Puff Pastry Cabbage Pie

Name: Puff Pastry Cabbage Pie (Pirog Sloenyj s Kapustoj)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 300-400 g/11-14 oz cabbage; 40-50 g/1½-2 oz/3-4 tbsp butter; 3 eggs; 1 sheet ready-made chilled puff pastry, measuring about 40x20 cm/16x8 in; salt; 1 egg yolk; 5 ml/1 tsp water; 15 ml/1 tbsp fresh white breadcrumbs

Pirog Sloenyj s Kapustoj

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Crisp puff pastry with a very soft cabbage filling, is a favourite dish for Russians to eat on a Saturday night when the whole family is gathered around the table.

Ingredients

300-400 g/11-14 oz cabbage
40-50 g/1½-2

Europe
Russia
Pie
Vegetarian
Low sugar

Method

Discard the outer leaves and hard stalk of the cabbage, cut in half and chop finely. Heat the butter in a medium frying pan over a low heat, add the cabbage and stir-fry for 25 minutes until softened, don’t allow it to brown. Season and leave to cool.
Put the eggs in a pan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes,

Energy 333kcal/1388kJ; Protein 7.9g; Carbohydrate 25.3g, of which sugars 3.3g; Fat 23.6g, of which saturates 4.5g; Cholesterol 143mg; Calcium 80mg; Fibre 1.2g; Sodium 276mg.