Savory Sausage and Spinach Pie

Submitted by yooper

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

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• 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.

Reviews

[diamonds4heather]

Excellent. The flavors of the sausage and the spinach are just great together. The recipe makes a very thick pie, the filling sets well and makes it easy to slice. I served this with mashed potatoes and peas. Oh, the pie also reheats very well. Thanks for a great recipe Yooper!!

 

[cookin mimi]

Loved, loved, loved this pie! Thanks, yooper, it is a winner recipe!!

 

[Gr8full One]

This is now one of our favorites!! (I do use more garlic than called for, but this is an instant classic!)

 

[BayLeigh Ann]

Perhaps it was the sausage I used but there was something missing from this pie. I'm just not a good enough cook to figure out what it is. I'll try this recipe again using a different type of sausage and see if that is what was missing.