Although I always advocate having a sheet of shortcrust pastry or puff pastry in the freezer, today I have decided to make the dough for this cake.It's so simple! The trick is in Water which it must be very cold and in don't knead too much. In addition, the fat we add is olive oil, with which we add a health bonus. The original recipe is with spinach but Can you think of another vegetable to put on? My question is if we could change the ricotta cheese for cheese from Burgos, any ideas?

Spinach and ricotta tart

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This Spinach and Ricotta Tart will make even children want to eat vegetables without complaining about how good it is

Ángela

Kitchen: cuisine
Recipe type: vegetables
Rations: 8

Total time:

Ingredients

Ingredients for the dough:

250 g flour
1 teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon chopped thyme
60 ml olive oil
120 ml of cold water.

Filling:

500 g of ricotta cheese
250 g of fresh spinach
1 small onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 eggs
4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
shawl
Pepper.

Preparation

Mix the flour, salt, and thyme in a bowl and pour onto the counter
Add the olive oil and water
We love for a few seconds, to form a ball; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
On the other hand, we preheat the oven to 190 º C
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface (we will try to work as quickly as possible to avoid the dough being heavy)
Carefully line a round mold that is well removable, well lined with baking paper.
Trim the excess dough from the edges, prick the surface and sides with a fork, and bake for 10 minutes (I usually put weight on top, some dried chickpeas that I keep from time to time, although this dough does not rise much).
For the filling, finely chop the onion and garlic and fry in the pan with the oil until tender.
Season with salt and pepper
Remove and discard the tough stems of the spinach
We wash the leaves and cook them in a pot covered with boiling water until they soften, 2-3 minutes
Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water.
Drain well and squeeze them
Add the spinach to the onion and garlic and simmer for another 5 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix the ricotta cheese with the eggs, a little salt, pepper and grated Parmesan cheese.
Add the spinach mixture to the ricotta mixture, mixing well
Pour this cream over the precooked dough
Bake at 200ºC for 30 minutes.
Let cool slightly and serve.

Image and adaptation: honest cooking / The Food Magazine

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Spinach and ricotta tart: the homemade dough