Italian Potpies Recipes

Steps:

• Special equipment: 6 (10-ounce) ramekins
• For the Tomato Sauce: Warm the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic, rosemary, and pancetta. Saute until the pancetta is crisp and golden, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, stir to combine, and simmer over very low heat for 15 minutes. Add the salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl combine the Tomato Sauce, chicken, broccoli, mozzarella, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine. Divide the chicken mixture evenly between the ramekins. Roll out the pizza dough and cut circles with a pairing knife that are 1-inch wider in diameter than the ramekins. Place the circles of dough over the filled ramekins and press down to seal, making sure to pull the dough over the edge of the ramekin. Brush the top of the pizza dough with olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cut a small slit in the top of the pizza dough with a pairing knife. Bake until the pizza crust is golden, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
• Remove sausage from casings.
• Brown sausage in a skilled, stirring to separate meat.
• Rinse and drain the grease off of the sausage.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, beans and thyme to the sausage in the skillet.
• Simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Remove from heat and stir in the mozarella cheese.
• Pour the mixture into a medium size, round oven proof skillet or pie dish.
• Unroll the crescent dough; divide into triangles.
• Arrange in a spiral with points of dough towards the center, covering the sausage mixture completely.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbly.

Steps:

• Pulse flour, parmesan, and salt in food processor to blend.
• Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle 5 tablespoons of water over mixture.
• Pulse, adding the remaining 1 to 2 tablespoons of water if necessary, just until mixture is moistened and begins to hold together (dough should still be crumbly).
• Gather dough into a disk and cut in half. Shape into 2 disks.
• Wrap disks and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a 12" skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add sausage and cook 3 to 5 minutes or until browned.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sausage to a bowl.
• Discard excess drippings.
• Increase heat to high and add cook chicken 3 to 5 minutes, turning chicken occasionally and cook until lightly browned.
• Add onion and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until tender.
• Add tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil. Break up tomatoes with a spoon and reduce heat and simmer 7 to 8 minutes longer.
• Add sausage and cool.
• Heat oven to 375.
• Trim stems from chard and coarsely slice leaves and stems.
• Bring 1/2 cup water, chard stems, and leaves to boil in a large pot.
• Cover and cook 9 to 10 minutes until the stems are tender.
• Drain in colander and press out excess liquid with a spoon.
• Stir chard into cooled chicken-sausage mixture and divide mixture between 2 quart baking dishes.
• Divide and sprinkle 2 tablespoons parmesan over tops of filling.
• Roll each pastry disk so it extends 1" behind edge of baking dish.
• Place pastry on top of each disk and press pastry against the side of the disk to seal in the filling.
• Cut 2 slits in the center of each.
• Bake potpies 40 to 45 minutes or until tops are golden and filling is bubbly.
• If you decided not to bake your potpies and froze them instead, unwrap dishes and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking.
• Increase the oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake 45 minutes longer.
• Serve with cooked zucchini.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large skillet, heat oil and add chopped onion and carrots.
• Saute until vegetables are tender. Add ground beef and continue frying until meat is no longer pink.
• Add garlic and cook until fragrant.
• Add seasonings/sauce and mix.
• Cook until thickened. approximately 10 minutes.
• Spoon mixture into 4 8 oz. ramekins.
• Set aside.
• In mixing bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.
• Make a well in the centre and add the wet ingredients.
• Combine just until moistened.
• Mound spoonfuls of dough on top of the ramekins.
• Place on rimmed baking sheet.
• Place in oven and bake 10-12 minutes.
• Test doneness with toothpick.