Broccoli Sausage Pie
Ingredients
Crust
- 4 C. flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 3 T. shortening
- 2 T. butter
- 4 eggs
- ½ C. plus 2T. water
Filling
- 1 pack sweet Italian sausage casing removed and sausage fried
- 2 broccoli heads blanched 2 mins and chopped
- 16 ounces shredded cheese I like mozzarella and provolone
- 5 eggs plus one additional egg white
- 6 egg whites
- 10 ounces ricotta cheese
- salt/pepper to taste
- 1 yolk for egg wash
Instructions
Crust
- In mixer, whisk first 3 ingredients. Add in crisco and butter.
- Add eggs and slowly add the water making a dough.
- Form two disks, one larger than the other and let rest covered on counter 20 mins.
Filling
- Combine eggs, egg white, cheese, ricotta, salt/pepper.
- Stir in sausage and broccoli.
- Preheat oven 375.
- Roll out larger dish and lay in greased 9x13 dish leaving 1 inch overhang.
- Pour in filling.
- Roll out the second disk of dough and cut lattice strips laying on top of filling.
- Brush with egg yolk and bake 45-55 mins.