Heirloom Tomato Pie

Heirloom Tomato Pie

 

 

Servings: Yield: 1 9" pie

Source: Tinkskitchen.com Adapted from Simply Recipes

 

 

Ingredients

 

• 1 – 9-inch pie shell
• 1/2 yellow or red onion (chopped)
• 3 cups chopped tomatoes (squeezed to remove excess juice)
• 1/4 cup sliced basil (about 8 leaves*)
• 2 cups grated cheese (combination of Gruyere or Mozzarella)
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 sleeve broken up ritz crackers

 

Directions

 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place pie shell in oven and cook for 8-10 minutes or longer until lightly golden.
2. Squeeze as much moisture as you can out of the chopped tomatoes, using either paper towels, a clean dish towel.
3. Spread ritz over the bottom of the pie shell. Sprinkle the bottom of the pre-cooked pie shell with chopped onion. Spread the chopped tomatoes over the onions. Sprinkle the sliced basil over the tomatoes.
4. In a medium bowl, mix together the grated cheese, mayonnaise, a sprinkling of salt and freshly ground black pepper. The mixture should be the consistency of a gooey snow ball. Spread the cheese mixture over the tomatoes.
5. Place in oven and bake until browned and bubbly, anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes

 

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Notes:

Aug 17, 2012

From Simply Recipes – everyone LOVED this, we used heirloom tomatoes – the best!    It doesn't look that great, it should be on my list to re-do.

 

As stated, this recipe was adapted to add the Ritz crackers to the bottom of the pie to help absorb some of the juice from the tomatoes.

 

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