Strawberry Rhubarb Calzone

Ingredients

• 3 pounds fresh rhubarb
• sliced into 1-inch pieces
• 2 pints fresh strawberries
• thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 vanilla bean
• split and scraped
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 prepared pizza dough rounds
• about 4 ounces each
• 1/2 cup crystal sugar
• 1 tablespoon anise seed
• 1 egg
• beaten with splash water

Instructions

1. Add all the filling ingredients to a sauce pot and bring up to a simmer.
2. Simmer for 5 minutes and let cool.
3. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
5. Lightly flour a cutting board and roll out each dough to approximately 8-inches in diameter.
6. Sprinkle on sugar and anise seed and gently roll into dough to incorporate.
7. Turn over (sugar side down) and fill with 1/2 cup filling, brush sides with egg wash and fold over and seal using pie crust fold.
8. Pierce the top with a fork and bake in preheated oven until medium brown.
9. Let cool and serve.