Thursday, February 13, 2014

Vegetarian Pie

Sarah made this for supper tonight.  She was thrilled to make something with lattice on top!  Supper is always beautiful whenever she cooks, although I did joke with her that the name of her dish made me think that vegetarians were inside the pie.  


 
Vegetarian Pie
makes one 11-inch pie
 
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 firm unsalted butter, sliced
1 cup sour cream
 
Filling
3 tablespoons butter
6 cups shredded fresh vegetables such as leeks, carrots, celery, parsnips and cabbage, in any combination
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1/4 cup cream
1 teaspoon oregano
salt to taste
1 cup shredded mild cheese such as Edam or Gouda
 
Glaze
1 slightly beaten egg
1 tablespoon water
 
 
Measure the four, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl or into the work bowl of the food processor with the steel blade in place.  Add the butter and cut in using a pastry blender or on/off bursts of the food processor until the butter is in pieces the size of split peas.  Add the sour cream and mix until dough forms.  Gather dough together into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
 
To prepare the filling, heat the butter in a large, deep skillet or wok.  Add the vegetables and cook over high heat, stirring and tossing constantly until vegetables wilt, about 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and mix in the ice, cream, oregano, salt, and cheese.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.  One a lightly floured board, roll out 3/4 of the pastry to make a round to fit a 10-inch pie pan or quiche pan.
 
 
Fill the pastry with the vegetable mixture.  Roll out the remaining pastry.  Cut into 1/3-inch-wide strips and arrange the strips crisscrossed over the top to make a latticework top.  Seal at the edges.  Brush with the egg and water nixed together.  Bake for 25 minutes or until golden.


2 comments:

Bartokhound said...

I would love to see a Sarah in the Kitchen home cooking show coming to a PBS station near me (since we don't have cable or receive any network t.v. - only PBS). Wouldn't that be groovy? I think it would be a HIT!
Great job, Sarah!

Love,

Jayla

Doug Hibbard said...

How many vegetarians do you put in it?