Traditional Southern Tomato Pie
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Make the most of those fresh tomatoes with a savory Traditional Southern Tomato Pie Recipe. It’s full of flavor from two kinds of cheese, fresh sun-ripened tomatoes and a buttery pie crust.
Layers for fresh tomatoes are topped with cheese and baked to perfection. Serve this Southern Tomato Pie with a salad for light lunch or as a side with your favorite grilled protein for dinner!
Traditional Southern Tomato Pie
Tomato Pie is a savory pie made with tomatoes, mayonnaise, and cheese and it’s baked in a flaky pie crust. So good!<
You can make a homemade pie crust. I have two recipes for you, Never-Fail Pie Crust and Coconut Oil Pie Crust. Both are wonderful!
As well, you can simply purchase a ready-made pie crust as I did.
For this Southern Tomato Pie you’ll want to drain the tomatoes really well to prevent the crust from getting soggy. Salt the tomatoes, salt pulls out the liquid. However, if you salt the tomatoes, you probably don’t want to add salt anywhere else in the recipe.
I have found through trial and error that this pie slices much better if you peel the tomatoes and dice (instead of slice) the tomatoes.
Tomato Pie Ingredients
The full recipe for southern tomato pie with ingredient amounts and instructions is at the bottom of this post. You can save a tree and save the recipe to your personal and private recipe box right here on Call Me PMc. This way you’ll never misplace it.
- 4 large tomatoes peeled and sliced
- 9 inch pie shell deep-dish
- 1 cup mozzarella grated
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons mayonnaise
- salt and pepper
- 4 basil leaves
Southern Tomato Pie Recipe Method
IF YOU ENJOY THIS TOMATO PIE, YOU’LL ENJOY THESE RECIPES
- Tomato Cheese Tart
- Blistered Grape Tomatoes
- Bowtie Pesto Pasta Salad
- One Pan Spinach Cheese and Fire Roasted Tomato Pasta
- BLT Dip
- Pimento Cheese Bacon Tomato Pie
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.
Savory Southern delight: Tomato Pie. Layers of ripe tomatoes, mayo, cheese, herbs, baked to golden perfection. A taste of tradition! Enjoy! 🍅🥧 #SouthernFood
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Traditional Southern Tomato Pie
Ingredients
- 4 large tomatoes peeled and sliced
- 9 inch pie crust deep-dish
- 1 cup mozzarella grated
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons mayonnaise
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Blind bake the pie shell until lightly brown.
- Peel and slice tomatoes, place in a colander and sprinkle with salt. Allow to drain for 10 minutes.
- Stir together sour cream and mayonnaise, add cheeses and salt and pepper. Layer tomatoes in pie shell. And spread the sour cream mixture on top. Bake 30 minutes until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Remove from oven and sprinkle torn basil leaves on top. Cool slightly. Serve warm.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Curious…..to save time, could I just use a can of diced tomatoes?
If you don’t have fresh, you can get by with it. But make sure they are drained very long, so the crust won’t be tremendously soggy.
I made this last night…very good! My husband loved it. Will definitely make again. I didn’t peel the tomatoes.
Dont forget “given my druthers (if i have the opportunity to choose my preference)”…and do you use store tomatoes or garden/market?
That looks really good!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Paula,
Too funny ~ I've heard most and used some of those sayings even though I was raised in CA all my life. My in-laws are originally from TX and say all of them too. Your tomato pie looks delish! Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday 🙂
Nice post. We have similar language differences here in New Zealand. In fact there is a huge Oxford dictionary of NZ English!
Nice pie. Have a great week!
oh sorry, my reply is below, sometimes I hit the wrong button!
I was the same way about peeling them until my husband found a tomatoe peeler. It's awesomely awesome, I promise. It's in the post of Peach Caprese Salad. I'm peeling a peach with it in the picture. (I had ah-ha moment because I hate peeling peaches too). I'll try to find another pic and post.
love tomato pie!! and basically anything with a tomato….which is helpful since my dad plants 350 tomato plants in his garden every year! but i suck…seriously suck…at peeling them. my mom is a pro, and she says i just have to figure it out b/c it takes practice. but i end up losing half of the dang tomato if i peel it! what's the trick?!?