Russian Cabbage Pie

echo echo's Note:

My favorite recipe from the old 1970s cookbook The Vegetarian Epicure. I've adapted it a bit, most notably replacing butter with butter-flavored cooking spray.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ¼ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• butter-flavored cooking spray
• 1 yellow onion , peeled and chopped
• 1 head cabbage , coarsely shredded
• dried basil or fresh basil , to taste
• dried marjoram or fresh marjoram or oregano , to taste
• dried tarragon or fresh tarragon , to taste
• salt and pepper , to taste
• ½ lb mushroom , washed and sliced
• 4 -5 hard-boiled eggs , sliced
• chopped fresh dill

Directions:

1. Sift together flour thru salt.
2. Cut in butter, then 4 oz cream cheese.
3. Roll out 2/3 of dough and line a 9-inch deep-dish pie dish.
4. Roll out remaining pastry into a circle big enough to cover dish; chill.
5. Spray a large skillet with butter-flavored cooking spray.
6. Add onion and cabbage and at least 1/8 tsp (dried) or 1/2 tsp (fresh) of each herb.
7. Sauté several minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly until cabbage is wilted& onions are soft; remove from pan.
8. Spray skillet again and sauté mushrooms 5-6 minutes, stirring constantly.
9. Spread other 4 oz cream cheese in the bottom of the pie shell.
10. Arrange the eggs in a layer over the cream cheese.
11. Sprinkle with a little dill, then cover with cabbage mixture, then a layer of the mushrooms.
12. Cover with pastry circle, press crusts together tightly at the edges and flute with a fork.
13. Cut a few short slashes in the top crust for steam to escape.
14. Bake at 400°F 15 minutes.
15. Turn temperature down to 350° and bake 20-25 minutes until crust is light brown.

Reviews

[ms.susan]

I LOVE this pie! My Mum used to make it when I was a child. I use frozen pie crust and it still tastes awesome! Enjoy and thanks Echo echo!

[Sath Fawcett]

Fancied making cabbage pie, and decided to try this recipe as its vegetarian without substituting anything. I used pre made short crust pastry, but followed everything else. Turned out great! Very filling, and such an amazing assortment of flavours and textures in one dish :D

[nancybeckmann]

I lost that cookbook years and years ago, and have wanted this recipe ever since! Thanks so much. There are other recipes from the book I would love to have again!!
Nancy