Today I share with you a truly indulgent recipe, the Quick Savory Pie with Melty Crust. Rustic pies are already super delicious, but trust me, this one with a melty cheese-filled crust is even more so. Puff pastry always solves a lot of our problems, especially when we are in a hurry to prepare an impromptu dinner. Usually, we buy it ready like in this case, but if you want to have fun making one very quickly, try this Quick Homemade Puff Pastry, I assure you it takes very little time, you store it in the freezer and defrost it when you need it. I filled this pie with delicious ricotta, some Philadelphia, fresh sausage, and zucchini. But if you like, you can replace the fresh sausage with minced meat or diced ham. I advise against adding mozzarella to the filling because it would release too much water, compromising the quality of the rustic pie.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 672.64 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 20.99 (g) of which sugars 0.76 (g)
- Proteins 34.57 (g)
- Fat 50.29 (g) of which saturated 9.42 (g)of which unsaturated 16.05 (g)
- Fibers 0.99 (g)
- Sodium 1,077.23 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 150 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 cup ricotta
- 1/3 cup cream cheese (like Philadelphia)
- 1 cup zucchini
- 10 oz fresh pork sausage, cooked, in a pan
- 1 oz Grana Padano DOP
- 1 pinch pepper
- to taste salt
- 1/2 onion
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 5 oz scamorza
- 3.5 oz provola (grated)
Tools
- 1 Baking Pan
- 1 Pan
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Bowl
Steps
Line the 9-inch baking pan with the round puff pastry
Insert rectangles of scamorza cheese along the sides and make them adhere to the pan walls
Add grated caciotta beneath the scamorza
Form the crust
Seal it well so the melted cheese doesn’t escape during baking. Keep in the fridge.
Place the ricotta in a bowl
and the Philadelphia.
Add the egg
and mix well with a spatula.
Add salt
the grated Grana
and pepper. Stir well and place in the fridge.
Cut the zucchini
Crumble the fresh sausage.
Heat the olive oil with the thinly sliced onion
Add the zucchini
salt
when the zucchini becomes soft, add the sausage
let it brown lightly, not too much or it will become too dry. Let it cool
Pierce the pastry
Insert the zucchini and sausage into the ricotta mixture
Add the remaining grated caciotta and mix everything well.
Pour into the pastry and level well
Grate some Grana on top
Brush with egg yolk and bake in a preheated static oven at 355°F for 40 minutes
Let it cool slightly and our savory pie is ready to be enjoyed
This savory pie is great even cold, but if you want the melting effect, you should enjoy it hot.
