Tuscan Potato And Onion Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) package simply potatoes® shredded hash browns
• 2 refrigerated ready-made pie crusts, unrolled
• 1 cup fresh baby spinach, finely sliced
• 4 thick strips bacon, fried crisp, crumbled and fat reserved
• 1 egg
• 1 cup finely sliced yellow onion
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 large fresh basil leaves, finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons julienned sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 unroll pie crust onto an ungreased cookie sheet with half of each crust hanging over the sides.
• 3 in a large bowl, add potatoes, crumbled bacon, spinach, sundried tomatoes, onions and pepper.
• 4 in a small bowl, wisk the egg.
• 5 pour the egg into the other ingrediants and fold together until they are combined well.
• 6 place half of the mixture onto the half each of the pie crusts that are on the cookie sheet leaving a half inch free around the edges.
• 7 sprinkle half of the basil leaves on top of each of the potatoe mixture.
• 8 take four tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat and drizzle to tablespoons onto each of the mixtures.
• 9 fold the pie crusts that are hanging off of the sheet over the mixture till the ends meet.
• 10 roll the ends closed to enclose the mixture.
• 11 using a fork, press along the ends to seal the pies.
• 12 poke steam holes on the top of the pies using the fork.
• 13 place cookie sheet with two pies into center oven and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
• 14 remove and let set for 5 minutes. slice each pie into 4 wedges and serve.