Mary Berry’s Cheese & Vegetable Pie

Good ol’ recipe from an old Mary Berry’s cookbook. Requires some effort, especially since you’re making the dough an’ all, but is totaly worth it! Perfect for special ocasions! And it’s so nice you won’t event miss the meat. :)

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Add flour and cold butter in a bowl. Start mixing it together and breaking it appart with your hands untill you get the flakey crumbles.

Step 2

Add the grated cheese in, 2 tbsp of whisked egg and 2 tbsp of cold water. Mix everything together with your hands untill you get smooth dough. No need to kneed for too long, and you have to work quick so that you don’t melt the butter with the warmth of your hands. Cut the dough in two parts, one size of a 2/3, other 1/3 and cover with the clear foil individually. Put the dough in the fridge for around 30 min to firm up a bit.

Step 3

In a bigger pan warm up the butter and saute the onion for few minutes. Than add the carrots and saute for additional minute or two.

Step 4

Add the zuchini, mushrooms and tomato in and saute for arround 10-15 min on medium-low heat mixing gently ocasionally. Add parsley and majoram. Season with salt, pepper to your liking.

Step 5

In a small sauce pan melt butter on low heat. Add flour and stir for 1-2 min.

Step 6

Add in the milk and stir with a whisk for few minutes or untill it tickens on low-medium heat.

Step 7

Add the mustard, cheese, pinch if cayene, salt and papper and mix to combine.

Step 8

Pour the sauce in the pan with the vegetables and gently mix untill nicely combined.

Step 9

Prepare the caserole dish. Roll out the bigger chunk of dough (2/3) with a rolling pin on a baking papper. Use the dish to eyeball the size and shape - you should be able to fill in the caserole dish bottom and sides.

Step 10

Gently place the dough in the caserole dish and press lightl with your fingers. Don’t worry if some parts tear up a little - you can press them back togethwr with your fingers. You can even cut some parts where you have excess and stick them on the parts you’re missing some…

Step 11

Pour in the delicious cheesy veggies mix. Cover with the rolled out remaining 1/3 of the dough. Leave around 2 cm of dough overlap and cut out the rest. Press the edges together with a fork and brush with the remaining egg.

Step 12

If you have some remaning dough cutoffs you can make few stipes and decorate your beautiful pie.

Step 13

Bake on 200C for 30 min.

Step 14

Let it cool for 10-15 min so the sauces set a bit. Cut into 4-6 slices and enjoy!