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Sweet Potato Picnic Pie

Sweet Potato Picnic Pie

I have not made this dish in at least six months and when we tasted it I had forgotten how simple, yet delicious this dish is. When I went to bake this last night I had big ambitions of trying a new gluten free, oat based pastry for base. I started pulling out the ingredients and it all just seemed too hard after a busy day. So instead I remembered a picture I had seen a while back of a quiche with a great looking sweet potato base. So from memory, I re-created my own version.

I simply sliced the sweet potatoes with the mandolin slicer and within minutes I have made a perfectly good gluten free pie base. Plus by using the sweet potato, not only did i save about 20 minutes of prep time, but I added another vegetable into the dish.

The pie filling is really simple, you can mix up the vegetables as you please. I would normally include more spinach, but with kids that reject anything green, i only used it sparingly. Mushrooms would be another great addition to this picnic pie.

Serve it hot or cold, and with a side salad for a perfect lunch or dinner meal for the whole family. For this meal I had a simple salad of Lambs Lettuce which is a lovely soft and mild flavoured leafy green that even the kids will enjoy.

DAIRY FREE VERSION –

Switch out the milk for almond milk. Feta is quite easy to digest, so if you tolerate feta, then leave it in. Otherwise either remove the feta, or replace it with a vegan cheese such as cashew cheese. You can find a range of vegan cheese from your local healthfood store.

Sweet Potato Picnic Pie Slice

Sweet Potato Picnic Pie
Author: Rachel
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
    • 1 small sweet potato
    • 5 eggs
    • 1/4 cup milk (cow’s or plant based)
    • 100gm feta cheese, crumbled
    • 2-3 rashes bacon
    • 1/4 cup chopped leek
    • 1/4 cup spinach (frozen or fresh)
    • 5 fresh basil leaves
    • 1/2 zucchini, grated
    • salt and pepper to taste
  • oil for greasing
Instructions
    1. Pre heat the oven to 180 degree.
    1. Grease a pie dish with a little olive or coconut oil.
    1. Use a mandolin sliced to thinly slice the sweet potato. I leave the skin on, but feel free to peel it off if you prefer.
    1. Layer the sweet potato over the base of the pie dish and up the sides.
    1. Heat a little olive oil in a fry pan and add the chopped leeks. Cook for a few minutes.
    1. Add the bacon to the pan and cook for a few minutes.
    1. Add the spinach to the pan and continue to cook until the bacon is cooked through. Remove from the heat.
    1. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, feta and milk.
    1. Add the bacon mixture to the egg mixture.
    1. Stir to combine.
    1. Pour this mixture over the layered sweet potato in your pie dish.
  1. Bake in the over until it is set, this should take about 20 minutes, depending on your oven.