit of olive oil on each calzone top, then sprinkle on tumeric, smoked paprika, and garlic powder (this adds some pizazz)
• Pop the calzone into the pre-heated (from the sausage) air fryer on 400F and cook for a total of 8 min. Flip halfway through to cook evenly.