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Deep Dish Breakfast Pie

Deep Dish Breakfast Pie

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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pkg. bacon
  • 2 tbsp neutral cooking oil
  • 3 sausages any flavor you like
  • 2 cups frozen hashbrowns or pre-cooked potato cut into 1/4" cubes
  • 10 large eggs
  • 1 cup cream or cold milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 2 cups shredded cheese
  • 2 batches Master pie crust

Method
 

Par-bake the pie crust
  1. Preheat the oven to 375˚F, and poke holes along the bottom of the crust with a fork. Line the entire crust with a crumpled-up piece of parchment paper, and fill the crust to the top with uncooked beans, rice, sugar, or ceramic pie weights.
  2. Leave the crust in the refrigerator until the oven is preheated, and for at least 15 minutes. This prevents the crust from shrinking in the oven.
  3. Bake the crust until the edges are beginning to turn golden, about 15–16 minutes. Remove the beans, rice, sugar, or pie weights along with the parchment paper. Return it to the oven for another 3–5 minutes or until the bottom of the crust no longer looks shiny.
  4. While the crust is still hot, sprinkle a thin layer of grated cheese along the bottom to help prevent the filling from absorbing into the crust and making it soggy. Reserve the rest of the grated cheese for the filling. Allow the crust to cool.
Pre-cook the bacon strips
  1. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Bake for 6–10 minutes until cooked through, but still fairly soft and pliable. You don’t want to bake all the way to crispy at this point, or you won’t be able to weave the strips into a lattice to top the pie. Drain the bacon strips on some paper towel.
Pre-cook the sausage
  1. Heat a skillet or frying pan to medium-high, and add the oil. Squeeze the meat out of the sausage casings into the frying pan. Break up into smaller pieces as you brown the sausage until fully cooked. Set aside to cool.
Assemble the pie
  1. Heat oven to 400˚F. Whisk together the eggs, milk or cream, salt, and pepper.
  2. Sprinkle a layer of sausage on the bottom of the crust, followed by the hash browns and the remaining cheese. Carefully pour the egg mixture over the fillings.
  3. Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until it looks about 80–90% done (the filling should still be a little jiggly but starting to set). Arrange the bacon strips on top in a lattice (like a traditional pie crust top).
  4. Bake for a further 10–15 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the filling should come out clean, and the crust should be golden brown. If the crust is browning too quickly before the filing is done, put a piece of aluminum foil on top.

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