How To Make Pizzagaina
Pizzagaina is a savory Italian pie often served for Easter. This simplified recipe is as delicious as ever, with its mix of cheese & pepperoni.
Prep:
20 mins
Cool:
10 mins
Cook:
45 mins
Total:
1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 4 unbaked pie crusts, 9-inch, divided
- 16 fl oz whole-milk ricotta cheese, 2 containers
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 eggs
- ¼ lb pepperoni
- ½ lb sweet capicola, (coppa)
- ½ lb hot capicola, (coppa)
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Press 1 pie crust each into the bottom of two 9-inch pie pans.
- Mix ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and eggs together in a large bowl. Roughly chop the pepperoni, sweet capicola and hot capicola; fold in chopped meats. Spoon half the mixture into each of the 2 prepared pie pans.
- Top each pie with a pie crust, crimping the edges together creating a seal. Brush the top of each pie with egg white.
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Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown. This will take 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 1g
- :
- Calcium: 48mg
- Calories: 259kcal
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Cholesterol: 33mg
- Fat: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g
- Potassium: 77mg
- Protein: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Sodium: 353mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 77IU
- Vitamin C: 1mg
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