Creamy Cheesy Spinach Pie

Torta de Espinafre

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
My Rio de Janeiro: A Cookbook

By Leticia Moreinos Schwartz

Published 2013

  • About

Just a few steps from Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, the smell of cakes, tarts and folheados travels a far distance, even among all the cabs, buses and cars that crowd the section of Rio that houses The Bakers. In this recipe, I departed from the original dough used in empadão (a savoury baked double-crusted pie; our version of quiche) by making the whole crust in the food processor using salty crackers. The filling is classic. The Bakers have a spinach folheado t