Italian-Style Pizza Pot Pie

Name: Italian-Style Pizza Pot Pie
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 227 grams package sliced fresh mushrooms; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 340 grams ground round; 113 grams cup shredded Italian five-cheese blend; 1 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning; 1 small onion, chopped; 391 grams package refrigerated pizza crust dough; 0 teaspoons salt; 113 grams mild Italian sausage, casings removed; 737 grams tomato-and-basil pasta sauce

Italian-Style Pizza Pot Pie might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 28g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 502 calories. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes. Head to the store and pick up pizza crust dough, onion, ground round, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Cook ground round and sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring often, 8 to 10 minutes or until meat crumbles and is no longer pink.

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Ground Round

Sausage

Meat

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Drain beef mixture, reserving 1 tsp. drippings in skillet. Reduce heat to medium.

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Beef

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Saut onion in hot drippings 2 minutes.

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Onion

Add garlic, and cook 1 minute or until tender.

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Garlic

Add mushrooms, and saut 8 to 10 minutes or until most of liquid has evaporated. Stir in beef mixture, pasta sauce, Italian seasoning, and salt. Bring to a light boil, and simmer 5 minutes.

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Meanwhile, unroll dough on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. Invert 1 (9-inch) round baking dish or pie plate onto center of dough.

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Dough

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Cut dough around edge of baking dish, making a 9-inch circle.

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Dough

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Remove excess dough around baking dish; cover and chill, reserving for another use, such as Cinnamon Nuggets.

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Chicken Nuggets

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Remove baking dish.

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Pour beef mixture into baking dish, and sprinkle with cheese. Immediately top with dough circle.

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Cut an "X" in top of dough for steam to escape.

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Dough

Place baking dish on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.

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Bake at 450 for 16 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

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Crust

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Oven

Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Note: For testing purposes only, we used Pillsbury Classic Pizza Crust.

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Prepared Pizza Crust

Piecrust-Topped Pizza Pot Pie: Substitute 1/2 (15-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts for pizza dough. Proceed with recipe as directed, omitting Step (

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Pizza Dough

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Place entire piecrust over filling in baking dish in Step 4; press crust onto edge of dish to secure. Edges of crust will hang over sides of dish. Tuck excess crust under sides of dish, if desired.)

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Servings:

227grams

package sliced fresh mushrooms 2

garlic cloves, minced 340grams

ground round 113grams

cup shredded Italian five-cheese blend 1teaspoons

dried Italian seasoning 1small

onion, chopped 391grams

package refrigerated pizza crust dough 0teaspoons

salt 113grams

mild Italian sausage, casings removed 737grams

tomato-and-basil pasta sauce

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Antinori Badian a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 60 dollars per bottle.