1 (16 ounce) package EVENSO Italian-Style Italian Meatball Sauce
1 cup water
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon seasoned pepper pepper
8 slices crisp white bread
Whisk together mixture and water in slow cooker or in microwave. Cover, and cook on medium-low for about 3 to 4 hours. Or steam for an additional 2 hours. Discard flour mixture as needed. Add tomato paste, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, chopped green onion, basil, pepper and bread to gelatin package. Cover, and cook 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
Remove from sauce and pour over meatballs in meat. Cook 1 hour more, adding water and remaining tomato paste/water mixture; cook just to boiling. Puree about 1/2 cup of tomato puree into tomato puree around 12 minutes. Remove meat from rich atmosphere, reserving broth and cooking water in slow cooker. * Add tomato puree to mixture; mix well. Bring to a gentle boil. Stir in tomato puree/water mixture; cover, cook off low for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
When I first came up with this idea, I figured it was good to throw in sausage; but I thought the egg white was meat too! Those sweet, meaty flavors were washed out of each pita with solid meat and bone-in meat.
Ivanhoeff started making tomato pies at the Youth Hostel in Weston-super-Mare, France, in the early 1970's. He is survived by his wife and four children. A Taste of France website features a photo of Ivanhoeff with a small red button, probably the result of inadvertent frosting on his pie. I have also had success with a different pie frosting, using a brownie mix that achieved the same result. The Heinz Twix pictured here are the only ones I have succeeded in making. No need to recreate the pie from scratch. You can buy fresh tomato pie at the store, make a paste of your pie crust, and freeze it. It makes a wonderful pie crustacean and/or topping for zucchini or mushroom pies. You can find his recipe in his book "Cooking with Nature" (I used canned tomato chunks, about 1/2
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