Sky High Brunch Bake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (397 g) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 2 (300 g) packages frozen spinach, chopped, thawed and squeezed as dry as possible
• 1/4 cup bacon bits
• 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 cup red pepper, chopped 1/4-inch dice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400f.
• 2 cut the thawed puff pastry in half. roll one half to an 11" square, the other to a 12" square.
• 3 line the bottom and side of a 9" greased springform pan with the 12" puff pastry square
• 4 reserve 1 tbsp of the beaten eggs.
• 5 add the ricotta cheese, pepper sauce & spinach to the remaining eggs, mix until blended.
• 6 layer half of the bacon bits, cheeses, spinach mixture & red peppers in the pastry lined pan, repeat layers.
• 7 place remaining puff pastry square on top, tuck in the pastry edges, pinch the edges together
• 8 brush surface with reserved egg, pierce pastry several times.
• 9 bake 45-55 minutes or until golden brown cool 10 minutes before serving, run a knife around the edges
• 10 *if you wish to do this as a make ahead assemble & bake the pie. cover & refridgerate several hours or overnight. when ready to serve bake uncovered in 350f oven for 30-40 minutes.