Easy Healthy Meals – Hunza Pie
Hunza Pie
Serves 4
Prep time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 80 minutes
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Ingredients
Pastry
1 cup of plain flour.
1 cup whole meal flour.
200 grams chopped butter, chilled.
Filling
30 grams butter.
1 large brown onion, finely diced.
1 bunch English spinach, washed, dried and stalks removed. Shred leaves.
100 grams crumbled feta.
250 grams cottage cheese.
250 grams pre cooked quick brown rice.
30 eggs, beaten.
2 tablespoons fresh chopped chives.
Salt and pepper to season.
Method
Pastry
Combine flours and chilled butter in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
Add 2 tablespoons of cold water and process until dough comes together.
Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth, 4-5 minutes.
Set aside 1/3 of the dough, wrapping it in cling wrap and refrigerating until needed.
Roll out remaining dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper until you have about a 30cm round.
Grease a 4-5 cup capacity baking dish.
Cut dough and use to line this dish.
Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
Filling
Preheat oven to 200C.
Melt the butter in a non stick pan over medium heat.
Add the onion and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until soft.
Add spinach and stir until wilted.
Remove from pan and allow to cool.
In a mixing bowl, combine the feta, cottage cheese and eggs, stirring to combine.
Add the rice and onion and spinach mix.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
Spoon mix into pie shell.
Roll out reserved third of pastry to form the pie lid.
Place oven filled pie and pinch or crimp edge to form a seal.
Cut 2 vent holes into pie lid.
Bake for 10 minutes at 200C, then reduce oven to 180C and bake for a further 60 minutes.
Pie is ready when pastry is golden and crisp.
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