Description: A favorite of King Thranduil of Mirkwood
Submitted by: KingdomWarrior on 2002-11-19 02:57:11
Serves: 4 to 6
Prep Time: 20 min
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
base:250 g / 8 ozs / 1 cup plain flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
125 g / 4 ozs / ½ cup butter
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
salt
Rub butter into flour, baking powder and salt, add egg, and knead to a smooth dough. Cover and chill for several hours.
filling:
500g / 1lb packet of frozen spinach, defrosted (chopped or leaf, but not creamed)
4 slightly heaped teasp. cornflour
2-3 eggs (use the left-over egg white as well)
100 g / 4 ozs / ½ cup grated Swiss cheese (like Gruyere or Emmental)
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
200 g / 8 ozs / 1 cup crème fraiche or soured cream
salt / pepper / ground nutmeg
2 tblsp dry breadcrumbs
Instructions
· Pre-heat oven to 170°C / 325°F / gas mark 3.· Roll out dough and line a well-greased pie dish or spring form. Prick several times with fork.
· Chop onions and sauté in a little butter. Add chopped garlic. Leave to cool.
· Mix together eggs, corn flour, crème fraiche and spices. Add spinach (slightly drained, not completely dry though), ½ the grated cheese, and the onions and garlic. Taste and add more spices if necessary.
· Pour into the lined pie dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
· Bake for approx. 55 mins (until golden brown).
For meatarians, add some chopped ham to the onion and garlic when sautéing.
1 Comment
Quite delicious ^^ I’ve made it a couple of time, fills you up really well too. You don’t need meat actually and I am a meet eater.