Pizza Rustica Alla Grottese Recipe

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Ready in: 1-2 hrs
recipe difficulty 3/5

Difficulty: 3 (1=easiest :: hardest=5)

Serves/Makes: 8

Ingredients:
***PASTA FROLLA***
2 cups Flour
1/3 cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 Stick Cold unsalted butter
2 Eggs
***EGG WASH***
1 Egg
1 pinch Salt
***FILLING***
1 pound Ricotta
3 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Freshly-ground black pepper
1/2 cup Grated Pecorino Romano cheese
1/2 pound Mozzarella cheese; sliced thinly
1/2 pound Dried sausage (such as Cacciatorino); peeled, sliced

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Directions:

Make the pasta frolla: Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Rub in butter finely, by hand. Beat eggs and stir in until dough holds together. Wrap dough in plastic and chill until firm. Make the egg wash: Beat together in a bowl until very liquid.

Make the ricotta filling: Beat the ricotta, eggs and seasonings together. Beat in the grated cheese.

Divide the Pasta Frolla into 2 pieces. Roll 1 of the pieces thinly to line a 9-inch straight-sided cake pan or 9-inch pie pan. Spread 1/3 of the filling on the dough in the bottom of the pan. Strew with half each the mozzarella and sausage. Cover with another 1/3 of the filling. Strew with the remaining mozzarella and sausage. Spread with the remaining filling. Top with a lattice crust made with the remaining dough.

Bake the pizza at 350 degrees about 45 minutes. Cool and serve at room temperature.

This recipe from CDKitchen for Pizza Rustica Alla Grottese serves/makes 8