Slovak Cheese Pie

Name: Slovak Cheese Pie (Pagáče)
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: about 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups polohruba flour, or 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups plain (all-purpose) flour and 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups semolina, plus extra for dusting; about 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups polohruba flour, or 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups plain (all-purpose) flour and 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups semolina, plus extra for dusting; about 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups polohruba flour, or 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups plain (all-purpose) flour and 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups semolina, plus extra for dusting; 10 ml/2 tsp baking powder; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup sour cream; pinch of salt; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup butter; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup grated Edam cheese; 1 egg, beaten; sea salt and caraway seeds, to sprinkle; sea salt and caraway seeds, to sprinkle

Pagáče

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

This is a savoury Slovak recipe, excellent as a little snack or as a light lunch. There are two other kinds of pagace filling: pork crackling and potato.

Ingredients

about 300 g/11 oz/scant 3 cups polohruba flour, or

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Lunch
Snack
Pie
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Sift the flour with the baking powder into a bowl. Add the sour cream, salt, butter and grated cheese.
Stir together the ingredients, then gently knead the dough, adding more flour if you find that the mixture is too sticky. Wrap in clear film (plastic wrap) and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to