SPINACH PIE
Winter is the time when your body needs extra vitamins. Even of you eat season fruits such as oranges or tangerines – it does not enough. This year I have discovered the spinach for myself.
Yes,
of course, I had known this vegetable
before but never added it to the pie – I used it only like the fresh green for
the salad or for a smoothie.
The spinach
is rich in Vitamin C and the Vitamin A. Imagine, that this green consists more
carotene that even carrot!!!
The
pie is very delightful as warm as cold. I think it is possible to substitute
the lunch with this dish! It is very easy to cook – be sure you will enjoy the
cooking!
I
cooked it as the additional dish for the Friday dinner with family. It was
delicious and new for them. Everyone was happy and full! It does not take a lot
of time – this is the most important.
You can cook the main dish and at the
same time make the preparation for cooking the spinach pie.
Preparation
time: 25 minutes Cooking
time: 40 minutes Servings: About 6
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon fresh yeast
- 1/3 teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 cup flour
Filling:
- 1 cup rice
- 2 boiled eggs
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- 1 big yellow onion
- 2 cups water
- 2 teaspoon sunflower oil
Additional
- 1 egg yolk
DIRECTIONS
The
first thing you need to before start cooking is to combine rice with 1 cup of
water and leave it for at least 10 minutes.
For
the first step preheat the milk till it warm but not hot and pour it into the big mixing bowl.
Then
sprinkle the liquid with salt and sugar. Add the fresh yeast and stir it
carefully till all the ingredients are dissolved.
Take
the flour and sift it all. Then add the 2 tablespoons of the sifted flour in
the milk mixture. Whisk it carefully with the help of the whisker or just take
the fork and stir it till you get homogenous mass. Cover the mixture with the
towel and put it in the warm place for at least 10 minutes or till you get the
small bubble at the surface of the mixture.
Meanwhile,
remove the rice from water and transfer it to
the saucepan. Pour the rice into the
second cup of water and cook it on the medium heat till the rice absorbs all
the liquid. Chill the rice.
Then
take the dough mixture and add all the flour
in it. Knead the dough.
You should get a soft dough that little bit sticks to your hands.
Leave the dough in a warm place for 10 minutes more.
You should get a soft dough that little bit sticks to your hands.
Leave the dough in a warm place for 10 minutes more.
After
this, peel the eggs and chop them. Then wash the fresh spinach carefully and
chop it into the tiny pieces. If you do not chop the spinach into the tiny
pieces – it will not be tasty in the
final dish. Then peel the onion and chop it into the same pieces as the
spinach.
After
this, pour the 1 teaspoon of the sunflower oil in the pan (you can use your favorite type of the oil) and preheat it on the
medium heat. Then toss the chopped spinach and onion in the pan and start to
cook it. When the mixture becomes reduce in size – add sour cream. Stir it
carefully and simmer it for 3 minutes more. You will get the light green color
for sure. The spinach mixture will get the juice – do not pour out it!
Then
take the dripping pan or any pan you have (I took the simple round pan) and
spray it with the 1 teaspoon of the sunflower oil inside.
Now
it is time for the dough. Remove it from
the mixing bowl. Sprinkle the table or any other surface (where you will knead
the dough) with the flour and transfer the dough to it. Roll it with the help of the rolling pin – you need to make
the circle which has the size of you dripping pan. You will have some extra
dough for sure after making the circle – we will need it for decoration.
Transfer
the dough to the dripping pan, press it
and align sides – make the same thing as you do for the simple pie ;)
Take
the mixing bowl and combine chilled rice, chopped eggs and the spinach mixture
in it. Mix up the mass well and transfer it to
the dripping pan. Press it little to make the flat surface.
Then
use the remaining dough to make the strips from it and decorate the pie, as I
made it, or any way you like.
To
make the crust of the pie crunchy – whisk the yolk well and cover the pie with
it. Make the thin layer of the yolk; otherwise,
you will get just egg mixture at your pie – no crunchy crust at all!
Preheat
the oven to 360 F or 180 C. Cover the pie with the baking paper – otherwise, it will burn before it is cooked and
transfer the pie in the oven. Cook it for 20 minutes. Then remove the baking
paper and cook the pie for 15 minutes more or till it gets a crunchy crust.
When
the pie is cooked – remove it from the oven and chill it.
It
is better to take fresh yeast for the dough – you will get fluffy and soft
dough for sure!
Always
sift the flour before adding it to the dough - the same way you saturate it
with oxygen and every your pastry will be soft and lush.
I
hope you enjoy my recipe and follow these little tips!
Or maybe you have your own special recipe???Share the ideas with me – all links are welcome ;)))
How do you make the spinach pie?
Or maybe you have your own special recipe???Share the ideas with me – all links are welcome ;)))
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