Monday, October 4, 2010

Deep-Dish Lasagna Pie

Tonight's dinner was Deep-Dish Lasagna Pie.  I bought the Pillsbury Pot Pies & Casseroles magazine last week and I'm very excited to try their dishes, my first dish I made was the Deep-Dish Lasagna Pie.  I feel like I make the same recipes over and over and over again... so I'm very excited to try new recipes.  The meal was good and everyone liked it.  It's a make-again dish.  I also made a garden salad to go along with the lasagna.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients
1 lb mild Italian pork sausage
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups tomato pasta sauce
1 tsp Italian seasonings
1 large egg
1 container (15 oz) park-skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8oz)
2 cans (13.8 oz each) Pillsbury refrigerated classic pizza crust

Directions
1.  Heat oven to 425 degrees.  Spray 13x9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
2.  In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage, onion and garlic over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain well.  Stir in tomato pasta sauce and Italian seasonings; cook until thoroughly heated.  In medium bowl, beat egg.  Stir in ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and 1 1/2 cups of the mozzarella cheese.
3.  Unroll dough for 1 pizza crust.  Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of baking dish.  Spread cheese mixture over dough in bottom of dish.  Spread sausage mixture over cheese mixture.  Unroll dough for second pizza crust; place over sausage mixture and press edges to seal.  Cut 4 slits in top crust.
4.  Bake uncovered 15 minutes.  Cover with foil to prevent excessive browning.  Bake 9 to 11 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown.  Top with remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.  Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Natalie's Notes:
1.  Recipe did not call for garlic, but I added garlic.  Who's ever heard of an Italian dish without garlic?
2.  My oven is electric and bakes way faster than normal ovens.  If your oven is the same way, I suggest turning the temp down to 400 degrees and checking the pie after about 11 minutes.  Mine was starting to burn after 15 minutes.
3.  You could add mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, zucchini or any other veggie you like to the dish.  Or make it vegetarian altogether.

Hope you enjoy it! :D

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