Italian Easter Pie
Italian Easter Pie
Meat and Poultry

Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 cup butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 6 tablespoons cold brandy or ice water
- 3 tablespoons Fustini's Tuscan Herb olive oil
- 1 lb Italian sausage, casings removed
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 cups baby spinach
- 2 tablespoons Fustini's Thyme balsamic
- 6 eggs
- 16 oz of ricotta, (or 10 oz goat cheese and 4 oz cream cheese)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan
- 4 oz salami or prociutto, chopped
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
- Egg wash for brushing
Directions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Add butter and cut into flour with a pastry cutter or hands until pea-size pieces form. Add eggs and knead with your hands to combine. Add cold liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough comes together. Divide dough into 1/3 and 2/3 balls. Wrap each in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, 6 minutes. Add garlic and spinach and continue cooking until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat and delgaze pan with balsamic. Allow mixture to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine eggs, soft cheese of choice, mozzarella, parmesan, salami/prosciutto and cooled sausage mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F and grease an 8" springform pan with cooking spray. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the larger piece of dough into a 16" circle. Transfer to prepared pan, guiding the dough upward and letting excess hang over the sides. Roll the smaller piece of dough into a 12" circle. Pour filling into the bottom crust, then top with the smaller crust. Trim overhang to 1" and then pinch crusts together and crimp.
- Cut slits into the pie crust to allow steam to escape. Brush top with egg wash and bake until golden, 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes, then remove the springform ring and serve. If the crust top is turning brown before baking is done, cover with foil.
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