Vegetable Pie 'Pasqualina'
Baking and Desserts | Italian cuisine
⏳ Time
3 hours
🥕 Ingredients
12
🍽️ Servings
6
Description
A lot of chard and a good amount of ricotta. A traditional Italian Easter pie. This recipe was shared with us by a popular American culinary blog.
Ingredients
- Wheat Flour - 17.6 oz
- Water - to taste
- Salt - to taste
- Chard - 2 lbs
- Onion - 1 piece
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Farm fresh eggs - 8 pieces
- Parmesan Cheese - 3.5 oz
- Ricotta cheese - 14.1 oz
- Marjoram - to taste
- Olive Oil - to taste
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Prepare the dough. Pour the flour onto a work surface and make a well in the center. Pour in 2 tablespoons of oil, add two pinches of salt, and warm water. Knead until you have a soft and smooth dough.
Step 2
Divide the dough into 33 balls. Dust with flour and let the dough rest under a warm cover.
Step 3
Boil the chard leaves with a minimal amount of water. Squeeze them out and chop finely.
Step 4
In a pot, sauté the chopped onion and garlic. Add the chard and cook for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Pour the resulting mixture into a large bowl and mix with two eggs, 80 grams of grated Parmesan, and add marjoram.
Step 6
Mix the ricotta with 2 tablespoons of flour, add 2 tablespoons of oil, 20 grams of grated cheese, salt, and pepper.
Step 7
For the base, take 13 balls of dough. Roll each one out with a rolling pin, making them thin, almost transparent. Grease the bottom of a baking dish and layer 13 sheets one after another, brushing each with oil, except for the last one.
Step 8
Place the chard on top and cover it with the ricotta mixture.
Step 9
Make six indentations with a spoon, into which you will crack the eggs, lightly salting them.
Step 10
Roll out the remaining 20 balls into very thin layers and place them on top of the filling. Seal the edges of the pie so that they stick well together.
Step 11
Brush the surface of the pie with oil and place it in a preheated oven at 180–392°F (350–400 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 50 minutes, until the Easter pie is golden.
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