An Italian pastry that looks like a folded pizza, with cheese and other fillings sealed inside a pocket of dough and baked.
From Italian calzone, possibly from Italian dialect word for 'trousers' because the shape resembles pants legs when folded. The food became popular in Naples in the 1950s.
Calzones are technically a closed pizza, which is why pizza historians argue about their exact definition—some say it's not pizza unless it's open, but Italians just say it's a delicious alternative!
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