Friday, September 18, 2009

Torta is never wrong (Tårta är aldrig fel)

This is an Italian torta. It fills the whole baking sheet, and it is not a cake but a real big Italian vegetarian dish filled with heavenly greens. This is how you do it - make piecrust of olive oil, not butter, enough to make a bottom and a top. Cook leeks, onions, garlic, zucchini, kale, swiss chard, mustartd greens, beet greens, whatever you have until soft. Dump in ricotta cheese, grated parmesan, and an egg or two in the greens mix, sprinkle with hot pepper flakes, and mix. Roll out the pie dough bottom, large, put it on a large cookie sheet (with edges), dump the greens mix in the center, roll out and put the top on, fold up and seal. Bake 45 min or so, then cool. Slice in wedges and eat! It is great lunch food, and you can freeze it and save. I also made this in little muffin tins as individual tortas, yum! Oh, you want the exact details for the recipe? :) I have to dig that up...

1 comment:

Sarah said...

I want the recipe for pie crust with olive oil!