Meg's Broccoli Pie with Sweet Potato Crust

Broccoli Pie with Sweet Potato Crust Recipe

Broccoli Pie with Sweet Potato Crust Recipe

By: Meg Thompson

Are you gluten-free? Do you miss pastry? In this pie, the sweet potato crust is incredibly easy to prepare and makes a good alternative for those who can’t eat regular pastry.


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Recipe


Ingredients

  • 1 small sweet potato, sliced very fine
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 500g broccoli, finely chopped
  • 4–5 eggs
  • 1 tbsp seeded mustard
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

Method


  • Lay sweet potato slices around greased pie dish so slices are generously overlapping each other until entire surface of dish is covered.
  • Brush sweet potatoes with a little oil and bake at 180°C for 10–15 mins, until starting to soften and almost cooked through. Remove from oven.
  • Saute onion in frypan for a couple of minutes, until soft. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Add broccoli and cook for a few minutes, until just tender. Set aside.
  • Whisk eggs in medium-sized bowl and add mustard, salt and cooked onion and garlic and stir through.
  • Add broccoli mix to sweet potato crust and spread out to cover base.
  • Pour over egg mixture and sprinkle parmesan on top.
  • Return to oven at 180°C and bake for 15 mins, or until the egg is cooked.

  

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Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson is a practising naturopath, cook, mother, writer and passionate wholefood enthusiast based in Melbourne. Meg’s interest in health, food and the role of food as medicine has shaped her career and lifestyle. Following an early career in psychology and education, she completed studies in naturopathy, nutrition and herbal medicine and now runs a successful clinical practice. Meg works from a philosophy that food is much more than something to fill our bellies, but a source of nourishment, deliciousness, education, ritual and celebration, best shared with those we love.

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