Cheese, Asparagus and Onion Pie With An Italian Spin

I love England and have visited many times. One of my favourite restaurant go-to is Cheese and Onion Pie. Cheese, Asparagus and Onion Pie With An Italian Twist takes my favourite English dish and flavours it with Italian spices. The secret to the pie is cooking the onions slowly, we just want to sweat them out. Lancashire cheese is used in England, but I mix mozzarella, provolone and parmesan. After some research, I see that this pie has its origins in France.

Italians love onions, and we have a version of Erbazzone where we bake vegetables in dough. After several tries, I think I have a good version of this. In my version I also added some asparagus for a little pop of colour and flavour. Onions are also very good for you. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276714#benefits

This makes a lovely main dish, but whatever you do, ensure that you eat it warm. It didn’t taste great cold. LOL I served it with a lovely green salad and other little antipasto dishes. Perfect meal.

If you like savoury pies, don’t forget to try https://recipesatmytable.com/kale-pie/

Ingredients for

3 medium onion ( sliced)
3 tbsp butter
salt and pepper
1/2 cup white wine
1 bunch asparagus

Pastry

2 cups flour
4 tbsp butter
4 tbsp lard
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp ice water

Cheese

2 cups grated mozzarella ( divided in two
1/2 cup parmesan ( divided in two)

Process

Chop the onions and start sweating them in the butter. Add salt and pepper. Keep an eye on them after about 10 minutes add the 1/2 cup of white wine.

I also cut the asparagus into small chunks and steam them in the microwave for 3 minutes.

Meanwhile in a food processor add the flour, butter, lard and salt. Pulse until it looks like peas. Add the cold water until it comes together.Take 2/3 of the dough for the bottom and leave 1/3 for the topPlace the dough onto a springform pan.

Add half the onions to the first layer.

In with the asparagus.

Sprinkle with Parmesan and the mozzarella next.

Repeat the process and put the top crust on and fold in all the sides. I added some bigger chunks of mozzarella because I love cheese. LOL

Crimp all the sides in and cut three holes in the top for the steam to escape. I am not much for decorating; and so, I made a little criss-cross over the pie. Brush it with a little milk or cream.