What's for Dinner? Summer Tomato "Pizza" Pie!

Home grown tomatoes sunning themselves on our sill

Man, I am worn out from this past week!  Finn was sick, turned one year old, we had BOTH sets of Grandparents in town and a big party on Saturday.  It was exhausting, but a lot of fun. We've been eating leftovers from the weekend for 2 days now (I had the party catered), so tonight, I wanted something else, and needed to use some of our garden tomatoes that were sunning in the window.  Some of the ladies at Sully's work were talking about this tomato pie recipe and I decided to try it.  I had all the ingredients on hand and seemed simple enough to do (as a general rule, I do NOT bake!). I adapted the recipe a bit, but it came out really good.  Sully said it tasted like a tomato pizza...hence the name.  If you have fresh tomatoes and basil, this is a great, simple dish to make...and it will impress your friends!  Enjoy!

Summer Tomato "Pizza" Pie

Serves 4

• 1 refrigerated pie crust (or can use frozen already in pan)
• 3-4 tomatoes, sliced (you can peel them first but isn’t a must)
• kosher salt
• 5 large basil leaves, rolled up and cut in a chiffonade
• 3 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 green onions, chopped
• ¾ cup shredded mozzarella
• ¾ cup shredded cheddar
• ½ cup mayonnaise (I use light Olive Oil Mayo)
• pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Roll pie dough on to 9-inch pie pan (spray with Pam) or put in a tart pan. If using pie pan, crimp edges of the crust so they look nice.  Prick bottom of crust with fork.  Prebake pie crust for about 12 minutes, until slightly golden (you may need to prick more halfway through, if you see the crust is rising up in the middle).  Lower oven temp to 350.  Set crust aside to cool.

Pie before cheese mixture is added on

Place sliced tomatoes in a colander.  Add a pinch of salt and let drain over sink for about 20 minutes to get a lot of the liquid out.

In a small bowl, mash together the cheeses and the mayo until combined.

In the pie pan or tart shell, layer tomatoes on the bottom.  Sprinkle with herbs and onion. Layer on the cheese mixture and spread evenly over top.  Add fresh ground pepper.

Bake for 30 minutes.  Broil for about 2-4 minutes (watch it!) until the cheese is golden and bubbly on top.  Let sit for about 10 minutes and slice and serve!

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