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Torta de Acelga (Chard Pie)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Bread, Vegetarian, Baked

Tags: gibraltarian, medium difficulty, recipes for pastries, recipes for pies and tarts, recipes using bread crumb, recipes using chard, recipes using cheese, recipes using egg, recipes using puff pastry, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, vegetarian

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ATorta_de_Acelga_%28Chard_Pie%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ATorta%20de%20Acelga%20%28Chard%20Pie%29&oldid=4587232

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 small package puff pastry
  • 6 bunches of acelga (chard)
  • 6 eggs
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Grated cheese
  • Parsley
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • Seasoning to taste

Directions

  1. Remove the stems of the acelga (these stems will become useful for another recipe called Potaje de acelga).
  2. Wash the leaves very well to remove any grit or soil. Boil the acelga leaves, drain really well, and chop them. Fry them for a few minutes in hot olive oil then set aside.
  3. Roll out the pastry and lay on an oven-proof pie dish leaving sufficient pastry to close the pie later.
  4. Beat the eggs and add all the ingredients to make a nice filling.
  5. Add to the acelga and mix all together.
  6. Fill the pie dish with this “relleno” or filling and close the pie with the pastry.
  7. Bake in the oven at 150°C (300°F) for about 30 minutes or until the pie is nice and golden.

Notes

You can boil the acelga the night before to save time.

You can make a pastry by mixing one glass each of olive oil and water then adding flour until a soft dough is achieved, but this dough won't be as flaky as puff pastry.