Goat Cheese Tomato Pie & A Terrible Loss

Original Recipe & Photo By Bev Cook @ TableSpoon

Last stop on the food tour was tonight’s meal…

Goat Cheese Tomato Pie

Ingredients

1  refrigerated Pillsbury pie crust

1  (28 oz) can Muir Glen whole peeled tomatoes

1/2  large red onion, thinly sliced

4  cloves garlic, minced

1  tablespoon fresh oregano

1  teaspoon fresh thyme

3  oz. softened goat cheese

2  cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2  cup shredded romano cheese

1/2  teaspoon garlic powder

1  pinch coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Unroll and place the pie crust inside a 2 quart baking dish, or a pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes.

In the meantime, drain the tomatoes and pat them as dry as you can. Slice them.

Arrange half the sliced tomatoes in the bottom of the parbaked pie crust. Layer half the onions on top, followed by half the garlic, half the thyme, oregano, goat cheese, mozzarella cheese and romano.

Then layer with the remaining tomatoes, onions, garlic, herbs and cheeses. Lightly sprinkle the top with the garlic powder and a small pinch of salt.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cheese is starting to brown and bubble.

Serve immediately!

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This was another easy little masterpiece. Frankly, this recipe had me at goat cheese… and then I kept reading and almost passed out from the possibility of amazingness. I have to say trying to dry a peeled tomato is kind of like trying to dry an active fountain, but you do your best I guess. I did make this in a pie pan and next time will opt for a larger baking dish in which there is more crust per bite – because the crust is what makes this dish really happening.  I also used parmesan instead of romano because like always that’s what I had around.

Now I have some horrible news… today we lost a good tool. Today we lost our very special overworked and not loved enough garlic press. It happened so quickly I couldn’t have saved it. During the last press of its life one of its hinges completely broke off. Literally metal snapped in half. So after a moment of silence and mincing by hand the rest of the garlic needed we gently lowered our good friend into the trash and wished him all the best at the dump.

So now as I leave you with a wonderful recipe and this awful news I head to Amazon to find a replacement.  I appreciate your words of love and support, please know we will cook on… in time.

Noming Score: 3.25/5