Easter Egg Pies

Name: Easter Egg Pies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 8 sheets of filo pastry, 30 × 26cm/12 × 10½in; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 250 g /9 oz/2 cups cream or curd cheese; 4 tsp thyme leaves or 2 tsp dried thyme; 60 g /2¼ oz butter, melted; 260 g /9¼ oz greens, such as spinach, rocket and chard, stalks removed, leaves shredded; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 5 small eggs

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

The Thrifty Veggie

By Nicola Graimes

Published 2021

About

These are based on the traditional Greek Easter pie, which are filled with leafy greens and celebrate the arrival of spring. As a twist, and in keeping with the Easter theme, there is an egg in the centre of each pie. You could use a deep muffin tin to cook the pies if you don’t have pudding basins.