Hortotiropita (greens And Cheese Pie) With Chard

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 300 ml flour
• 80 ml olive oil
• 110 ml water
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 200 g leeks, cleaned sliced (or more if you want)
• 1 kg swiss chard, cleaned (substitute, spinach or vlita)
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
• 1 tablespoon chopped mint
• 200 g feta cheese
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• sesame seeds, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 prepare your dough mixing the ingredients if possible with a food processor.
• 2 cut the chard in ½ inch small pieces.
• 3 sautee the leek in the olive oil.
• 4 add to chard pieces to the leek. cover and cook for 10 minutes covered.
• 5 add salt and pepper, incorporate to the greens and continue to stir over medium heat until the greens water is absorbed.
• 6 do not add any water.
• 7 keep aside to cool down a little.
• 8 add dill and mint.
• 9 crumble the feta cheese into the beaten eggs (but keep ½ beaten egg aside).
• 10 if the greens mixture when cooled has produced a lot of liquid, drain it before adding to the cheese and egg mixture. season again and mix well.
• 11 work your dough shortly and prepare your sheet.
• 12 now you can prepare a big pie or several small pastries.
• 13 for the pie oil the base and the side of the container with olive oil. coat the bottom of your mold with 2/3 of the dough. spread your filling and cover with the sheet of the remaining dough.
• 14 for the pastry shape “big ravioli” with the sheet of dough and the filling.
• 15 brush the beaten egg and decorate with sesame seeds.
• 16 cook in a preheated oven at 180 grades c for 40 minutes until pie/pastry becomes golden.
• 17 serve it warm or chilled.