Tomato and Cheese Potato Pie

Tomato, cheese and potato pie is a simple vegetarian dish made with thinly sliced tender potatoes, sweet cherry tomatoes, briny olives and lots of savory cheese baked in rustic style pie crust.
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust (homemade or store bought)
- 3 medium potatoes, boiled until just tender, then sliced (not too thin but not too thick) let cool
- 12-15 cherry or grape tomatoes halved
- 1/3 cup pitted black olives halved
- 4-5 leaves fresh basil chopped
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 2-3 dashes black pepper
- 5 1/2 ounces shredded cheese (swiss, firm mozzarella, gruyere or fontina)
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmigiano
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350F / 180C, grease and flour or spray an 8 or 9 inch / 20-23 cm pie plate.
- 2
Fit the crust in the prepared pie dish leaving a ½ inch border around the edge.
- 3
In a large bowl toss the cooled down potato slices with the tomatoes, olives, olive oil, salt, pepper and basil.
- 4
Place half of the filling on the pie crust top with ½ the cheese, place the remaining filling on top, top with the remaining cheese and sprinkle with the parmigiano, fold the border over the filling (rustically).
- 5
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Let cool in pan 5-10 minutes then serve. Enjoy!
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