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Friday, October 07, 2011

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots
Here another easy Italian recipe for pie that you can serve as an appetizer. This pie is mainly made with vegetables, in particular pepper, zucchini, aubergine and carrots, with the addition of Speck and Asiago cheese. The vegetables that I used for this Italian food are the vegetables that more often I have in my fridge so was very easy to decide how to use them. If you are vegetarian you can easy prepare this Italian recipe also for you not using the speck. If you don’t’ like the speck, you can change it with another Italian cold meat like, raw ham or cooked ham. The preparation is easy: you have just to clean, and cut the vegetables in long stripes, let them quickly cook in a large pan with some extra virgin olive oil and then put them on the surface of a flaky pastry with speck (if you like it) on the bottom and Asiago cheese on the top. This pie can be also a solution for children who don’t like vegetables so much.


INGREDIENTS (for 8-10 people):
Flaky pastry
1 Pepper
2 Zucchini
2 Carrots
1 Aubergine
Salt and Black pepper
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
200 g or 7,1 oz of Asiago cheese
5-6 thin slices of Speck

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes

COOKING TIME: 20 minutes

WINE: Pinot Grigio (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Start with the preparation of the filling of the pie: clean the pepper, zucchini, carrots and aubergine. Cut them in long stripes. Preheat in a large pan the extra virgin olive oil, when it is hot add the vegetables, sprinkle with salt and black pepper and let them cook for about 10 -15 minutes.

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

The vegetables shouldn’t be completely cooked because you will finish to cook them in the oven. Preheat the oven at 200 degree (or 390 fahrenheit). In the meantime place a sheet of baking paper in the bottom of a round baking pan and put on it the flaky pastry. Make some hole with a fork on the surface of the flaky pastry

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

and bake for 3 – 5 minutes. Cut in squared pieces the Asiago cheese. After 3 – 5 minutes remover the flaky pastry from the oven and place on its bottom the slice of speck.

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

Add the vegetables

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

and the Asiago cheese on the surface.

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

Bake for 20 minutes. Serve warm or cold according to your taste.

Pie with Pepper, Zucchini, Aubergine and Carrots

BUONA APPETITO!

2 comments:

sanfran buddy said...

Why do people use less of the egg plant in their cooking? I like it more. It is more than an Italian recipe. All over the West and even in Mexico, they are popular. In Mexico there is a tasty Mexican eggplant casserole made with chilies and olives.Very similar to your recipe. We do have a more veggie version of yours too where my associate puts more tomatoes (chopped).You have 6 plum tomatoes but we add more so the tasty becomes chewy.

italian food lover said...

Wow! Such a perfect veggie pie for a vegan person like me. Thanks for sharing it. :)