Best Italian Tomato Pie Recipes

ITALIAN TOMATO PIE

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, salt, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment. Add olive oil and 1 cup plus 6 tablespoons water. Knead on low speed just until dough comes together, about 3 minutes. Let dough rest for 10 minutes. Knead once more on low speed for 10 minutes until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• Remove dough hook, cover top of mixing bowl tightly with plastic wrap, and let rise in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours (up to 24 hours).
• Meanwhile, for the sauce, add tomatoes to a food processor and roughly puree. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until butter is melted. Add garlic, shallot, oregano, and pepper flakes. Cook and stir until softened and fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pureed tomatoes and season with sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened, about 45 minutes. Season with salt. Remove from heat, bring to room temperature, and refrigerate until dough has finished rising.
• Generously grease the inside of a 13x18-inch rimmed baking sheet with 3 tablespoons olive oil. Remove dough from the refrigerator 2 hours before baking. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a flat ball. Transfer ball to the greased baking sheet. Coat the ball on all sides with olive oil using your hands, loosely cover with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm spot for 1 hour. The dough should spread out . Carefully stretch and push the dough into the corners and edges of the pan. Cover loosely, and let rise for 1 hour longer.
• Adjust an oven rack to the upper middle position. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• When dough has risen, gently dock center with fingertips and use your hands to create a risen ridge about 1 inch wide around the edge.
• Spread dough generously with sauce, leaving the raised 1-inch edge without the sauce. Bake until edges are lightly browned and crisp, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature for at least 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with Pecorino Romano cheese, cut into slices, and serve.

ITALIAN TOMATO PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until lightly browned; sprinkle with salt and set aside. , In the same skillet, saute mushrooms until tender. Using a slotted spoon, transfer onions into pastry shell; sprinkle with herbs and cheese. , Top with mushrooms; sprinkle with olives. Arrange tomato slices over top; sprinkle with pepper., Bake at 375° for 50-60 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.

ITALIAN RICOTTA TOMATO PIE

Steps:

• For crust, stir together baking mix, garlic powder, pepper and hot water until it becomes a dough then knead it with your hands for a few minutes on a floured board.
• Press, pat and coax dough out on regular size greased baking sheet (I cover my baking sheet with foil and then spray the foil with Pam).
• Set aside.
• Slice tomatoes then take the ends and the parts you couldn't get a good slice of and dice them.
• Set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix ricotta with garlic and parmesan.
• Carefully spread dough with ricotta mixture, leaving a 1/2 inch edge.
• Top with mozzarella cheese.
• Place tomato slices and then diced tomatoes.
• Sprinkle with basil and oregano and then drizzle with oil.
• Moisten the edges of the dough with water and fold up to form a small crust.
• Bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Enjoy!

ITALIAN CHICKEN TOMATO PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie crust according to package directions. Boil chicken for 15 minutes - drain and chop. Slice tomatoes and drain on paper toweling.
• Place chicken in pie crust. Spread with pesto sauce. Layer tomatoes evenly on top of pesto. Sprinkle with flour and pepper. Spread mayo evenly over tomatoes. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes.

AUBERGINE AND TOMATO CROSTATA ( ITALIAN RUSTIC PIE)

Steps:

• In a processor make a dough with the flour, oregano, salt, olive oil and enough water to make a dough ball.
• Rest in plastic wrap but don't refrigerate.
• cook the sliced aubergines with the 2 tbsp of water and 1 tbsp olive oil.
• Drain the auberines and place half of them in a blender with the ricotta, yogurt, eggs, parmesan and seasoning.
• Grease and Line a 26cm pie dish with baking paper. roll out the pastry and line the pie dish.Place another greaseproof paper on top and cover in baking beans.
• Bake in a 200C for 20 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and fill with the aubergine cream.
• Place circles o the rest of the aubergine, sliced onions and tomatoes decoratively on the surface.
• Mix 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp water and using a pastry brush, brush the aubergines and tomatoes. season and sprinkle on some more oregano.
• Bake for a further 30 minutes.