Vegetable Bread Pie
I had some three day old Romanian bread that needed to be used up a few weeks ago. This dish was just thrown together without any specific end-product in mind. And since it turned out fine, it gives me a chance to write about it here :-)
Basically, it is like a vegetable pot pie, but, instead of pie dough, I used old bread soaked in some milk; the vegetable filling is just held together by a mixture of cheeses.
Ingredients
6-8 slices of old bread
some milk
cooking spray
filling:
frozen peas, frozen spinach, onions
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
some cream cheese, grated mozzarella, grated cheddar
Preparation
heat oil in a pan, sauté the onions, then add the frozen veggies and the spices, cover and cook till done; off heat, stir in the cheeses
spray a cake tin with some cooking spray; heat the oven to 375°F
remove the crust from the old bread and soak it in a small amount of milk - just enough to get it wet but not soggy; squeeze out excess milk and push some slices of bread down at the bottom of the cake tin; add a layer of filling; then another layer of wet bread on top
spray a little cooking spray on top and bake in the 375°F oven for 10-15 minutes until top is crisp and brown
Labels: brunch, miscellaneous, vegetarian
5 Comments:
At 1:30 PM, Richa said…
hey that crust looks so good!
At 12:32 PM, Mandira said…
it looks delicious nice and crispy on the outside, warm and soft on the inside... just like vade :)
At 11:01 AM, Lakshmik said…
Wow Sheela. This is an amazing recipe. I love the crust. Always have unused bread. Will try this out. Can I use wheat bread?
At 8:59 AM, Unknown said…
Lovely idea Sheela, you are amazingly creative...I must try this- a pie without all the butter that goes into the crust
At 11:35 AM, Sharmi said…
hey,
this recipe looks so simple and nice. will make it for sure. liked the pic. your Mango pachadi also is very tempting.
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