Cookbook:Spinach Pie (Pascualina)

Pascualina is a spinach pie often eaten in Uruguay. It is made with spinach or silver beet, sautéed onions, and a homemade pastry. You can cheat and make it with a store bought puff pastry.

Ingredients

 * 3 onions, chopped finely
 * 1 kg frozen spinach, defrosted
 * ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
 * 250 g cream cheese or ricotta
 * 6 eggs
 * 4 sheets frozen puff pastry
 * Olive oil
 * Salt to taste
 * Pepper to taste
 * Egg wash

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat oven to 190°C.
 * 2) Sauté onions until golden.
 * 3) Add spinach, cream cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Stir through until all ingredients are mixed together. Put aside to cool slightly.
 * 4) Line a rectangular tray with puff pastry ensuring the pastry reaches right up to the edge of the tray.
 * 5) Spread out the filling over the puff pastry, and with a spoon make 6 holes in the filling so you can pour in the whole eggs.
 * 6) Crack eggs one by one and pour into the holes.
 * 7) Cover the pie with more pastry sealing the edges.
 * 8) Brush pastry all over with egg wash and bake in a hot oven for 40 minutes until pastry is golden.
 * 9) Serve with roasted sweet potato and steamed green beans.