Pizza Rustica from Puglia

Name: Pizza Rustica from Puglia
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 egg plus 1 egg; 3 eggs; 59 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 227 grams fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 227 grams fresh Ricotta; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 59 milliliters grated Pecorino; 227 grams Prosciutto, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 227 grams Prosciutto Cotto, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 118 milliliters sundried tomatoes, drained of oil and julienned; 1 Tbsp water

Pizza Rustica from Puglia might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One portion of this dish contains about 51g of protein, 86g of fat, and a total of 1275 calories. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up ricotta, prosciutto cotto, eggs, 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. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying.

Instructions

To make dough: In a large mixing bowl, place flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and olive oil. Stir together with whisk until texture is like that of moist cereal.

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Whisk

Add egg and water and mix well with hands.

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Water

Egg

Place on to floured work surface and knead like bread for 5 minutes. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.

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Bread

Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well with hands.

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Roll out 3/4 dough to a 12 to 14-inch circle and place on a pizza peel, lightly dusted with semolina.

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Roll

Spread filling in center to within 3 inches of edge.

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Spread

Roll remaining dough into a thinner piece 10-inches in diameter and place over filling.

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Roll

Brush outer edge and top of center disk with cool water and fold outer edges inwards to meet center piece and cover the perimeter. Beat remaining egg and brush entire top. Score top with sharp knife in 5 places.

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