Savory Pie with Pesto and Crescenza

A few days ago, I made pesto at home because I had some basil to use up. So today, as a lover of savory pies, I decided to make a savory pie with pesto. I had some crescenza and a sheet of puff pastry in the fridge, so I decided to make a savory pie with pesto and crescenza. A successful combination, I recommend it. If you don’t have puff pastry, you can use puff pastry sheets, or even better, make the Base for savory pies without yeast, easy and quick, and it will be even better. If you’re a fan of savory pies like me, I also recommend;

  • Difficulty: Very easy
  • Cost: Very cheap
  • Preparation time: 5 Minutes
  • Portions: 4 People
  • Cooking methods: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

  • 1 package puff pastry
  • 5.3 oz crescenza
  • A few teaspoons pesto
  • as needed olive oil

Tools

  • Baking pan

Steps

  • Roll out the sheet of puff pastry on the baking pan, without removing the parchment paper, and spread the crescenza on top.

  • Add a few teaspoons of pesto. Here you can add or remove according to your taste.

  • Fold the edges and bake at 392°F for about 30 minutes.

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Hello, my name is Daniela and I am 47 years old. One of my greatest passions is cooking; I love eating and I love cooking. Here you will find the recipes I serve at the table every day for my family, easy recipes explained step by step. If you want to follow me, I would be delighted❤️

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