Spinach Pie Recipe

March 19, 2010

Author of the helplessvegetarian.com blog, Vegetarian Chef, Donna Serpe shows us easy recipes to take the less out of helpless.

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Ingredients

  1. 2 bags frozen chopped spinach
  2. 1 cup bread crumbs
  3. 1 cup grated parmesan
  4. ½ stick butter (softened)
  5. 3 teaspoon egg replacer
  6. 8 oz Baby Bello mushrooms (sliced)
  7. 1 1 small (or 16 oz) ricotta cheese
  8. ¼ cup sour cream
  9. 2 tablespoon dried basil
  10. 2 tablespoon marjoram
  11. ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg (or to taste)
  12. Olive oil
  13. Salt (to taste)
  14. Grounded pepper (to taste)

Directions

    For Pie Crust

    1. Mix the bread crumbs, parmesan and butter together in a bowl using your hands.
    2. Get a pie baking pan, put the above mixture and using your hand flatten the mixture in the pan.
    3. Once flatten, keep it inside the fridge for it to set.

    For Pie Filling

    1. In a heated pan, add a little bit of olive oil, butter, spinach and mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are softened.
    2. In a bowl, put the ricotta cheese, sour cream, egg replacer, spinach and mushrooms mixture, 1tbs basil, 1tbs marjoram, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix all the ingredients together.

    Making the Pie

    1. Pour the pie filling into the chilled pie crust and smooth the filling evenly.
    2. Bake it in an oven for 45 minutes.