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Spinach Pie (Pascualina)

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Pascualina is a spinach pie often eaten in Uruguay. It is made with spinach or silver beet, sautéed onions, and a homemade pastry. You can cheat and make it with a store bought puff pastry.

Yield 6–8

Ingredients

  • 3 onions, chopped finely
  • 1 kg frozen spinach, defrosted
  • ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 250 g cream cheese or ricotta
  • 6 eggs
  • 4 sheets frozen puff pastry
  • Olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • Egg wash

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 190°C.
  2. 2
    Sauté onions until golden.
  3. 3
    Add spinach, cream cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Stir through until all ingredients are mixed together. Put aside to cool slightly.
  4. 4
    Line a rectangular tray with puff pastry ensuring the pastry reaches right up to the edge of the tray.
  5. 5
    Spread out the filling over the puff pastry, and with a spoon make 6 holes in the filling so you can pour in the whole eggs.
  6. 6
    Crack eggs one by one and pour into the holes.
  7. 7
    Cover the pie with more pastry sealing the edges.
  8. 8
    Brush pastry all over with egg wash and bake in a hot oven for 40 minutes until pastry is golden.
  9. 9
    Serve with roasted sweet potato and steamed green beans.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Spinach_Pie_(Pascualina)