Italian Spinach Pie Recipes

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 SPINACH AND RICOTTA PIE

Steps:

• Place spinach in a skillet over medium heat and cook until wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, squeeze dry, and chop finely.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat and add onion. Cook until onion starts to soften, about 3 minutes. Add spinach and cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl to cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Stir ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, 2 whole eggs, nutmeg, salt, and pepper into the cooled spinach mixture.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch tart pan or pie dish.
• Unwrap the phyllo dough. Keep covered with a damp cloth to prevent phyllo sheets from drying out.
• Lay 1 sheet of phyllo over the buttered dish flush with the edge so that excess phyllo hangs over on only one side of the dish. Brush lightly with melted butter. Top with another sheet of phyllo at a slight angle to the first one. Continue in this manner, with up to 12 sheets, brushing each sheet with butter and working clockwise to lay each at a slight angle to the previous sheet.
• Spoon cheese and spinach mixture evenly into the phyllo-lined dish. Using the back of a spoon, make six indentations in the filling, then carefully place 1 egg yolk in each. Season each yolk with salt and pepper and drizzle with a bit of melted butter.
• Take the extra phyllo dough hanging over the edges of the dish and fold it over to the centre to cover the filling, 1 sheet of phyllo at a time, brushing each one with butter. Brush the top of the whole pie with butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the phyllo pastry is a dark golden brown, about 40 minutes. Remove and let cool slightly before slicing. Serve warm.

QUICK ITALIAN SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix ingredients until blended.
• Pour into 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is set.

ITALIAN SPINACH PIES

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter up in a 12 inch skillet and add the garlic. Saute for a minute and then add pepper flakes and saute for another minute.Add the spinach and heat it through and taste and season with salt and black pepper.
• Separate dough into 8 portions and let rise until doubled, punch down and rest for 10 minutes. Roll each portion into a circle - not too thin that it tears. Fill one side with cooled spinach mixture, fold dough over and crimp the edge. Let rest while you pre-heat the oven to 375.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until crust looks done.
• Before baking you can mark the pies with letter H using a fork to distinguish the pies with hot pepper flakes from the plain.
• It's really simple. I think the more simple the better although I have added dried tomatoes and other things. Hope you try this.

ITALIAN SPINACH-COTTAGE CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie plate.
• Combine cottage cheese, spinach, mozzarella cheese, eggs, red peppers, Parmesan cheese, and oregano in a bowl. Pour into the prepared pie plate.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center of the pie is set, 35 to 50 minutes.

SPINACH & RICE CRUSTLESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease the sides and bottom of a 12 inch spring-form pan, and then sprinkle in 3/4 of the breadcrumbs.
• Turn the pan from side to side to coat the sides and bottom with the crumbs.
• Reserve the remaining breadcrumbs for the top.
• Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan and add the onion and pancetta and cook until the onion is translucent, and the pancetta is lightly browned.
• In a separate pan, wilt the spinach over low heat, then squeeze out all excess liquid, chop, and set aside.
• Add the rice to the onions and toast over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring continually.
• Add a ladle full of the broth and stir, cooking and adding broth as the rice cooks until it is al dente.
• Add the spinach to the rice and mix well, then allow the mixture to cool to room temperature.
• Reserving one egg yolk, lightly beat the rest of the eggs, and then stir these into the rice mixture along with the grated cheese and oregano.
• Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
• Pour the rice mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spoon.
• Lightly beat the remaining egg yolk and brush it across the top of the torta, then sprinkle on the remaining breadcrumbs.
• Bake the torta for 55 minutes to an hour until set.
• While the torta is baking, mix together the topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Serve the torta warm or at room temperature in slices with a scoop of the tomato topping.

ITALIAN SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Roughly chop the spinach and mix with the ricotta cheese, eggs, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper Add the mixture to the pie shell and bake in the lower third of the oven for 30 minutes or until the mixture sets.