Florentine Multi-Layered Pie

This is a great recipe to use to energize your holidays with eggs!! This recipe came from Get Cracking - A package of Old Cheddar Cheese, thinly sliced can be substituted for the Swiss cheese if preferred.

• Ready In: 52 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup  chopped onion
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, rinsed and stems removed
• 3  eggs
• 1  egg, separated
• 1 (9 inch)  pastry for double-crust pie
• 1⁄2 lb  thinly sliced cooked ham or 1⁄2 lb  cooked turkey
• 1  red pepper, cut in strips
• 1 (200 g) package swiss cheese, sliced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F In large skillet, sauté onion and garlic in butter until soft. Add spinach, cover and cook just until spinach wilts. Drain very well and set side.
2. Whisk together 3 eggs and 1 egg white. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Layer half the meat, red pepper, cheese and spinach; cover with half the beaten egg mixture. Repeat layers, pouring remaining egg mixture over top.
3. Cover with pastry; seal and crimp the edges. Brush top with remaining egg yolk blended with a bit of water; slit surface. Bake pie on cookie sheet 30- 35 minutes, or until golden. Serve warm or cool.