Ingredients

  • For the dough
  • 1 kg plain flour
  • 50 g fresh yeast or 25 g dry yeast
  • 500 ml warm water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 115 g softened lard
  • For the filling
  • 200 g pork rinds, blanched and chopped
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 2 spicy sausage, cooked and cut into rounds
  • 200 g fresh pecorino cheese or 200 g parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg, beaten

Method

  • Mix the flour, yeast, water and salt in a bowl and work until smooth and elastic.
  • Move to a warm place and leave to rise until doubled.
  • Place the risen dough on your counter and pull it open in the middle.
  • Punch down and then add the lard, kneading until elastic and silky.
  • Put back in the bowl and leave to rise again.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 C or 350°F.
  • Roll out half the dough to about 2 cm thick and use it to cover the base of a large oven dish, greased with lard.
  • Scatter over the pork rind, egg, sausage and pecorino.
  • Roll out the rest of the dough to the same size and lay on top.
  • Bind the two with half the beaten egg.
  • Prick with a fork and brush on the remaining egg.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes until golden brown.