Potato and Spinach Pie
A savory potato and spinach pie made with mashed boiled potatoes and starch, filled with spinach, mushrooms, onion, and garlic seasoned with oregano, then sealed and pan-fried until golden. The description is the primary reference for quantities, while the chef notes that the cheese used was mozzarella and that the filling must cool before the cheese is added.
A savory pie filled with potatoes and spinach.
Like a baked vegetable pie or hand pie.
Cook the filling first so the vegetables do not release too much moisture.
Ingredients
- 1 kg boiled potatoes
- 2 bunches spinach
- 5 cloves garlic
- salt
- white pepper
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 150 g mushrooms
- 1 large onion
- 50 g butter
- Kashkaval cheese
- 8 tablespoons for every 1 kg of potatoes starch
- olive oil
- mentioned as cheese added to the filling after it has cooled mozzarella
Instructions
- Mash the boiled potatoes in a bowl until smooth.
- Season the potatoes in the bowl with salt and white pepper, then add the starch and knead until cohesive and no longer sticky.
- Roughly chop the mushrooms in a bowl or on a cutting board.
- Roughly chop the garlic in a bowl or on a cutting board.
- Roughly chop the onion in a bowl or on a cutting board.
- Wash the spinach, then roughly chop it in a bowl or on a cutting board, removing the tough lower portion.
- Heat the pan over the heat, then add the butter and olive oil.
- Add the onion and garlic to the pan and season with salt, white pepper, and oregano.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan, then add the spinach and stir until the filling wilts.
- Leave the filling in the bowl until completely cooled.
- Add the cheese to the filling after it has cooled, then mix.
- Take a piece of the potato dough and shape it into a circle over a plastic bag lightly greased with oil.
- Place the cooled filling in the center of the potato circle, then fold the dough over it and seal it well over the plastic bag.
- Shape the finished piece over a plate or round mold for a neat shape.
- Sprinkle the piece with a little flour in a bowl or on the work surface.
- Heat the pan, then brush it with oil.
- Fry the pie in the pan on both sides until golden.