Upside Down Yorkshire Pizza Pie |
Cooking time: 45 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for "menu" instructions |
You can use ground beef or turkey in this, but I like the spiciness of the sausage. It makes it more like 'pizza'. The top is a simple popover batter that puffs up high, and gets a lovely golden brown.
Upside Down Yorkshire Pizza Pie Time: 45 minutes
This is an easy one-dish meal, quick prep work and 30 minutes baking time.
8oz (250gr) sausage, or 2 Italian sausages, casings removed if you buy more freeze
1/2 onion
2 cloves garlic
1/2 green or red bell pepper
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp chili powder
1 tbs olive oil
1 can tomato sauce, 8 oz, (220gr)
olives - if you have any left in the fridge, slice a few and add with the cheese
1 cup (4 oz, 125 gr) shredded cheese, mozzarella preferably
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
Peel and chop onion and garlic. Chop pepper. Heat 1 tbs olive oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chili powder and sauté 1 minute. Add onion, garlic and green pepper and sauté until tender. Add sausage and brown, breaking it up as it cooks. When done remove from heat, drain excess fat, and spread in a 10-inch (25cm) glass baking dish. Spoon tomato sauce evenly over the top. Sprinkle with herbs. Add olives if using. Sprinkle cheese evenly over top. In medium bowl lightly beat eggs with wire whisk. Add milk, flour and salt. Beat lightly to just combine; a few lumps are okay - over-beating is not. Pour batter evenly over the top of the 'pizza'. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake at 425F (215C) for 30 minutes or until edges puff up and are golden brown. Cut into wedges and serve.
Note1: The quickest way to remove the sausage from the casing is to slit the casing, lengthwise with a sharp knife. Open the casing like a book and scoop out the sausage.
Note2: This is just a little too much batter for my taste; but cutting the recipe in half yields too little. You can use it all, (I have, and it works fine - just a bit too much to eat) but the last time I made it I ladled out 1/2 cup of the batter (and threw it out) before pouring it on the pizza.
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Cooking schedule: 45 minutes for menu |
Sprinkle with cheese |
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