Pizzagaina recipe

The Easiest Italian Easter Meat Pie ~ Pizzagaina (Pizza Rustica) - Mangia with Michele

This Pizza Gaina recipe for Easter is a classic and much loved recipe. Packed with of all the flavors you love like mortadella, salami and mozzarella to make this pie is a celebration of good food! #italianpie #easterpie #pizzarustica #pizzagaina

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Pizza Rustica is a traditional, Italian dish that is served at Easter; it's part pastry, part pie, part quiche and part deli platter. Pizza Rustica is ...

It’s hard not to love Italian Easter recipes, from Pasqua bread and cookies, to ricotta pie and Pizza Rustica. Please enjoy some of our most popular holiday recipes, and don’t forget to deliver or ship some extra to your loved ones and paesani. Buona Pasqua, and God bless! 1. Babbo Finzi’s ‘Pizzagaina’ (Pizza Rustica) 2. … Continued

Italian Easter Meat Pie, also known as pizzagaina and pizza rustica, is a hearty, indulgent and decadent savory pie abundant with cured meats, cheeses and eggs in a buttery crust. It’s traditionally enjoyed in Italian households to signify the end of Lent and that Easter has arrived!

By: Rossella Rago, Cooking With Nonna Ingredients Serves: 8 For the Dough: 1 pound all purpose flour 2 large eggs pinch of salt 1/2 pound butter, cold milk, as much as needed For the Filling: 1 pound basket cheese or ricotta cheese 3 large eggs 1/4 pound provolone – sharp 1/4 pound mozzarella 4 tablespoons … Continued

Pizza Rustica Recipe (Traditional Italian Easter Pie)- Combining cheeses and meats in a buttery crust makes this dish incredibly satisfying and comforting. It's a crowd-pleaser that can be enjoyed warm or at room temperature. It's not an Italian Easter Sunday without this delicious family recipe!

Easter is a busy time of year in my kitchen, and this year has proven to be no exception. I'm helping to prepare the Easter meal with my daughter-in-law this year. While she's making the main meal, I've got artichoke and asparagus frittatas ready to go, steamed artichokes, lasagna, broccoli rabe, a ricotta pie (which…

Learn how to make a decadent Italian meat pie with a variety of cheeses and cured meats. Come try our recipe for pizza rustica, an Easter classic!

Recipe: Babbo Finzi's Pizzagaina (Pizza Rustica) - GRAND VOYAGE ITALY

By: Jerry Finzi, Grand Voyage Italy When I was a young boy we would drive down to Hoboken to visit my Uncle Sal and Aunt Antionette in their red brick row house. The part I loved best was their lower floor. I suppose you could call it a basement, but it was really like a finished … Continued

Also called Pizza Piena, Pizza Gain, or Pizza Chiena, you'll find this loaded pie at most Italian Easter meals.

Pizza Chiena, the original Italian ancestor of the American dish “pizzagaina” or “pizzagain,” is a classic savory Easter pie that originated in Campania. This dish was traditionally made with a bread crust filled with cured meats, cheese, and eggs, making it a hearty and flavorful treat to celebrate the end of Lent.It was a simple and frugal dish but, like so many “poor” recipes from Italy, it is astoundingly delicious. In this article, we’ll briefly explore the history of Pizza Chiena, the…

Pizza Rustica Recipe - Pizza Chiena | Pizzagaina Easter Pie

I love traditions, it brings you back to a place in time. It helps you remember those that have gone before. Easter is one of my favorite holidays, one of those times when you only make those special Italian delicacies once a year. Pizzagaina, Italian meat pie, is a Easter tradition in our family, I can remember making this pie with Mom. I would cut the meat but she was the maven at making the crust, it was always perfect, just like her ;^) <3 miss you soooo much Mom! For the last couple of…

Easter Pizza, as we called it. EDIT: try starting with only a dozen eggs and also layer it like we did when mom and grandma made it. Plus, with this recipe, I end up with extra dough.

Enjoy a slice of this Italian Easter Meat Pie for your Easter celebrations. It’s loaded with a meaty cheese and egg filling with a homemade pie dough crust bottom and top. A traditional Easter meal that won’t disappoint! Yields 2 9" pies