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What to do with all those fresh garden tomatoes? Try this wonderful main-dish tomato, cheese, and bacon pie. We love it--delicious, beautiful, and easy. If your garden tomatoes are especially juicy, squeeze them a bit before slicing to take off just a touch of the liquid. The nice thing about using our dry SHALLOTS is that they will absorb quite a bit of juice during cooking.


  • 1 1/2 Cups fresh breadcrumbs (4 good-sized slices day old bread, crumbed in a blender or food-processor)
  • 1 TB. PASTA SPRINKLE
  • 3 Cups sliced ripe tomatoes (about 6 large)
  • 3 TB. SHALLOTS, dry (or 1 small onion, thinly sliced)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. GROUND BLACK PEPPER
  • 2 Cups shredded Swiss Cheese (6-8 oz.)
  • 3 large eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1/4 tsp. NUTMEG, ground or freshly grated
  • 5 slices bacon, diced (use lean bacon or Canadian bacon, or cook regular bacon 1 minute to remove some fat)
       

Preheat oven to 325°. Butter a 9" deep dish pie plate. If you are using a regular pie plate, you may need fewer tomatoes. Mix the bread crumbs with 1 TB. PASTA SPRINKLE. Spread half of the bread crumbs evenly on the bottom of the dish. Arrange half the tomatoes, overlapping, on bread crumbs. Top with half of the SHALLOTS, salt and BLACK PEPPER, then sprinkle on half of the Swiss cheese. Make a second layer with the rest of the tomato slices, SHALLOTS, salt, PEPPER and cheese. Pour the eggs over the cheese (don't worry if the eggs don't cover the entire top). Spread on the remaining bread crumbs. Sprinkle on NUTMEG, top with bacon pieces. It is important to dice the bacon, or the pie will be hard to cut and eat. Bake in the middle of the oven for 45-50 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. Remove from oven, cool at least 10 minutes, slice and serve. It's easy!

Yield: 8-12 pieces
Prep. time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45-50 minutes

Description
Price
Qty
Pasta Sprinkle .6 oz. 1/2 cup jar
$3.35
Shallots .4 oz. 1/2 cup jar
$5.25
Black Pepper Shaker Grind 2.1 oz. 1/2 cup jar
$4.09
Nutmeg East Indian Ground 2.2 oz. 1/2 cup jar
$4.75


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