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Bacon and Egg Pie
The use of filo pastry and lean bacon in this bacon and egg pie recipe makes it a healthier alternative to an old favourite!
Ingredients:
*9 sheets filo pastry
*1 1/2 tablespoons reduced-fat spread
*250g lean bacon, trimmed of fat and diced
*3 spring onions, finely diced (or 1/4 cup chopped chives)
*1 cup frozen peas
*12 medium eggs
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 190°C. Lay a sheet of filo pastry on a large board. Brush very thinly with melted spread. Lay another sheet on top and repeat until you have a pile of 6 sheets. Use this to line a large baking dish (about 25 x 30cm) on the bottom and up the sides.
2. Sprinkle with bacon, spring onions and frozen peas. Lightly whisk eggs with salt and black pepper. Pour over other ingredients.
3. Make another stack of 3 filo pastry sheets, fold in half and place the folded stack carefully on top of the pie. Trim or fold in edges as required. Pierce pastry in several places (with a knife or fork) to allow steam to escape. Bake for 10 minutes and then reduce temperature to 180°C. Cook a further 40-45 minutes, until pastry is golden and the filling feels firm when tested with a knife. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Variations:
Add tomato: Slice 2 medium sized tomatoes thinly and place slices on top of bacon before adding spring onions and frozen peas.
Add potato: This is good if you have leftover potato. Chop into small chunks and add to pie with peas and spring onions.
Healthy Habits:
*Using filo pastry instead of puff/flaky pastry. Regular pastry is very high in fat. By using filo and controlling the quantity of fat used between layers, the fat content of the pie is reduced significantly.
*Adding vegetables, e.g. peas. Leeks, spinach, green pepper or celery could be used instead.
Recipe Information:
Portions: 6
Time to make: 1hr 10 minutes
Total cost of all ingredients: $13.90 / $2.30 per serve
All recipes courtesy of Healthy Food Guide. For more recipes and great advice head to www.healthyfood.co.nz
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interesting about the filo instead of flaky/puff. a tip i use for extra flavour and deliciousness is small drops of tomato relish. it makes it soooo delicious and you dont have to add alot to get alot of flavour; good way to make healthy even yummier Posted by ang1991 "on" 10/30 "at"01:58 PM |
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Yum! I love bacon and egg pie! Has to be like the best pie flavour EVER. Glad to know you can make it healthier. Posted by MelissaW "on" 09/19 "at"03:53 PM |
Best of the rest
