Italian Meat And Spinach Pie Recipes

QUICK ITALIAN SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix ingredients until blended.
• Pour into 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is set.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage and onion over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink, breaking sausage into crumbles, 6-8 minutes; drain., Separate 1 egg; reserve yolk for brushing pastry. In a large bowl, whisk remaining eggs and egg white. Stir in sausage mixture, spinach, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, garlic powder and pepper., Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of pastry dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim pastry even with rim. Add sausage mixture. Roll remaining pastry dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling; trim, seal and flute edge. , In a small bowl, whisk water and reserved egg yolk; brush over crust. Cut slits in top., Bake until golden brown, 50 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Brown sausage and onion, drain and return to pan. Add Italian seasoning and garlic. Add 2/3 of the beaten eggs, mix well.
• Add spinach, mix well and allow to cool.
• Lay flat the dough from both cans of rolls, do not seperate.
• Place one can od dough over bottom of a baking dish. Top with sausage mixture, then cheese. Place second layer of dough on the top; press sides together to seal. Brush top with remaining beaten egg.
• Bake at 350, app. 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

ITALIAN SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Heat butter in skillet and saute onion until tender.
• Drain spinach well in a sieve and press with a spoon to remove all the liquid.
• Combine spinach, onions, ricotta, parmesan cheese, eggs and seasonings and mix well.
• Pour into pie shell and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

ITALIAN BEEF AND SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Line pastry shell with double thickness of foil. Bake 450 degrees for 8 min. Remove foil, bake 4-5 min more or until set and dry. Set aside. Cook beef, sausage, pepper, mushrooms and garlic until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain. Stir in water, tomato paste, Italian seasoning and salt. Boil, reduce and simmer 10 min covered. Stir together spinach, ricotta, 1/4 c of the mozzarella and spoon into shell. Top with meat. Cover pastry edges with foil to prevent burning. Bake at 350 degrees 45 min. Remove foil. Top with tomato and remaining cheese. Bake 2 min more to heat through and melt cheese. Let stand 10 min before serving.