Mains
Roasted Vegetable & Ricotta Pie
Prep 25 mins. /Cook 55 mins.
Serves 6
Easy
Roasted Vegetable & Ricotta Pie
Method
Pastry
- Note: this recipe requires an additional 55 minutes for resting.
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- Prepare pastry by placing sifted flour, pinch of salt and room temperature butter in a food processor until it begins to look like breadcrumbs. Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time to the food processor until it comes together.
- Remove pastry from the food processor, knead into a ball by hand for 1-2 minutes, then wrap in cling wrap and rest in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove pastry from the fridge and allow to come back up to room temperature, roll pastry out between 2 sheets of baking paper to approximately 5mm thick. Cut pastry to fit your pie mould, rest in the fridge then blind bake your pastry for 10 minutes. Remove weights and bake for another 5 minutes. Remove and let cool.
Pie filling
- Place prepared vegetables in a roasting tray with olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon thyme. Mix together well with hands, place into oven and roast for 10-15 minutes until vegetables begin to soften and colour. Remove from oven.
- Whilst vegetables are roasting, combine the ricotta with the egg, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Finely dice the roasted garlic and mix into ricotta.
- Fill pastry shell with half the ricotta mixture and spread evenly over the base. Add roasted vegetables then top with remaining ricotta mixture.
- Place in oven for 20 - 25 mins until ricotta has coloured and vegetables are cooked through.
- Remove from oven, and allow pie to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
IN THIS RECIPE
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