Recipe - Herbolace Pie

1 Shortcrust pastry
(see note)
6 ounce Curd cheese
4 ounce Cottage cheese
2 ounce (generous) mature cheddar
4 Eggs
2 tablespoon Milk (or more)
Fresh mint, parsley & chives
Beaten egg to glaze

*Note: Shortcrust pastry should be made with 8 ounce flour, preferably whole
wheat.

Sieve both the soft cheeses to make a smooth mixture. Beat in about 2
tablespoons each coarsley chopped parsley, mint and chives to make a
prettily greenflecked mixture. Add salt, pepper and the milk.

Use half the pastry to line a pie plate measuring about 8 One half inches
across the top. Put the cheese mixture into it, make four hollows with the
back of a spoon and break an egg into each. Season the eggs with a pinch of
salt, a good grinding of pepper and scatter more herbs over the topat
least 3 tablespoons of mint and perhaps 1 of chives.

Cover with remaining pastry. Seal, flute, glaze and make a few steam
slits in the usual way. Bake on a preheated baking sheet at 425 F (220 C)
gas mark 7 for 25 minutes, then at 375 F (190 C) gas mark 6 for 15 minutes.
Cool for 510 minutes before serving with a tomato salad or a green salad.

Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), May 1988. Typed
for you by Karen Mintzias

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini