Summer Squash Pie
- 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 6 tbsp. cold butter, cut into sm. pieces, 3/4 stick
- 3 tbsp. ice water
- 1 lg. egg yolk
- 4 lg. eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded , 3/4 pound
- 6 green onions, white part and 1 inch green tops, thinly sliced, 3/4 cup
- 1/4 tsp. hot pepper sauce
- Salt, optional, and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 md. zucchini, trimmed and thinly sliced, 1 1/2 cups
- 1 (3 oz.) can French fried onions
- TO MAKE PASTRY BY HAND: In a medium bowl, mix flour and salt.
- Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl, whisk together water and egg yolk.
- Add to flour mixture and stir with a fork until flour clumps together to form a dough.
- TO MAKE PASTRY IN A FOOD PROCESSOR: Place flour and salt in food processor and process for 1 second.
- Add butter and pulse on/off until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl, whisk together water and egg yolk.
- With motor running, add egg mixture through feed tube and process just until dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
- Gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk.
- Wrap in plastic and chill for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Pat dough into bottom and up sides of a 10 inch deep dish pie pan or quiche pan.
- Crimp pastry edges.
- Line pastry shell with aluminum foil and fill with pie weights or dried beans.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove foil and weights.
- Bake 10 minutes more.
- Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
- TO MAKE FILLING: In a large bowl, whisk eggs until frothy.
- Whisk in sour cream.
- Stir in cheese, green onions, hot pepper sauce, salt, if desired, and pepper.
- Set aside.
- Arrange 1 1/2 cups zucchini slices alternating with 1 1/2 cups yellow squash slices overlapping in concentric circles over bottom of cooled pie shell.
- Pour egg mixture over squash.
- Top with onions.
- Bake, uncovered, for 25 to 30 minutes, until mixture is set and top is browned.
- Let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before cutting into wedges.
- Makes 6 servings.
- Heartland Cooking Casseroles
flour, salt, cold butter, water, egg yolk, eggs, sour cream, cheddar cheese, green onions, hot pepper sauce, salt, zucchini, onions
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/21463 (may not work)