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plasto

Cornmeal pie with spinach

Plastos or Babanetsa or Batsaria or Bobota

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 700 g maize flour
  • 400 ml water
  • 150 ml olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper

For the filling

  • 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil
  • 3 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 1 leek, finely chopped
  • 1 kgr spinach
  • 1 tbs salt
  • pepper, some
  • 1 tbs mint leaves
  • 1 ts dill, finely chopped
  • 50-60 ml olive oil
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 300 gr feta cheese, coarsely chopped
  • lemon zest, of 1 lemon

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180oC, fan.

Prepare the dough

  1. Combine the cornmeal, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl.
  2. Rub the mixture well (by hand) and add the water.
  3. Mix well. The mixture should resemble wet sand.
  4. Share the dough almost in the middle.
  5. Brush a baking pan with olive oil and spread the half mixture on the bottom.
  6. Press down with the palm of your hand to spread it onto the bottom and sides of the pan.
  7. The other half we will use it to cover the filling in the end.

Prepare the filling

  1. Place a pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat and let it get very hot.
  2. Add spring onions, leeks and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
  3. Add the spinach, salt, pepper and sauté for 2-3 more minutes, until the spinach loses all of its liquids.
  4. When ready, remove from heat add the mint, dill, olive oil, egg, feta, lemon zest and mix gently.
  1. Spread the filling over the half dough on the pan and make sure to spread it well.
  2. Cover with the other half of dough, press down with the palm of your hand so that the filling is covered completely.
  3. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
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