Sausage Pie (easter Pie)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons shortening
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup ice water (added as needed to form crust)
• 1 1/2 lbs italian sausage (cooked and cooled)
• 1 lb basket cheese
• 9 eggs
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon sausage pan dripping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 prepare crust as you would for any pie. divide the pastry into 2 balls. roll out one ball of pastry and put into a 9in pie plate. set other ball of dough aside until filling is done.
• 3 cut the basket cheese into about 1/2in squares and put into a large mixing bowl with cooked and cooled sausage. beat the 9 eggs, sausage grease and parmesan cheese until combined. mix the egg mixture into the sausage and cheese mixture until well combined. pour into the pie plate.
• 4 roll out other dough ball the was set aside and put it on top the sausgae egg mixture and close the edges with a fork.
• 5 bake at 350 for about an hour and the crust is golden brown.