Pasqualina Vegetable Pie

6 servings

180 minutes

Lots of Swiss chard and a fair amount of cottage cheese. A traditional Italian Easter pie. The recipe was shared with us by the official information portal about tourism and events in Genoa visitgenoa.it.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 600.3
• Proteins: 38.2g
• Fats: 18.1g
• Carbohydrates: 73.2g

Ingredients

• Wheat flour: 500 g
• Water: to taste
• Salt: to taste
• Chard: 1 kg
• Onion: 1 pc
• Garlic: 2 clove
• Chicken egg: 8 pc
• Parmesan cheese: 100 g
• Cottage cheese: 400 g
• Marjoram: to taste
• Extra virgin olive oil: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare the dough. Pour flour onto the work surface and make a well in the center. Pour in 2 tbsp of oil, add two pinches of salt, and warm water. Knead until you get a soft and smooth dough.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 500 g
   • Water:  to taste
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Extra virgin olive oil:  to taste

2. Divide the dough into 33 balls. Sprinkle with flour and let it rest under a warm cover.

3. Boil the chard leaves in a minimal amount of water. Squeeze them and chop.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chard: 1 kg

4. In a pot, sauté the chopped onion and garlic. Add the chard and keep on heat for 10 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 1 piece
   • Garlic: 2 cloves
   • Chard: 1 kg

5. Pour the resulting mixture into a large bowl and mix with two eggs, 80 grams of grated Parmesan, and add marjoram.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 8 pieces
   • Parmesan cheese: 100 g
   • Marjoram:  to taste

6. Mix cottage cheese with 2 tablespoons of flour, add 2 tablespoons of oil, 20 grams of grated cheese, salt, and pepper.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 500 g
   • Cottage cheese: 400 g
   • Extra virgin olive oil:  to taste
   • Parmesan cheese: 100 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

7. Take 13 balls of dough for the base. Roll each one thinly, almost transparently. Grease the bottom of the pan and layer 13 sheets one after another, greasing each with oil except for the last.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 500 g
   • Extra virgin olive oil:  to taste

8. Place the chard on top and cover it with cottage cheese.

9. Make six indentations with a spoon, break eggs into them, and lightly salt.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 8 pieces
   • Salt:  to taste

10. Roll out the remaining 20 balls into thin layers and place them on top of the filling. Seal the edges of the pie so that they stick well together.

    Required ingredients:

    • Wheat flour: 500 g
    • Extra virgin olive oil:  to taste

11. Grease the surface of the cake with butter and place it in a preheated oven at 180–200 degrees for about 50 minutes, until the Easter pie turns golden.

    Required ingredients:

    • Extra virgin olive oil:  to taste