Homity pie with sour-cream pastry and cavolo nero

Name: Homity pie with sour-cream pastry and cavolo nero
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 100 g mature Cheddar cheese, finely grated; a small handful of parsley leaves, chopped; 1 medium egg, beaten; a pinch of mustard powder; 400 g leeks (roughly 2 large), finely chopped; 175 g plain flour; 125 ml (double) cream; 90 ml soured cream; salt and pepper to season; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 350 g floury potatoes, peeled and sliced; 150 g cavolo nero, roughly chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; a tiny pinch of salt; 150 g butter, diced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

Basically a potato and cheese pie, this is very rich, but it makes the perfect lunch after a morning hike or doing something really energetic. Or when badly in need of comfort food and you don’t mind the calories.

Ingredients

For the sour-cream pastry

175 g plain flour
a tiny pinch of salt
150

Main course
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

For the pastry, put the flour, salt and butter in a food processor and pulse until the butter is fully incorporated through the flour. Alternatively, put in a large bowl and rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips. Then add the soured cream and pulse for 2–3 seconds, or stir by hand until just mixed. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to for