Apple and Sausage Pie Recipe

Yield: Serves 8.
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Ingredients
1 basic pie dough recipe, rolled out and lining a 9 or 10-inch pie dish, or 8x8
baking dish, chilled (or one frozen pie crust)
2 large tart Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 medium onion, chopped (about half a cup)
1 teaspoon sugar
3 Tbsp butter
3/4 lb sweet Italian sausage (bulk, or removed from casings)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups shredded fontina, provalone, and or asiago cheese
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup feta cheese
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Method
1 Preheat oven to 425F. Line the inside of a pie shell with heavy aluminum foil,
pressing the dough against the side. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove foil, poke the b
ottom of the pie crust with the tines of a fork to create air vents. Return crus
t to oven, bake for an additional 4 minutes, or until the crust just begins to b
rown. Remove from oven and let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
2 Melt butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Add the apples, onions, and sug
ar, cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes. In the last 30 s
econds or so, add the garlic and cook until fragrant. Transfer mixture to a sepa
rate bowl. Increase the heat to medium high and in the same skillet add the Ital
ian sausage. Cook, stirring only infrequently, until sausage is browned on all s
ides and is cooked through. Remove from heat. Remove the sausage with a slotted
spoon to a dish lined with paper towels to absorb the excess fat.
3 In medium sized bowl, mix together the cheeses and beaten eggs.
4 Place sausage on bottom of pre-baked pie crust. Add the cooked apple onion mix
ture over the sausage. Pour the cheese egg mixture over the apple mixture and sp
read it so it evenly covers the pie.
5 Bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes o
ut clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.