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- From: petolino@chronon (Joe Petolino)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Pizza rustica
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- Date: 11 Jul 86 03:37:26 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PIZZA-RUSTICA M "17 Apr 86" 1986
- .RZ "PIZZA RUSTICA" "San Felese Easter pie"
- This dish is traditional in my family at Easter time. I don't know how to
- spell the Italian name of this pie, but it sounds something like ``Pizza
- Gain''\(emmy father translates it as ``full pie''
- This recipe originated in the town of San Fele, east of Naples.
- .IH "serves 12"
- .SH CHEESE FILLING
- .IG "2 lb" "ricotta cheese" "1 kg"
- .IG "3" "large eggs"
- .IG "\(14 lb" "mozzarella cheese," "100 g"
- shredded or chopped
- .IG "6 Tbsp" "romano cheese," "25 g"
- grated
- .IG "6 Tbsp" "fresh parsley," "5 g"
- chopped
- .IG "1\(12 Tbsp" "dried mint leaves" "25 ml"
- (do not use peppermint)
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "black pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "" "salt"
- to taste\(emdepends on salt content of cheeses.
- .SH MEAT FILLING
- .IG "1 lb" "Italian sausage" "500 g"
- (``mild'' or ``sweet'')
- .IG "2 oz" "Italian dry salami," "60 g"
- thinly sliced
- .IG "2 oz" "prosciutto," "60 g"
- thinly sliced (or any other ham)
- .SH PIZZA
- .IG "1\(12 lb" "pizza dough" "700 g"
- (if you make your own dough, use about
- .AB "3 cups" "300 g"
- of flour)
- .IG "" "flour"
- .IG "1" "egg,"
- separated
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Put ricotta and eggs into a large bowl and stir until well mixed.
- Blend in all other ingredients.
- .SK 2
- Slice the sausage into rounds about
- .AB "3/8 inch" "7 mm"
- thick. Brown in a
- little oil until cooked through. Drain, and discard grease.
- Cut the salami and ham slices into strips about
- .AB "1\(mu\(14 inches" "2\(mu\(12cm"
- .SK 3
- Make or thaw or unwrap the pizza dough.
- .SK 4
- Mix the meats into the cheese filling. Roll the dough into two disks,
- one large enough to line a
- .AB "10-inch" "25-cm"
- round cake pan, the other large enough to
- cover it. Put the larger piece into the lightly-floured cake pan, molding it
- so that it completely lines the pan, with at least
- .AB "\(12 inch" "1 cm"
- hanging over the edge.
- Fill with the cheese-meat mixture. To allow for expansion, fill to about
- .AB "\(12 inch" "1 cm"
- below the top of the pan. Wet the exposed dough edge with
- egg white, place the other piece of dough on top, and pinch the two pieces
- together. Trim neatly to make a seal. Brush egg yolk over the
- top of the pie (this will brown during baking). Puncture the top
- of pie in several places with a knife (make sure the holes are large
- enough not to close up during baking). Bake at
- .TE 350 175
- for about an
- hour, until the top is browned but not burned. Remove from pan and cool on
- a wire rack. Serve at room temperature.
- .NX
- This recipe makes a very large pie. I couldn't find a big enough cake pan,
- so I used a cast-iron frying pan. You might try using
- half the quantity of ingredients in
- .AB "a 7-inch" "an 18-cm"
- pan (make a little extra dough).
- .PP
- If possible, grate your own romano cheese. Some of the romano sold
- pre-grated in cardboard cylinders looks and tastes more like sawdust
- than cheese. ``Romano'' and ``parmesan'' are American names; the main
- difference is that romano is sharper.
- The mint you want to use is spearmint. It is sold as just plain ``mint''
- in the spice section of supermarkets. Peppermint is entirely the wrong
- flavor.
- .PP
- Italian sausage is a 'fresh' sausage, \fIi.e.\fR uncured and uncooked.
- It must be cooked before eating. Depending upon where you live, the
- less-spicy version of it is called either ``sweet'' or ``mild''.
- When I'm really ambitious I make my own (that doesn't happen often!).
- The only ingredients are pork (about 20% fat), fennel seeds, salt,
- and a small amount of red pepper flakes, all coarsely ground and stuffed
- into natural hog casings. If you can't find Italian sausage, you might
- try a mixture of ground pork with the above seasonings, rolled into little
- patties. To adjust seasonings, just pan-fry a little bit of the mixture
- and taste.
- .PP
- The cheese filling given above (without the meats) is my standard filling
- for lasagna, manicotti, ravioli, etc.
- .PP
- This same recipe can be used to make calzone. Roll out a small disk of
- pizza dough, put a blob of cheese/meat mixture in the middle, fold it over,
- seal, and bake. This is a good way to use up any filling that doesn't fit
- into the pie.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, 1 hour cooking.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Joe Petolino
- Chronon Computer Co., Mountain View CA
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