Broccoli Pie (Tart)
Delicious tart with broccoli! A smart and healthy way for everyone to eat broccoli at home!
Ingredients
For the tart:
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 100 g butter cold, cut into cubes
- 60 ml water
- 2 egg yolks one mixed with a bit of water for egg wash (i.e. spreading over the dough)
For the filling:
- 400 g broccoli cut into florets
- 15 ml whole milk
- 150 ml whole cream
- 3 medium eggs
- 50 g parmesan cheese grated
- 100 g graviera cheese grated (or Swiss, Gruyere Cheese)
- 100 g feta cheese grated
- ¼ bunch spearmint finely chopped
- 1 tsp paprika sweet
- 1 tbsp thyme finely chopped
- 300 g white mushrooms cut into 4 pieces
- salt
- pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
For the dough:
- In a large bowl, add the flour, salt and butter. Wearing disposable gloves, we begin to rub the butter with the flour with our fingers, until the mixture looks like crumbs.
- Add the water, 1 egg yolk and knead until you create a smooth dough.
- Shape the dough into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 160°C ( 320°F) in fan mode.
- Place 2 sheets of parchment paper on a workbench and sprinkle with flour. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough between the parchment paper sheets. If the dough sticks, sprinkle it with a little more flour.
- Grease with butter and flour a round tart pan, 26 cm (10 inches) in diameter, with a removable bottom. Spread the dough into the tart pan, pressing it well, so that it sticks to the bottom and sides of the pan.
- Pierce the bottom of the tart with a fork in many places. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and put some weight (beans, lentils or baking weights) on it, so that the dough does not rise during baking.
- Bake for 30 minutes and remove the tart base from the oven and brush it with the yolk spread. Raise the temperature to 180°C (360 °F), bake again until golden and set the base aside.
- Lower the oven temperature to 160°C (320°F) in the fan mode.
For the filling:
- Place a small pot, with enough salted water, over high heat. Once the water starts to boil, add the broccoli and boil for about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and move to a bowl with water and ice.
- In another bowl, add the milk, cream, eggs, parmesan cheese, graviera cheese, feta cheese, spearmint, paprika and thyme. Season with salt and pepper and mix very well with a hand whisk, until the mixture is even.
- Spread the broccoli and mushrooms over the base of the tart, place it in the oven and carefully pour the filling mixture.
- Bake the tart for 1-1 ½ hours, until golden. Set it aside to cool and serve.
Notes
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