Cauliflower Cheese Pie
Cauliflower Cheese Pie is a savory pie made with puff pastry or pie crust, cheese, and delicious pancetta and cauliflower.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 single pie crust (savory or puff pastry - homemade or store bought)
- 1.1 lb cauliflower broken into pieces & steamed very al dente (drain and towel dry well) ((250 grams))
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3/4 cup pancetta (chopped) ((100 grams))
- 1 shallot (minced)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 dashes black pepper
- 3 tbsp freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2-1 tbsp fresh parsley (finely chopped)
- 1/2 3/4 cup shredded cheese (firm mozzarella, fontina or gruyere - a soft creamy cheese)
Instructions
- 1
Pre-heat oven to 400F (200C). Lightly grease and flour a 8-9 inch pie dish.
- 2
In a small/medium pan add the olive oil, pancetta, shallot and garlic, cook until the pancetta is lightly golden, let cool.
- 3
In a medium pot steam the cauliflower pieces until very al dente approximately 2-4 minutes. Then drain and towel dry.
- 4
In a large bowl beat the eggs, salt and pepper. Add the parmesan cheese and parsley, combine, then fold in the cauliflower. Set aside.
- 5
Roll out the pie pastry and place in the prepared pie dish, prick the bottom well with a fork. Sprinkle half the pancetta mixture on the bottom, top with the egg mixture, shredded cheese and remaining pancetta mixture. Fold the overlapping pastry on top of the filling. Bake for 15 minutes then lower the oven to 350F (180C) and continue to bake for another 20-25 minutes or until set and crust is golden brown.