Pizza Rustica Recipe

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Ready in: 30-60 minutes
recipe difficulty 3/5

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

Serves/Makes: 4

Ingredients:
1 loaf frozen or fresh bread dough
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 package (9oz size) chopped fresh spinach
2 medium tomatoes; peeled, seeded, & chopped
1 tablespoon basil
1/8 teaspoon sage
4 ounces shredded provolone
4 ounces thinly sliced Proscuitto
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water

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Directions:

Let dough rise, when done, work parmesan into the dough.

In a medium skillet sauté garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds. Add spinach stir one minute, sauté only until spinach wilts, add sage, set aside.

Stir together tomato, and basil, set aside. Pat 1/2 the dough into a pie pan and layer (in this order) the following ingredients, leaving a 1 inch border: 1 cup of the mozzarella, sautéed spinach, all the provolone, tomato and basil mixture, the meat, and the remaining mozzarella.

Roll out remaining dough and place it on top of the pie and seal edges together. Set aside and let rise for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375F. Brush egg and water mixture on top. Bake for 40 minutes or until pie turns slightly brown.

You may need to place aluminum foil over the pie for the last 10 minutes to prevent over browning.

This recipe from CDKitchen for Pizza Rustica serves/makes 4