Hunza Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 cups whole meal flour
• 125 g chopped butter
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large brown onion, finely diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 bunch fresh spinach, chopped and wilted or 1 (10 ounce) packet frozen spinach, cooked
• 100 g crumbled feta
• 250 g ricotta cheese
• 200 g grated tasty cheese
• 3 cups cooked brown rice
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch black pepper
• nutmeg, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°c.
• 2 combine flours and butter in a food processor. process until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
• 3 add cold water and process until dough comes together.
• 4 turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth, 4-5 minutes.
• 5 wrap dough in cling wrap and refrigerate until needed.
• 6 melt the butter over medium heat.
• 7 add the onion and garlic and cook until soft.
• 8 remove from pan and allow to cool.
• 9 in a large mixing bowl, combine the spinach, feta, ricotta, cheese and eggs, stirring to combine.
• 10 add the rice and onion.
• 11 season generously with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• 12 divide pastry into 4.
• 13 roll ¼ of pastry into round (dinner plate size) approximately 2mm thick. place on baking tray.
• 14 heap ½ of filling onto pastry, leaving 2cm rim around outside. cover with second rolled out piece of pastry. crimp edges. slash top to vent steam.
• 15 make second pie with remaining pastry and filling.
• 16 bake for 10 minutes at 200c, then reduce oven to 180c and bake for a further 40 minutes.
• 17 pie is ready when pastry is golden.