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Spinach + Ricotta Pie

By Nat Kringoudis

  • 6 servings
  • Prep - 10 mins
    Cooking - 35 mins
  • Total - 45 mins

 

Servings: 6
Preparation: 10 mins
Cooking: 35 mins

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Ingredients

Base

  • 2 cups cooked brown rice.
  • 40 g butter, melted.
  • 2 egg yolks (reserve whites for pie filling).

Filling

  • 500 ml ricotta.
  • 2 eggs.
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.
  • sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
  • 2 bunches spinach or 1 bunch silverbeet, washed.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius.

2. To make the base, mix together rice, butter and egg yolks.

3. Grease your pie dish and press the base mixture firmly down into the bottom of the dish. Bake in the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until it begins to brown.

4. Meanwhile, make the filling by placing the ricotta into a bowl and softening it with a potato masher. Add eggs, reserved egg whites, nutmeg and salt and pepper and combine well. Chop spinach or silverbeet into 1 cm strips and combine with the ricotta mixture. Scoop into rice base and bake for 20 minutes or until top begins to brown.


Ingredients

Base

  • 2 cups cooked brown rice.
  • 40 g butter, melted.
  • 2 egg yolks (reserve whites for pie filling).

Filling

  • 500 ml ricotta.
  • 2 eggs.
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.
  • sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
  • 2 bunches spinach or 1 bunch silverbeet, washed.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius.

2. To make the base, mix together rice, butter and egg yolks.

3. Grease your pie dish and press the base mixture firmly down into the bottom of the dish. Bake in the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until it begins to brown.

4. Meanwhile, make the filling by placing the ricotta into a bowl and softening it with a potato masher. Add eggs, reserved egg whites, nutmeg and salt and pepper and combine well. Chop spinach or silverbeet into 1 cm strips and combine with the ricotta mixture. Scoop into rice base and bake for 20 minutes or until top begins to brown.