Pizza Rustica alla Napoletana
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 pounds ricotta
- 6 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano
- 1 pound mozzarella, coarsely grated
- 1/2 pound sweet dried sausage, peeled and diced
- 1/2 pound prosciutto, shredded
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- For the dough, combine dry ingredients in bowl of food processor and pulse several times to mix.
- Cut butter into 8 pieces and distribute evenly over dry ingredients in work bowl.
- Pulse until very finely powdered.
- Add eggs and continue to pulse until dough forms a ball that revolves on blade.
- Remove dough, press into a disk, wrap and chill.
- For the filling, place ricotta in work bowl of food processor and pulse to puree smoothly.
- Transfer ricotta to a mixing bowl and stir in eggs one at a time; stir in remaining filling ingredients in order.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set a rack in the lower third divide the Pasta Frolla into 2 pieces.
- roll 1 of the pieces thinly to line a 12-inch straight sided cake pan.
- Pour in filling and smooth top.
- Roll the remaining dough to a 12-inch square and cut into 1-inch strips.
- Whisk egg and salt together and paint dough strips with egg wash.
- Arrange six strips on filling.
- Arrange remaining strips at a 45-degree angle to the first ones.
- Press strips at rim of pan to adhere and trim away excess dough even with top of pan.
- Bake the Pizza about 45 minutes, until the filling is set and the dough is baked through.
- Cool in the pan on a rack.
- To unmold, place a platter on pizza and invert, removing pan.
- Replace pan with another platter and invert again, removing top platter.
- Serve the Pizza at room temperature.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pizza-rustica-alla-napoletana.html (may not work)