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Lampuki pie
The Maltese pie of dorado with spinach, olives and cauliflower.
8 servings · 130 minutes (estimated)
Ingredients
Quantities for 8 servings.
- 1.2 kg Dorado or sea bream, in steaks
- 800 g Shortcrust pastry
- 500 g Spinach
- 400 g Cauliflower
- 2 piece Onions
- 120 g Olives
- 50 g Capers
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
- 60 g Sultanas
- 60 g Walnuts
- 80 ml Olive oil
- 1 piece Egg, to glaze
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Fry the fish steaks three minutes a side and let them cool.
- Lift the flesh off the bones, picking out every small bone.
- Fry the onion, add the cauliflower florets and stew them ten minutes.
- Add the spinach, tomato paste, olives, capers, sultanas and walnuts and cook it dry.
- Cool the filling completely and fold the fish into it in pieces.
- Line a tin with pastry, add the filling and cover it with a second sheet, crimping the edge.
- Glaze it with egg, cut vents and bake at 190 °C for forty-five minutes, to a golden crust.
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