noni lucy's pizza gaina

Harrisville, RI
Updated on Mar 30, 2013

Everyone who makes this pie at Eastertime has their own way of doing it.The reason for making this is to break the fast of Lent with a bountiful meal with a layering of meats, eggs and cheeses.Some traditions are to make 12 layer for the twelve apostle.It could also serve as an appetizer if you cut small slices and put them on a platter.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 55 Min
method Bake
yield makes two pies

Ingredients

  • 1/4 pound slicing peperoni (sliced at the deli)
  • 1/4 pound mortadella
  • 1/4 pound capicola or hot ham
  • 1/4 pound genoa salami
  • 1/4 pound prosciutto
  • 4 - hard boiled eggs
  • 1/2 pound provolone (sharp or mild to your preference)
  • 1 pound mozzarella cheese, fresh or regular or basket cheese if available
  • 10 - eggs, beaten
  • 2 packages pillsbury refrigerated pie crust
  • THIS MAKES TWO PIES

How To Make noni lucy's pizza gaina

  • Step 1
    place your pie crust in the bottom of a round deep dish pie plate. This recipe makes two pies.Begin to layer meats in this way:Pepperoni slices,a bit of beaten egg,mortadella,1/4 of the mozzarella as there will be two layers of this per pie,capicola, a bit of beaten eggs, provolone,sliced hard boiled eggs,prosciutto,a bit of beaten eggs,1/4 of the mozzarella, genoa salami and the rest of beaten eggs.Press down gently on the top layer to disperse the beaten eggs.Top with additional pie crust.Vent top crust with a knife by make a symbolic cross on each.
  • Step 2
    Brush with a beaten egg white to help crust shine.Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
  • Step 3
    NOTE: You can substitute any other deli meat or cheese you prefer. Basket cheese was the cheese my grandmother used but not always available except for easter time.I have also made this with pizza dough as the crust instead of pie crust and used a pam sprayed springform pan.If you count the crust,there are twelve layers to this pie. God Bless!

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Culture: Italian
Category: Pizza
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Eggs

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