Garlic Bread Pie Recipes

GARLIC PIE

Steps:

• Make the dough: In a bowl, mix the flour and the butter with your fingers until they resemble a coarse meal.
• Add the salt and enough ice water to make an elastic dough.
• Shape into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 24 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Bring 1 quart of water to a boil.
• Drop in the garlic and cook for 15 minutes.
• Drain and rinse in cool water.
• Crush the cooked garlic cloves; place in a bowl and fold in the pecorino, the pancetta, raisins, saffron, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper.
• Cut the dough in 2 equal pieces and roll each out into 1/2-inch thick disks.
• Line a buttered 10-inch pie pan with 1 disk.
• Spoon in the filling, mounding it high.
• Top with the second disk of dough and seal the edges with your fingers; trim off excess dough.
• Glaze the top with the beaten egg.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until golden.
• Remove from the oven, place on a serving platter, and serve hot.

GARLIC BREAD PIE

Steps:

• Slice garlic bread into eight round slices.
• Brown meat, add tomatos. Heat until bubbly.
• Spread generous amounts of cream cheese on four slices of bread.
• Line bottom of 8 inch square baking pan with bread covered in cream cheese.
• Pour half of meat mix over the top and cover with half of the cheese.
• Pour over rest of meat mix.
• Butter the remaining bread and lay on top of meat.
• Cover with cheese.
• Bake 30-45 minutes until bubbly and cheese is melted.
• Salt and pepper to taste.