Spinach Cheese Pie

Name: Spinach Cheese Pie
Ingredients: 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, fully drained; 6 eggs; 1 lb. Mozzarella, grated; 1 lb. Ricotta; 1 lb. hot Italian sausage, browned and dried; seasonings: garlic, ground pepper and salt; 1 egg yolk, combined with water (for basting)

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, fully drained
6 eggs
1 lb. Mozzarella, grated
1 lb. Ricotta
1 lb. hot Italian sausage, browned and dried
seasonings: garlic, ground pepper and salt
1 egg yolk, combined with water (for basting)

Directions

1

Combine ingredients.
2

Put in pie crust shell (Pillsbury preformed sheets are excellent for the top; deep dish shell for bottom).
3

Prepare crust top with design of choice (we make leaves with trimmings), being sure to cut out a center hole and other cuts for steam release.
4

Baste the entire shell top with egg yolk.
5

Bake at 350° for 1 hour (plus 15 minutes, depending upon oven temperature).
6

Rebaste after 45 minutes.
7

Serve cool.
8

Yields 12 average servings.