Savory Sausage and Spinach Pie

Love this one! Very rich and cheesy. I use a mild Italian Sausage with this one.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 10-12 slices

Ingredients

• 1  lb bulk Italian sausage
• 6  eggs
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 2  cups  shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2⁄3 cup ricotta cheese
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1  pastry for double-crust pie
• 1  tablespoon water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a large skillet brown sausage, drain.
3. Seperate one of the eggs.
4. Set yolk aside.
5. In a mixing bowl, stir together remaining eggs, egg white, spinach, cheeses, and spices.
6. Stir in sausage.
7. Line 9 or 10 inch pie plate with bottom crust.
8. Fill with sausage mixture.
9. Place top crust over filling- flute edges.
10. Combine reserved egg yolk and water and brush the mixture over the crust.
11. Bake for 1 1/4 hours or till crust is golden and filling is set.
12. Cool in pie plate on wire rack for 10 minutes.
13. Serve warm.