Savory Push In Pesto Pie Crust Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Remove pie crust from the freezer.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage. Cook, breaking up the sausage, until juices are released, about 3 minutes. Add red onion, red bell pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until sausage is browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease.
• Combine ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, pesto, Romano cheese, lime juice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and lemon pepper in a small bowl. Spread over the pie crust. Sprinkle the sausage mixture over the cheese mixture. Arrange zucchini and walnuts on top. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is browned, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Place the flour, salt, and pepper in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse to combine. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. While the machine is running, gradually drizzle in the water, processing until the dough comes together to form a ball.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and shape it into a flat disk. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Unfold pastry sheet onto cutting board; cut into 12 squares. Press 1 pastry square onto bottom and up side of each of 12 muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 12 to 14 min. or until pastry cups are puffed and golden brown. Meanwhile, mix cream cheese and feta until blended; set aside. Combine spinach, onions and pesto.
• Use rounded handle of wooden spoon to press indentation into center of each pastry cup, being careful to not press through to bottom of cup.
• Spoon cream cheese mixture into pastry cups; top with spinach mixture.
• Bake 7 to 10 min. or until heated through.

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine flour and salt; mix well. In small bowl, combine oil, pesto and milk; blend well. Pour over flour mixture. Stir with fork until well mixed. Press in bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie pan; flute edge. Prick bottom and sides of crust generously with fork.
• Follow directions of your favorite savory recipe requiring pie crust