Garlic Pie
- For the dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed, plus extra for the pan
- salt
- For the filling
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 1/2 cups freshly grated pecorino romano cheese (a sharp goat cheese, you can sub. with parmigiano, but it's not the same)
- 1/2 lb pancetta, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup raisins, soaked in cool water for 30 minutes and drained
- 10 saffron threads
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- To glaze
- 1 egg, beaten to blend
- Make the dough: In a bowl, mix the flour and the butter with your fingers until they resemble a coarse meal.
- Add the salt and enough ice water to make an elastic dough.
- Shape into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400u0b0F.
- Bring 1 quart of water to a boil.
- Drop in the garlic and cook for 15 minutes.
- Drain and rinse in cool water.
- Crush the cooked garlic cloves; place in a bowl and fold in the pecorino, the pancetta, raisins, saffron, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper.
- Cut the dough in 2 equal pieces and roll each out into 1/2-inch thick disks.
- Line a buttered 10-inch pie pan with 1 disk.
- Spoon in the filling, mounding it high.
- Top with the second disk of dough and seal the edges with your fingers; trim off excess dough.
- Glaze the top with the beaten egg.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until golden.
- Remove from the oven, place on a serving platter, and serve hot.
dough, flour, unsalted butter, salt, filling, garlic, freshly grated pecorino romano cheese, pancetta, eggs, raisins, threads, salt, nutmeg, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, fresh ground black pepper, glaze, egg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/garlic-pie-27295 (may not work)