- prep: 1 hr
- cook: 3 hr
- total: 4 hr
Summary
Pizza rustica looks nothing like the Neopolitan-style pizzas we know so well in this country. That's because pizza in Italian means pie and not all Italian pies are made with a bread dough. Pizza rusticas tend to be double-crusted affairs enclosing a mixture of cheese and nuggets of various cured meats and sausages. With its rich filling, pizza rustica is often served at Easter as a way to celebrate after the lean eating during Lent. In this version, author Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez makes an open-faced pizza rustica.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 to 5 tablespoons ice water
- 1 cup ricotta (preferably fresh or homemade ; 8 ounces)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons grated Pecorino Romano
- 2/3 cup coarsely grated aged provolone
- 3 ounces thinly sliced Italian deli meats such as soppressata, prosciutto, capicolla ham, and salami, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (9-inch) tart pan with a removable bottom
- pie weights or dried beans
Instructions
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Nutrition

- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 138 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 5 g 6.99%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 12.95%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 16 mg 5.19%
- Sodium: 236 mg 9.85%
- Calcium: 164 mg 16.41%
- Potassium: 29 mg 0.84%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 5.5%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 17 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 2.32%
- Sugar: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 5.4%
- Vitamin C 3.16%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq