Easter pie with wild garlic

Pasqualina Pie with Wild Garlic 🌱 – Rustic and Springtime Recipe with a Delicate Flavor

A simple, genuine, and fragrant savory pie, perfect for Easter and spring picnics 🐣☀️

The Pasqualina Pie with wild garlic, taken from Food Unites by Marina Canclini, is a refined variation of the classic Ligurian recipe. Wild garlic – or Allium Ursinum – is a wild spring plant with a delicate flavor, similar to garlic but much milder. In this preparation, it is used in all its parts: leaves, flowers, and buds, for a fragrant and natural filling. Perfect served warm or cold, it is ideal for an Easter appetizer, a brunch, or an outdoor snack 🧺🌼

📝 Ingredients for 2 people

For the dough:

• 3-4 heaping tablespoons of whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• A pinch of salt
• Water to taste

For the filling:

• An abundant handful of wild garlic leaves
• 1 shallot
• A little extra virgin olive oil
• 2-3 tablespoons of grated Parmesan
• 100 g of fresh ricotta
• 2 whole eggs
• A pinch of salt
• Flowers, leaves, and buds of wild garlic for decoration

👩‍🍳 Step-by-step preparation

👉 Prepare the dough:

1. In a bowl, mix the whole wheat flour, salt, and oil.
2. Add water gradually until you obtain a soft dough.
3. Knead the dough for a few minutes, then cover it and let it rest for 30 minutes.

👉 Prepare the filling:

1. Wash the wild garlic leaves well with water and baking soda.
2. Dry them, chop them into pieces, and sauté for a few minutes in a pan with a drizzle of oil and finely chopped shallot. Let cool slightly.
3. In a bowl, mix the ricotta, Parmesan, cooked wild garlic, and a pinch of salt.

👉 Assemble the pie:

1. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and line a small round baking dish (recommended diameter 16-18 cm), pricking the bottom with a fork.
2. Pour the filling into the baking dish.
3. With a spoon, make two wells in the filling and insert the whole eggs (without beating them).
4. Cover with a second disc of dough and seal the edges well.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 30 minutes.

🌸 Serving and decoration

• Serve it warm or cold, decorated with wild garlic flowers, leaves, and buds for an elegant spring touch.

Recipe taken from "Food Unites" by Marina Canclini 

📸 The image of the dishes is purely indicative and does not necessarily correspond exactly to the recipe