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Pizza Rusticaneapolitan Savory Pie Recipe


Pizza RusticaNeapolitan Savory Pie Recipe
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This dish is from the Campania area. It used to be made at Easter but nowadays it's common to serve it all year long

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Ingredients
  • Ingredients (for a 26 cm/5 1/4" pan)
  • For the crust: (pasta sfoglia or pasta brise')
  • 300 grams flour
  • 1 teaspoon yeast (or one bag)
  • two tablespoons Crisco or lard
  • one handful or pecorino or parmigiano
  • ground pepper as needed
  • warm water as needed
  • Filling:
  • 500 grams ricotta
  • 150 grams provolone cheese
  • 150 grams smoked scamorza cheese
  • 150 grams neapolitan salame
  • 4 whole eggs
  • Grated Parmigiano Reggiano or pecorino cheese
  • Salt & pepper

Directions
  1. Preparation of the dough:
  2. Pour the flour on a board in a mount than turn it in a volcano.
  3. Put the Crisco, pecorino, pepper in the middle.
  4. Dissolve the yeast in warm water and add until it reaches the right consistency (pizza dough), knead the dough till smooth.
  5. Let it raise till the volume doubles.
  6. preparation of the filling:
  7. Separate the yolks from the whites, beat the whites to a dense foam, adding a pinch of salt, and reserve them.
  8. Add the yolks to the ricotta and stir well, add the diced cheeses and salame and a handful of grated Parmigiano Reggiano or pecorino cheese and a pinch of pepper. Add a little salt if required.
  9. Delicately** stir in the whites.
  10. Divide the dough in two parts, one bigger than the other, than roll it out in two disks. Smear the baking pan with butter and sprinkle uniformously with flour, removing the excess, than cover the bottom and the sides with the largest disk of crust. Pur the filling and level it out.
  11. Cover with the other crust disk and seal the borders with the fingers.
  12. Brush the top with an egg yolk.
  13. Bake at 175 C (350 F)°for an hour or until the top is golden.
  14. Serve either warm or at room temperature.

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Pasta sfoglia is puff pastry in the USA. Pasta brisé is pasta brisé but not well known. It is the sort of cookie crust that contains egg.


Thanks!


This looks so delicious. I want to make it right this instant. Thanks!


Very nice


This sounds and looks YUMMY! and I'll be making it soon thank's Dora.........................................................


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