Silverbeet & porcini fillo stacks
The easiest spinach & cheese pie you will ever make.
- 25 mins cooking
- Makes 4 Item
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Ingredients
Silver beet & porcini fillo stacks
- 15 gram dried porcini mushrooms
- 1/2 cup (80g) pine nuts
- 6 (sheets) fillo pastry
- olive-oil spray
- 3/4 cup (45g) parmesan, finely grated
- 60 gram butter
- 1 shallot (25g), chopped finely
- 150 gram oyster mushrooms
- 750 gram silver beet, trimmed, chopped coarsely
- 1 cup (240g) fresh ricotta
- 2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
- 2 tablespoon dried currants
Method
Silver beet & porcini fillo stacks
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 2Place porcini in a heatproof bowl; cover with boiling water.
- 3Place half the pine nuts on an oven tray; roast for 5 minutes or until fragrant. Cool in a large bowl.
- 4Line two oven trays with baking paper. Spray one sheet of pastry with oil; top with a second pastry sheet, spray with oil then top with a third sheet. Repeat to make two stacks. Cut each stack in half length-ways; cut each half into thirds for a total of 12 pieces. Place pastry pieces on trays. Coarsely chop remaining nuts; sprinkle nuts and 1/4 cup of the parmesan on four of the pastry pieces.
- 5Bake all pastry squares for 8 minutes or until browned lightly.
- 6Meanwhile, heat butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat; cook shallot, oyster and drained porcini mushrooms, stirring, until browned. Transfer to a large bowl with pine nuts.
- 7Cook silver beet in the same pan until wilted slightly. Transfer to the large bowl; stir in ricotta, rind, currants and remaining parmesan until just combined. Season to taste.
- 8Place four plain pastry pieces on serving plates; top with half the silver beet mixture, another plain pastry piece, remaining silver beet mixture then pine nut pastry pieces. Serve immediately.
Notes
Pastry pieces can be cooked a day ahead; reheat in the oven at 180°C about 5 minutes before assembling. The filling is best made just before serving.
