Courgette Pie Recipe

We picked up this recipe from a chap who ran beach tavern in Fourka, Greece

Ingredients for Courgette Pie:

• 1 kilo of courgettes
• 500 grams of puff pastry
• 5 medium sized onions
• Half a cup of butter
• Cup of olive oil
• 2 and half cups of cheddar cheese
• 4 beaten eggs
• Parsley
• Salt and pepper

Method for Courgette Pie:

1. Clean the courgettes and cut them into small pieces. Boil them in salted water strain well afterwards.
2. Grate the onions and add to the courgette. Put all this into a frying pan and cook until the water from the courgettes has been absorbed.
3. Add the butter and allow to fry for a while.
4. Next add the parsley, salt, pepper, cheese and beaten eggs. Mix.
5. Use the oil to coat the baking tin, add the pastry leaving enough to put a lid onto the pie.
6. Oil the pastry before adding the mixture.
7. Pop the lid on and trim. Cook in a medium oven until the pastry is golden (about 45 minute)

Notes:

Based on a Greek recipe this makes a delicious pie that can be eaten hot or cold. We found it made 3 pies and froze two of them. Better fresh than frozen but still very nice, just the same.

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