Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, courgette pie (kolokythopita). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pites like this Greek zucchini pie, are what Greeks call their pies that are made with vegetables or cheese surrounded by layers of phyllo. Phyllo can mean the thin sheets of phyllo you find in the frozen section of the super market, or homemade phyllo (dough) which most women in. Kolokithopita, or Greek Zucchini Pie, is perfect comfort food for the Summer. … Scroll down for my recipe for Greek Courgette Pie or Kolokuthopita.
Courgette Pie (Kolokythopita) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Courgette Pie (Kolokythopita) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook courgette pie (kolokythopita) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgette Pie (Kolokythopita):
- Get 3 large Courgettes
- Get 100 grams Parmesan Cheese grated
- Take 100 grams Feta Cheese in small cubes
- Get 1 large Onion grated
- Get 3 Eggs beaten
- Take 150 grams All Purpose Flour
- Make ready 50 grams bread crumbs
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Prepare 1/4 cup Dille chopped
- Prepare 1/4 cup Parsley chopped
- Make ready Salt
- Get Pepper
The dish is a simple combination of zucchini, onions, herbs, eggs & feta, wrapped in a flaky phyllo dough, which makes for an awesome, light vegetarian meal. Kolokythopita is a Greek traditional pie that is bursting with the fresh flavors of zucchini, feta, and herbs. Follow my simple recipe to make a batch or two because it freezes well and goes fast! Follow my simple recipe to make a batch or two because it freezes well and goes fast!
Steps to make Courgette Pie (Kolokythopita):
- Grate Courgette in a bowl, and add 1 teaspoon of salt, and then place into a strainer for at least 2 hrs. so that all the water is drained out. Just to be sure squeeze the Courgettes so that it is completely dried from water.
- Place Courgette into a large bowl and slowly start adding in all the ingredients. Start off with the eggs and then Feta and continue with the herbs, bread crumbs, flour.
- Just a note that the Parmesan Cheese and Olive Oil should be the last ingredients tossed into the mixture.
- I use a tart baking pan for this recipe, if you don’t have one, you can use any small baking pan. Oil brush the pan first, and then sprinkle flour on all sides so that the Courgette mixture does not stick to the baking pan.
- Bake for 1 hr. at 180 degrees and until golden brown on top and bottom. When it is baked set aside to cool off for about 1/2 hr. Kali Orexi!!!
This is a recipe for an irresistible zucchini pie (Kolokythopita) with the aromas of three different herbs. The taste of summer in your plate! Follow my simple recipe to make a batch or two. Make this delicious Zucchini pie recipe (Kolokithopita) the traditional Greek way or just take a short cut. Traditional Greek recipes for homemade pies use homemade phyllo dough or commercial 'village' dough (xoriatiko phyllo), which is a little bit thicker than the usually paper thin phyllo and gives a more rustic touch.
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