Fried Green Tomato Pie
 
 
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Recipe type: Pie
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4 slices
Ingredients
  • Crust (basic crust from artofthepie.com) Blind bake in a 9 inch deep dish pie pan at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until firm.
  • For the fried green tomatoes
  • 1-2 green tomatoes
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup Jiffy corn muffin mix
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup milk
  • Cooking oil for a skillet or deep fat fryer
  • For the filling
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup milk and or cream
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup cheese (cheddar, gruyere, your favorite or a blend)
  • 2 slices bacon, fried, drained and crumbled.
Instructions
  1. Slice tomatoes about ¼ inch thick. Mix egg with milk in a bowl. Put flour in one shallow bowl and muffin mix in another.
  2. Dredge tomato slices first in flour, then in egg mixture, and last in the corn muffin mix.
  3. Heat cooking oil in a skillet (or deep fat fryer). Sautee slices in oil until crispy. Blot on paper towels to remove excess oil.
  4. Line the bottom of the crust with the fried tomatoes.
  5. Mix eggs, milk, and mayonnaise in a blender. Pour on top of the fried tomatoes. Top with crumbled bacon.
  6. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-40 minutes until eggs are set. Makes 4 large slices.
Recipe by People, Places and Pies at http://peopleplacespies.com/immokalee-florida-reimagined-fried-green-tomato-pie-moms-restaurant-fort-myers-beach-florida/