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Ham and Potato Savory Pie

Ham and Potato Savory Pie is a tasty appetizer for special lunches and dinners, a snack for the aperitivo or a dinner with a difference.
Recipe Ham and Potato Savory Pie
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Preparation 20 minutes
  • Cooking 45 minutes
  • Servings for 6 people

Ham and Potato Savory Pie is a quick and easy savory pie, perfect to serve for Easter Lunch 2026 or as a nibble for a special aperitivo or a dinner with a difference.

The Ham and Potato Savory Pie Recipe is a Quick and Easy Recipe that will win you over not only with how good it is but also with how easy it is to make, so much so that it will become one of your signature dishes. To make this tasty Ham, Cheese and Potato Savory Pie all you need is a sheet of puff pastry, some cooked ham, Emmental, potatoes and a few herbs.

It’s ready in minutes: after making tasty crumb-coated potatoes with breadcrumbs, Grana Padano, sage, rosemary, thyme and a pressed garlic clove, all you have to do is roll out the pastry, fill it with the cooked ham and the cheese and cover everything with the diced potatoes.

A clever savory pie, great for any occasion, that will win you over from the very first bite.

Ingredients for 6 people

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Method

  1. To make the Ham and Potato Savory Pie, start by cleaning the potatoes carefully, then peel them, dice them and boil them in water for about 15 minutes.
    Peeling the potatoes
    Dicing the potatoes
  2. Once they’re ready, drain them well, put them in a bowl and start seasoning them by adding two generous handfuls of breadcrumbs.
    Boiling the diced potatoes
    Drained potatoes with breadcrumbs in a bowl
  3. Then add, one after another, the grated cheese, the chopped herbs, a pressed garlic clove, salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil, and mix everything well.
    Adding grated cheese, herbs and garlic to the potatoes
    Mixing the seasoned crumb-coated potatoes
  4. Unroll the sheet of puff pastry, place it in a 30-32 cm (12-13 inch) pie pan and prick the whole base of the pastry well with a fork.
    Lining the pie pan with puff pastry
    Pricking the pastry base with a fork
  5. Now make a layer of cooked ham and then one of sliced cheese.
    Layering the cooked ham on the pastry
    Adding a layer of sliced Emmental
  6. Spread the potatoes evenly, add a drizzle of olive oil, finish with a generous handful of grated Grana Padano and bake in a conventional oven at 200 °C (400 °F) for 30-40 minutes, or until everything is nicely golden. You can speed things up by finishing under the broiler for a few minutes.
    Spreading the potatoes over the filling
    Sprinkling with grated Grana Padano before baking
  7. Once it’s nicely golden, take it out of the oven and serve your Ham and Potato Savory Pie piping hot. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Ham and Potato Savory Pie ready to serve

Variations and Alternatives

If you like, you can replace the Emmental with smoked scamorza or any other sliced cheese you prefer. You can also add some crushed dried chili pepper to the crumb-coated potatoes, for a touch of heat that never hurts.

Storage

Ham and Potato Savory Pie keeps in the fridge for 1-2 days with no problem.

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