Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Side Dish - Artichoke Pie (Tina Deluca)

Aunt Tina's Artichoke Pie

No crust is required. - Use a glass Pyrex(ovenproof) pie dish.
Preheat oven 350 degrees

2 Frozen pkgs of Artichoke Hearts
8 oz Shredded (Part skim) Mozzarella
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 eggs plus one white (or 4 eggs)
3 cloves of finely chopped garlic
salt/pepper
Olive Oil for frying

Microwave frozen artichokes according to package instruction - Usually 6 minuters on high.(You can put it in the pyrex dish you are going to bake it in. ) When done remove from microwave-when cooled...roughly chop the hearts to bite size pieces.

In a teflon frying pan:Add Olive Oil to just cover bottom of pan/ plus artichokes/ salt/ pepper/ garlic
Saute to mix all the flavors together

In a separate bowl  beat and add the eggs-Mozzarella-Grated cheese-salt/pepper.

Add cooked  cooled artichokes to the above bowl a little at a time - not to cook the eggs.

Spray glass Pyrex dish with Pam olive oil spray
Pour all into the Pyrex dish

Middle of oven - heated to 350 degrees - for 35/40 minutes.

This recipe can be used as a vegetable dish/ or in place of stuffed artichokes or as a lunch dish with a salad.

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