Easter pizza (buy, to live, move)

[rada]

Does anyone know where i can buy the italian traditional "Easter Ham Pizza" ? I usually make my own but wondering if any supermarkets or deli's do sell it this time of year. Its made with ham, cheese, and eggs. Thank you.

[CourageMom]

Are you talking about the wheat pie, or the Apizzagaina ?
We make the Appizagane which has the ham in it.
Have you ever purchased it anywhere before..?
I always thought it was a well kept home-made recipe:

2 1/2 lbs ham (sliced thick from deli-counter or cubed pieces of boiled ham)
1/4 lb prosciutto (this is the regular proscuitto, next ingredient is as described, proscuittini)
1/4 lb prosciutto (PROSCUITTINI, AKA Pepper Ham, Black Peppered Ham or prozuttini)
1/4 lb capicola (HOT CAPICOLA, spiced-hot capicola )
1/4 lb hard salami
1/4 lb genoa salami
1 lb fresh mozzarella cheese
1 lb mozzarella cheese (1 entire brick of whole milk mozzarella, cubed)
1 lb Italian cheese (FRESH BASKET CHEESE, AKA Easter cheese or Farmer's Cheese)
3 lbs ricotta cheese
1 stick pepperoni (sliced)
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
15 eggs
4 lbs pizza dough
Directions:

1
Cube ham meat. Cut sliced meat by rolling & slicing or cutting with scissors. Cube mozzarella. In very large bowl, add ricotta & basket cheese. Add 15 eggs. Hand stir with whisk. Add 3 heaping tablespoons Grated cheese - then stir in the cubed meat and cheese.
2
Brush pan with oil then melted butter. Roll out & lay dough. Add cheese/meat mixture. Add top layer of dough and pinch bottom & top dough seams together tightly.
3
Brush top with oil then egg. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Make Easter Cross with large fork to vent. Bless.
4
Bake 375º x 10 min then 350º x 60 min then 325º x 30-45 minute.
5
Remove from oven. Brush top with melted butter. Cool 2-3 hours Turn upside down overnight on large board. Cover pizza tightly with paper towel, foil, & dish-towel. Refrigerate. Serve noon or later on Easter Saturday.

[rada]

Thank you so much for your recipe! I had been actually trying to find this for a while now. I was not sure the correct name of it. Thank you for posting it. I am so happy to get this!

[CourageMom]

This is the most scrumptious recipe on the planet.. you go girl!

[jimazee]

Originally Posted by countryswan

Are you talking about the wheat pie, or the Apizzagaina ?
We make the Appizagane which has the ham in it.
Have you ever purchased it anywhere before..?
I always thought it was a well kept home-made recipe:

2 1/2 lbs ham (sliced thick from deli-counter or cubed pieces of boiled ham)
1/4 lb prosciutto (this is the regular proscuitto, next ingredient is as described, proscuittini)
1/4 lb prosciutto (PROSCUITTINI, AKA Pepper Ham, Black Peppered Ham or prozuttini)
1/4 lb capicola (HOT CAPICOLA, spiced-hot capicola )
1/4 lb hard salami
1/4 lb genoa salami
1 lb fresh mozzarella cheese
1 lb mozzarella cheese (1 entire brick of whole milk mozzarella, cubed)
1 lb Italian cheese (FRESH BASKET CHEESE, AKA Easter cheese or Farmer's Cheese)
3 lbs ricotta cheese
1 stick pepperoni (sliced)
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
15 eggs
4 lbs pizza dough
Directions:

1
Cube ham meat. Cut sliced meat by rolling & slicing or cutting with scissors. Cube mozzarella. In very large bowl, add ricotta & basket cheese. Add 15 eggs. Hand stir with whisk. Add 3 heaping tablespoons Grated cheese - then stir in the cubed meat and cheese.
2
Brush pan with oil then melted butter. Roll out & lay dough. Add cheese/meat mixture. Add top layer of dough and pinch bottom & top dough seams together tightly.
3
Brush top with oil then egg. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Make Easter Cross with large fork to vent. Bless.
4
Bake 375º x 10 min then 350º x 60 min then 325º x 30-45 minute.
5
Remove from oven. Brush top with melted butter. Cool 2-3 hours Turn upside down overnight on large board. Cover pizza tightly with paper towel, foil, & dish-towel. Refrigerate. Serve noon or later on Easter Saturday.

Wow!! This sounds like pretty serious stuff. What is the 'wheat pie'?

Since the above 'pizza' recipe contains mozzarella, I wonder if the 'this isn't REAL pizza' comments will apply .

[theatergypsy]

Originally Posted by jimazee

Wow!! This sounds like pretty serious stuff. What is the 'wheat pie'?

Since the above 'pizza' recipe contains mozzarella, I wonder if the 'this isn't REAL pizza' comments will apply .

Oh, He!! Duck!

[theatergypsy]

My youngest son's in-laws make this every year. I don't care much for it. It weighs a ton and a sliver will fill you up til lunch time. But since it's traditional end-of-Lent food, I usually partake of a taste.

[fisheye]

I don’t think anybody has figured out the cholesterol and fat in this recipe? Oh well; you have but one short life to live! Enjoy it while you can.

[Pa Dutch]

You had me until the refrigerate part. You eat this cold?

[Pa Dutch]

Oh and that's not a pizza, it's a Stromboli.