Vegetable Pie

This Vegetable Pie is great during summer with a salad or in winter with a soup!

Luciano and I have been married for 17 years and when we were newlyweds this vegetable puff pastry pie recipe became one of our favorites. It's so easy to make and it's so pretty. And it's great all year long because you can eat it during summer with a salad or in winter with a soup.

What do you need for this vegetable pie recipe?

The ingredients are:

• store-bought puff pastry
• green beans
• carrots
• broccoli
• butter
• all-purpose flour
• milk
• egg
• salt
• nutmeg
• black pepper

How to make it

• you'll start by chopping and mixing all the vegetables and cook them a little in the microwave (around 6 minutes).
• meanwhile, in a saucepan melt the butter on medium heat, add the flour and cook until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Little by little pour the milk and stir, let it cook for about 3 minutes or until it gets a bit thick, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• roll out 2/3 of the pastry and place it in a 9 inch pie pan.
• combine vegetables with the butter+flour+milk mixture (which is basically a bechamel sauce), blend well and pour this mixture in the pie shell. Brush the rim of the pie shell with the lightly beaten egg, roll out the remaining dough and place it on top.
• gently press the top and bottom pieces of dough together to seal,  brush the entire surface of the pie with egg wash and cut some vents in the top to allow steam to escape.
• bake at 375 F (180C) until the top is golden brown (30 to 40 minutes).

Some questions you might have...

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Vegetable Pie

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Ingredients

• store-bought puff pastry around 15 oz, but it can be a little more or a little less
• 1 cup green beans chopped
• 1 cup carrots chopped
• 1 cup broccoli chopped
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• ground nutmeg to taste

Instructions

• Mix all the vegetables and cook them a little in the microwave (around 6 minutes).
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan melt the butter on medium heat. Add the flour and cook until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Little by little pour the milk and stir. Let it cook for about 3 minutes or until it gets a bit thick. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Roll out 2/3 of the pastry and place it in a 9 inch pie pan.
• Combine the vegetables with the butter+flour+milk mixture (which is basically a bechamel sauce). Blend well and pour this mixture in the pie shell. Brush the rim of the pie shell with the lightly beaten egg. Roll out the remaining dough and place it on top. Gently press the top and bottom pieces of dough together to seal. Brush the entire surface of the pie with egg wash. Cut some vents in the top to allow steam to escape.
• Bake at 375 F (180C) until the top is golden brown (30 to 40 minutes).

Notes

Note 1: if you don't like puff pastry you could substitute for another pie crust you like.

Note 2: you could substitute the vegetables if you want, maybe corn, peas, cauliflower, red bell pepper...

Note 3: you could add 1/2 or 1 cup of cooked and shredded chicken breast and reduce the amount of vegetables a little.

Note 4: I don't like to say how much of salt, pepper and nutmeg you should put in it because it's really up to you. Start with 1/4 or 1/2 tsp and go from there.