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Wizard Pie adapted from The Great American Pie Book by Judith Choate

Name: How to cook Wizard Pie adapted from The Great American Pie Book by Judith Choate - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Leah Ellias

Wizard Pie adapted from The Great American Pie Book by Judith Choate

Challenging, but I had fun making it. The filling is particularly delicious. Next time, I might coat the to crust with am egg wash for better esthetics and also increase the crust recipe because my pie plate is 10 inches.

Ingredient

Food ration :

8 servings

Cooking time :

1 hour 30 mins

Pastry needed: Unbaked 9-inch double-crust pie.

medium-sized Onion-chopped

2 clove

garlic, crushed

1/2 cup

unsweetened wheat germ

1 cup

crushed tomatoes with juice

1 tsp

dried basil or 1 Tbsp fresh

1/8 tsp

hot pepper flakes

Tabasco sauce to taste

4 cup

raw shredded vegetables which may include any mixture of the following: carrots, squash (winter or summer), sweet potato, celery, green and red peppers, spinach, kale, Swiss chard, turnips, parsnips, rutabaga, broccoli, eggplant, and cabbage.

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Note by Judith Choate: "I use as many different vegetables as I can in this, but if you're limited to only two or three, make sure that you include eggplant and carrots, sweet potato or wintersquash. This will balance the texture moisture and taste if the pie, which is also a terrific dish for those on salt free diets. I like it lightly seasoned, but you can reduce the spiciness by eliminating the hot prettier flakes and adding just a drop of Tobasco sauce."

* Step 2

Pre-heat oven to 500° F

* Step 3

Lightly flour the rolling pin. Use short quick strikes to roll out the dough from center out in every direction.

* Step 4

Lift the rolling pin gently as you near the edge of the pastry to prevent breakage..

* Step 5

Continue rolling out until you have an even circle 1/8 inch thick and about 2 inches wider than your pie plate.

* Step 6

Lift the pastry circle by gently folding in half over the rolling pin and slip it still folded into the pie plate and remove the rolling pin.

* Step 7

Unfold to cover the bottom of the pie plate and remove the rolling pin.

* Step 8

Do not stretch dough or it will shrink when baked.

* Step 9

Smooth pastry into pie plate with quick pressing movements. Press dough firmly against edge of plate. Leave excess pastry hanging over edge of plate until top crust is in place

* Step 10

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir to blend. Taste for seasoning. Mound mixture in bottom pie shell.

* Step 11

Roll out top pie crust. Before placing the top crust on the pie, cut a design out using cookie cutters. Fold over rolling pin and carefully position on top of filing and attach to bottom crust by pressing together excess dough from bottom and top crusts.

* Step 12

Fold pressed dough edge up and inward, making a rim around edge of pie. Starting at edge opposite you, pinch dough between thumb and index finger around edge of pie at 1 inch intervals forming a fluted design around the entire pie.