This vegetable spiral pie will bring absolute fun in your kitchen. Not a veggie lover? It doesn’t matter; you simply have to try it. It is delicious and it looks stunning. You will feel like a real chef when making it. And you don’t need many ingredients; only a couple of vegetables, pastry dough and some filling. It is perfect for picnics, parties, dinner, brunch or lunch. With this recipe you will get 4 – 6 portions, depending on whether it is for main or only for a side dish. You can also use different vegetables; aubergine or a yellow zucchini for example.
Ingredients:
- 1 puff pastry
- 2 carrots (big)
- 2 zucchini
- 1 Greek yoghurt (125g)
- 80g of cream cheese
- 1 egg (L)
- a handful of coriander
- 1 chili
First of all, wash the veggies. With a potato peeler, peel long strips of the carrots and the zucchini. If you make all the strips the same width, making the spiral later will be easier. I have to tell, that my strips weren’t all the same but the pie turned out just amazing. So don’t worry too much about that. Sprinkle all the strips with a little salt and go to the next step; the filling.
Just one little thing before you start making the filling. Take the puff pastry roll out of the fridge and leave it on the counter. Keeping it at the room temperature for a couple of minutes will make it easier to roll out.
Furthermore, in a small bowl mix one beaten egg with cream cheese and Greek yoghurt. Chop the coriander and the chili, add them to the bowl and give it a little stir. Next, place the puff pastry roll in a baking tray. I used a square one (ca 20×30 cm), but you can also use a round one. It works with any shape. There is no need of baking paper because the dough roll usually comes with it. With the help of your fingers, push the dough gently to the edges and corners of the tray. At the end prick the dough with a fork. If there is any excess pastry going over the baking tray, just cut it off and use it for something else. A small sweet pastry for example.
Time to turn on the oven to 190ºC. Pour the cheese-yoghurt mixture on the puff pastry and spread it equally. Now comes the fun. You have two choices, either starting from the centre or from the border. I started from the outer edge by placing the vegetable strips one kind per round. That means one round of zucchini, one round of carrots and so on. By alternating the colours/vegetable each round you will get an amazing visual effect. Continue till you reach the middle (in case you started in the middle, continue till you reach the edge). Once you create the spiral, drizzle it with some olive oil and put it in the oven on the middle rack.
Bake it for 40 minutes or till the cheese-yoghurt mixture is set. If the dough gets brown before the 40 minutes, cover it with some aluminium foil and continue with baking. After the pie is done let it set for 10-15 minutes outside the oven.
Serve it warm or cold, with some great white wine. This vegetable spiral pie will be the star of the table and you will be the star of the kitchen.
Enjoy!
