Savory pie with asparagus, bacon and scamorza

INGREDIENTS

• 1 round roll of puff pastry;
• 1 nice bunch of asparagus;
• 100 g smoked diced bacon;
• 100 g of diced scamorza;
• 6 eggs;
• 80 g of breadcrumbs;
• 100 g of grated cheese;
• Salt to taste;
• Black pepper to taste;
• Nutmeg to taste;
• Butter to taste

STEP

1. Wash, cut (only the tender part) the asparagus and blanch in salted water for ten minutes;
2. Pour the bacon into a pan and brown (without adding oil) for a couple of minutes, then turn off and leave to cool;
3. Unroll the puff pastry and transfer it with its baking paper into a 26 cm diameter cake tin, prick the bottom with the prongs of a fork;
4. Take a bowl, put the eggs, add the salt, pepper, nutmeg, breadcrumbs and grated cheese, add the asparagus that we previously boiled and let cool, then mix everything with a wooden spoon so as to combine the ingredients well;
5. Unroll the puff pastry and transfer it with its baking paper into a cake tin with a diameter of approximately 26 cm;
6. Pour the mixture into the cake tin, sprinkle with a little grated cheese and a few flakes of butter, cook in a static oven preheated to 180° for 30 minutes;
7. The savory asparagus and bacon pie can be prepared in advance and then reheated in the oven at the last moment for a few minutes… it’s really delicious!!