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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oven to 375F, prick the pie crust and paint with the tbsp of eggwhite. | 2. Bake crust for approximately 10 minutes or until it begins to brown, set aside to cool Beat the eggs and mix with the ricotta cheese, gently stir in 2/3 of the Jarlsberg cheese & the garlic (if using). Put half of this mixture into the cooked pie crust and spread it out evenly. Sprinkle in the chopped sausage. | 3. Place tomato halves on top of sausage. | 4. Sprinkle with the pepper & Italian Seasoning. | 5. Gently pour in the remaining cheese mixture, spread evenly. | 6. Bake 35 minutes or until the cheese mixture is firm. | 7. Meanwhile wash the asparagus and snap off the tough bottom end of the stalks Cut the asparagus into 1/4" rounds leaving the tips (heads) whole. | 8. Steam the asparagus (cut pieces and tips) for 4-5 minutes, they should still be crisp. Have the asparagus ready before the pie is finished baking. | 9. Spoon the asparagus on top of the pie. | 10. Sprinkle on the remaining cheese, arrange the asparagus tips on top& decorate with the olives. Return to the oven for about another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Serve warm. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pie crust	1			-	-	-	-
egg	2	tbsp		43.4362	0.2187	3.8151	2.8887
part ricotta cheese	2	cups	part-skim	684.48	25.4944	56.4944	39.2336
jarlsberg cheese	2	cups	shredded divided	-	-	-	-
garlic	4	cloves		17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
sausage	6 -8	ounces	smoked chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cherry	1	cup	cut	77.5	18.879	1.55	0.465
italian seasoning	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	coarse ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
asparagus	1			90.7186	17.5994	9.979	0.5443
black olive	1/4	cup	sliced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.