This Norwegian spinach pie is one of the most delicious vegetable pies I have ever tasted so far. The flaky pie crust with the spinach and bacon filling is sure to guarantee satisfaction, at least it did to us. In fact, I couldn’t have enough of it. Such an economical dish that taste good and gourmet at the same time!!
The best part besides being how good it was, of course, is how easy it is to prepare. If you don’t feel like making your own pie crust, feel free to get the store-bought pie crust to save even more time and I’m pretty sure it won’t discount how good the spinach pie will turn out for you.
NORWEGIAN SPINACH PIE / NORVEGIA SPINATPIE
Ingredients
Filling:
- 2 cups frozen chopped spinach (thawed)
- 7 slices of bacon
- 1 â…“ cups milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp grated nutmeg
- â…” cup Norwegian cheese , grated or other Swiss cheese
Pie dough:
- 7 Tbsp butter
- â…” cup flour
- 1 Tbsp water
Instructions
Preparing the pie dough:
- Cut butter into flour with pastry blender or pastry knife until pieces are the size of small peas. Add water. Mix and form into a ball. Chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes
- Roll the dough out into 11 to 12-inch circle. Line a 9-inch (23-cm) pie plate with the dough. The extra dough will hang out at the edge. Trim 1/2-inch beyond rim and tuck under. Flute the edges
Preparing the filling:
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Place strips of bacon on a skillet and let them cook until crispy. Drain on a paper towel and when cool enough to handle, crumble them into tiny pieces
- Thaw and drain spinach of all water. Squeeze it with your hand as much as you can to make sure you get all the water our as much as you can so your pie won't be "watery" when you cut them for serving
- In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs, milk, salt, and nutmeg together
Assembling the pie:
- Spoon spinach into pie shell, and add bacon and shredded cheese. Pour egg mixture over. Bake in 350 F oven for 30-40 minutes (50 minutes in my case, so know you oven!) or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean
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