Italian Sausage Pie Recipes

IMPOSSIBLY EASY ITALIAN SAUSAGE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, cook sausage over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink; drain. Spread sausage in pie plate. Sprinkle with vegetables.
• In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until top is golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

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 SAUSAGE RICOTTA PESTO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Remove pie crust from the freezer.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage. Cook, breaking up the sausage, until juices are released, about 3 minutes. Add red onion, red bell pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until sausage is browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease.
• Combine ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, pesto, Romano cheese, lime juice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and lemon pepper in a small bowl. Spread over the pie crust. Sprinkle the sausage mixture over the cheese mixture. Arrange zucchini and walnuts on top. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is browned, about 30 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large saute pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions for a few minutes or until translucent, then throw in the peppers, garlic, salt, italian seasoning and optional cayenne. Saute for 6-7 minutes or until the peppers are soft. Remove veggies from the pan with a slotted spoon, leaving behind as much oil as possible.
• Remove the sausage from it's casings and pull apart with your fingers. Throw into the pan and brown, breaking apart with a wooden spoon. When browned, drain the grease from the pan and add the veggies back in, along with the tomato paste. Stir to combine. Add half of the mozarella and stir again.
• Pour the mixture into a large oven-proof skillet or pie pan. Top with the remaining mozarella.
• Unroll the crescent dough and separate into triangles. Arrange in a spiral with the points of the dough towards the center, overlapping slightly to cover the sausage mixture completely. Press the dough to the edges of the pie pan to seal.
• Bake for 12 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE PIE

Steps:

• Place pie shell in oven during the pre-heating time for about 5- 10 minutes in order to firm the bottom some.
• Don't overcook!
• Remove casing from the sausage and crumble.
• Sauté sausage and onions; drain well and spoon into prepared pie shell.
• Blend eggs, milk, cheese, salt and pepper; pour over sausage mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 35 minutes, or until custard sets and tests clean with a knife.
• Allow to cool slightly.
• Cut into 8 wedges and serve.

ITALIAN SPINACH SAUSAGE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in sausage. Cook and stir until sausage is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Separate one egg and set yolk aside; beat egg white and remaining eggs in a bowl. Fold spinach, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, salt, garlic powder, pepper, and sausage into eggs.
• Line a 10-inch pie plate with bottom pastry; pour filling into crust. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal, and flute edges; cut slits in pastry. Beat water and remaining egg yolk in a small bowl; brush the mixture over top of pie.
• Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

TUSCAN ITALIAN SAUSAGE POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
• Remove sausage from casings.
• Brown sausage in a skilled, stirring to separate meat.
• Rinse and drain the grease off of the sausage.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, beans and thyme to the sausage in the skillet.
• Simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Remove from heat and stir in the mozarella cheese.
• Pour the mixture into a medium size, round oven proof skillet or pie dish.
• Unroll the crescent dough; divide into triangles.
• Arrange in a spiral with points of dough towards the center, covering the sausage mixture completely.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbly.

SPICY ITALIAN SAUSAGE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• Place crust in 9-inch pie pan. Prick bottom of crust with fork. Line crust with foil. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven; remove foil. Return to oven until crust is golden brown, about 7 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Heat large saute pan over medium heat. Add sausage, crumbling well. Cook through.
• Add peppers, onions, herbs and pepper; cook until onions are translucent, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Spoon sausage mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle with Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheeses.
• Whisk eggs and milk in bowl. Pour over sausage mixture. Bake until egg mixture is set, puffed and golden, about 25-30 minutes. Cool before slicing.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE-SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook Italian sausage, onion, and garlic until sausage is browned and vegetables are tender; drain.
• Separate one egg and set aside yolk.
• In a mixing bowl, add egg white and remaining eggs; beat gently.
• Stir in sausage mixture, spinach, cheeses, salt, and pepper.
• Line a 10-inch pie plate with bottom pastry.
• Pour filling in to pie crust.
• Top with upper crust; seal and flute edges.
• Cut slits in top crust for steam to vent.
• Combine water and reserved egg yolk; brush over top crust.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until golden brown; may need to cover crust edges with foil if looks like it is getting too brown.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE PIE (LOW FAT/LOW CHOLESTEROL)

Steps:

• brown sausage, and ground to small pieces drain& rinse with hot water.
• Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375* Mix remaining ingredients in a med size bowl setting aside 1/4 c of cheese.
• Pour mixture into pieshell, and bake for 35 minutes.
• Add remaining cheese, and bake for another 5 minutes.