Sausage Pie (Easter Pie)

Ingredients

CRUST

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons shortening
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup ice water (added as needed to form crust)

FILLING

• 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

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 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. 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. 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. 5

   Bake at 350 for about an hour and the crust is golden brown.