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Loretta Torrens
Gilbert, Arizona
Italian Brunch Torta
This breakfast or brunch pie filled with hearty Italian ingredients tastes and looks like a gourmet dish. Just don't tell them how easy it was with Pillsbury™ refrigerated pie crusts!
Italian Brunch Torta
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 35 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 box (14.1 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Pie Crusts (2 Count), softened as directed on box
- 1 tablespoon Crisco® 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Pure Olive Oil
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 box (9 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 lb provolone cheese, thinly sliced
- 4 thin slices Genoa salami (1 1/2 oz)
- 1 jar (15 or 16 oz) roasted red bell peppers, drained, patted dry
- 3/4 cup olive tapenade (about 5-oz jar), drained
- 1/2 lb capicollo ham, thinly sliced
- 3 1/2 oz dry-pack sun-dried tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano leaves
Instructions
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Step1Place cookie sheet in oven (torta will bake on heated cookie sheet). Heat oven to 375°F. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie using 9-inch glass pie plate.
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Step2In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Stir in spinach until well combined.
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Step3Spread 1/2 of spinach mixture in crust-lined plate. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan cheese. Layer spinach with provolone cheese, salami, red peppers, tapenade, ham, sun-dried tomatoes, remaining Parmesan cheese and remaining spinach mixture. Top with second crust; seal edges and flute.
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Step4Brush egg on top crust; sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese and oregano. Cut 4 small slits in top. Place on cookie sheet in oven.
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Step5Bake 50 to 55 minutes, covering edge of crust with strips of foil after 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown. Cool 20 minutes before serving. If desired, serve torta with fresh fruit on plates lined with romaine lettuce.
Nutrition
470
Calories
28g
Total Fat
18g
Protein
36g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 470
- Calories from Fat
- 260
- Total Fat
- 28g
- 44%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 62%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 22%
- Sodium
- 1360mg
- 57%
- Potassium
- 700mg
- 20%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 36g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 8g
- Protein
- 18g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 80%
- 80%
- Vitamin C
- 60%
- 60%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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