Southern Tomato Vegetable Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 4 plum tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 6 slices bacon, thick
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 4 ounces cheese, italian six cheese blend
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup artichoke, canned, drained and chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dry crushed red pepper
• 1 (9 inch) pie crusts, frozen, and unbaked

Recipe

• 1 cut tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices.place on paper towel lined rack.sprinkle tomatoes with salt. let stand 20 minutes. pat dry.
• 2 with paper towel.
• 3 preheat oven to 375 degrees. cook bacon in a large skillet over.
• 4 medium high heat 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp; remove bacon and.
• 5 drain on paper towels. crumble bacon.
• 6 drain spinach well, pressing between paper towels. combine spinach.
• 7 bacon, and next seven ingredients in a large bowl until combined.
• 8 spread 1/4 of spinach mixture on bottom of piecrust.
• 9 layer with 1/2 of the tomatoe slices;top with half of remaining spinach.
• 10 mixture. repeat layers once.cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• 11 bake pie covered, at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.uncover and bake 20 to 25minutes.let stand 10 minutes. serve warm or at room temperature.
• 12 enjoy this delicious pie!