Swiss chard pie

Name: Swiss chard pie (Tourte de blettes)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 35 g (scant 1½ oz) caster sugar; 60 g (2¼ oz) sugar; 50 g (2 oz) pine nuts; pinch of salt; 50 g (2 oz) butter, softened; 1 egg, beaten; 50 g (2 oz) raisins; 2 tbsp apricot jam; grated zest of 1 lemon; 10 large Swiss chard leaves; 1 large dessert apple; 200 g (7 oz) plain flour; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) dark rum; 2 tsp baking powder; 50 ml (2 fl oz) milk; 25 g (1 oz) Parmesan cheese, grated; 1 egg

Tourte de blettes

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

This is a speciality of Nice and dates back to 1393! It is an odd combination of sweetened chard and apple encased in pastry but, once tasted, is something that you will crave for the lovely combination of flavours.

Ingredients

Pastry

200 g (7 oz) plain flour
2 tsp baking powder

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Make the pastry: combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the egg and milk, mix to form a ball, then wrap in cling film and place in the fridge to rest for 1 hour