Stromboli Vs. Calzone
 

What is the difference between a stromboli and a calzone? And don't tell me to Google it, either, because I DID and there's really nothing. Actually, the Cellar comes up second RE: IotD about Japanese Pizza or some such, but I still don't know what is the bloody diff? Does one have sauce inside and one not?

I've had calzone. I haven't had stromboli. But looking at pictures from Google I'd say that calzone is inside-out pizza. Stromboli is inside out sandwich.

I always understood Stromboli to be mainly meat & sauce and Calzone to be mainly cheese.

But I had Calzone in Venice that were very meaty, so maybe I got them the wrong way round? Perhaps it depends on the region. Or perhaps there was originally a difference that has eroded so that now they are generic terms. For example the contents of a traditional Cornish Pasty bears no relationship to what you find inside most of the ones you buy in shops.

I have only been to one restaraunt that had both on the menu. I just looked up their on-line menu to get their description:

Stromboli: a Margherita pizza [which here is a pizza with tomato sauce and selected cheeses] turnover
Calzone: a Stromboli with ricotta cheese


You can get fillings for both. So a Calzone, at least in this place, is cheesier.

[quote=Sundae Girl]But I had Calzone in Venice [quote]

You didn't go to Venice to interview Mark Darcy, did you? :)

Well, I'm going for the calzone, then. I do like a bit of :cheese: don't you, Gromit?

I think you are confusing me for someone with an odd accent :)

BTW further Googling has revealed most people fold their Calzone & roll their Stromboli. Its also made me hungry.

Calzones are usually smaller. Sauce is served on the side for dipping. Ricotta cheese (pronounced riGOHT) is in a calzone, but not in a stromboli. Either calzones or strombolis can have meats and veggies. Strombolis are best thought of as folded over pizzas, with all the gooey goodness baked inside the crust.

Calzones are under $10. Strombolis are $12.95 for a small, $15 for a large. The large will feed a family of 6. Two very hungry people can finish a small.

Very occasionally you will come across someplace that makes individual stromboli. Such places are usually run by Greeks, not Italians. They have flavors like Gyro in addition to Cheese Steak and Italian.

Places that make good pizza may make substandard stromboli.

IMO, calzones are folded pizza with some mozzarella, mostly ricotta, and optionally can have ham. Strombolis normally have several kinds of meat and cheese in an alternating fashion so that when they cook, it all comes together.

Bolis (abbr.) can include other meats and veggies as the place sees fit. They can also be made with a flatter crust and rolled rather than folded. The outside of the boli may include spices.

What? It's not pronounced rih-cot-ta?

Great. Now I have to look back and try to recall how many times I've made a cultural fool of myself.

If you don't have any 1st or 2nd Generation Italians in Alaska, no one will notice.

I thought it was ri-cot-ta, too. See how enlightening the Cellar is? :)

ri-gho-tha - Oh and that is the difference - A calzone has ricotta, a stromboli doesn't.

You all might be interested to know that this thread is one of our most-googled.

Really? That is great!

Right now, I'd eat ten of either of them.

Grrrr...are there apple/banana/salad/nicotine/caffeine strombolis?

i feel very googled. and honored.

Plus, see, NO ONE knows the damned difference. It's all a lie perpetrated on the American people by the Italians. Hey, Tony, pass the gabagool, eh?