{"id":22879,"date":"2025-09-01T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/?post_type=essay&#038;p=22879"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:23:44","slug":"tomato-pie-a-k-a-savory-brunch-caprese-pie","status":"publish","type":"essay","link":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/essay\/tomato-pie-a-k-a-savory-brunch-caprese-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Pie \u2013a.k.a. Savory Brunch Caprese Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/writer\/tammie-hughes\/\">Tammie Hughes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This delightful brunch pie can be pre-prepped to save time and popped into the oven in the morning while preparing your remaining menu items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ingredients\">Ingredients<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 refrigerated pie crust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 extra-large sun-ripened tomato (red and\/or yellow)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 ball of fresh mozzarella (the kind that is packed in liquid) 12 fresh basil leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 8 oz. bag of shredded whole milk mozzarella<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wet Mixture:<br>&#8211; \u00bd cup cottage cheese<br>&#8211; \u00bd cup whipped cream cheese<br>&#8211; 2 eggs<br>&#8211; Salt, pepper, and white pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"instructions\">Instructions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 325 degrees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread softened butter into a pie pan or cast iron skillet and gently rollout the dough.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix the above wet mixture and spread half into a pie crust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top with fresh mozzarella slices and half of the fresh basil leaves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the remaining wet mixture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, layer fresh sun-ripened tomato slices and fresh basil leaves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish the final layer with shredded mozzarella.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 40 minutes and cool 10 minutes before slicing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tammie Hughes This delightful brunch pie can be pre-prepped to save time and popped into the oven in the morning while preparing your remaining menu items. Ingredients Instructions<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22880,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_gspb_post_css":"","rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"essay_type":[],"essay-category":[93],"class_list":["post-22879","essay","type-essay","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","essay-category-food-drink"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/essay\/22879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/essay"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/essay"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/essay\/22879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"essay_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/essay_type?post=22879"},{"taxonomy":"essay-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasee.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/essay-category?post=22879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}