Swiss chard pie

Name: Swiss chard pie (Pastel de acelgas)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: 1 kg/2¼ lb Swiss chard, thickly sliced; 45 ml/3 tbsp vegetable oil; 1.5 ml/½ tsp black pepper; 4 eggs; 3 hard-boiled eggs; 500 g/1¼ lb self-raising (self-rising) flour; 1 small red onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp grated nutmeg; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten; 75 ml/5 tbsp water; 130 g/4½ oz margarine; 5 ml/1 tsp salt

Pastel de acelgas

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Peru

By Flor Arcaya de Deliot

Published 2009

About

Bakeries in Peru start selling Swiss chard pies at mid-morning. Eaten warm and fresh, they are simply delicious, and choosing between these pies and the empanadas with different fillings is difficult, as all of them are good. Use the filling for this pie to make little empanaditas if you wish.

Ingredients

For the filling

1 kg/2¼ lb Swiss chard, thickly sliced
45 ml/3</

Americas
Peru
Side dish
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

To make the filling, blanch the Swiss chard in boiling water for 5 minutes then drain well and set aside.
Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes until softened and starting to brown. Stir in the Swiss chard, nutme

Ingredients

For the filling

Method

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