Savory pumpkin pie with handmade phyllo

Savory pumpkin pie for every hour, made with homemade phyllo.

INGREDIENTS:
For the filling:
• 5 big courgettes 
• 2 large onions
• 5 spring onions
• 1/2 bunch of dill
• 1/2 bunch of parsley
• mint
• 4 eggs
• 1 quart and some feta cheese
• salt and pepper
• oil

For the phyllo:
• 4 cups flour (all purpose)
• 2 tbsp. oil 
• 1 tbsp. vinegar
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tsp salt

• 1 cup water lukewarm (depends, you might need to add another)

PREPARATION:
Wash and grate the courgettes, sprinkle some salt over them and let them aside to reduce their juices.

Afterwards move them to a large bowl with the rest of the ingredients, chopped dill, parley, mint, eggs, crumbled feta cheese, salt, pepper, olive oil and mix them all together.

For the dough, you can make it in the mixer as you can see in the photos. Add the flour and the rest of the ingredients in the mixer

leaving the lukewarm water last, start the mixer on a low speed and slowly pour in the water until the dough becomes soft.

Put it in a bowl and cover it with clinging film and let it rest for half an hour.

Then divide the dough in 6 balls cover with a sopped towel.

To open the phyllo flour your surface and take the dough balls one by one and mold it until they become thin phyllo that will stick out of the baking pan.

Smear the pan with oil and layer the phyllo then oil it on top and continue the process until you’ve layered the first 3 phyllo for the bottom.

Then pour in the courgettes mixture

and cover up with the rest of the phyllo that you’ll oil first. Turn all the phyllos that stick out towards the inside of the pan.

Then carve it, oil it and sprinkle it with water.

Preheat the oven and bake the pie at 200C in the air function for about an hour.

NOTE: to buy some time you can use a readymade crust phyllo. It deserves to be made, it’s fantastic!!!


GOOD LUCK!!!