Pizza rustica alla napoletana ~ recipe from nick malgieri

Name: Pizza rustica alla napoletana ~ recipe from nick malgieri
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 12 tablespoons unsalted butter; 3 eggs, beaten; 2 pounds ricotta; 6 eggs; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1/4 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; Egg Wash; 1 egg; 1 pinch salt; 12-inch straight-sided cake pan well buttered

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Main Dish

Very Easy

50 min

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time35 min

For the Pasta Frolla, 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 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.
For egg wash, whisk egg and salt together. Paint dough strips with egg wash. Arrange six strips on filling.
Arrange remaining strips at a 45-degree angle to the first ones to make a lattice. Press strips at rim of pan to adhere and trim away excess dough even with top of pan.
Bake until the filling is set and the dough is baked through, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack. To unmold, place a platter on top and invert, removing pan.
Replace pan with another platter and invert again, removing top platter. Serve at room temperature. Refrigerate any leftovers.