Tomato and Swiss chard pie

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Ingredients

Filling

  • 1 large bunch Swiss chard, stemmed, with leaves torn into pieces
  • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 large onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 pound chunk pancetta, diced
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1/3 cup tarragon, minced
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup Swiss, mozzarella or Fontina cheese, diced
  • 2 beefsteak tomatoes thinly sliced

Tart dough

  • 1-3/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk

Method

Filling

  1. Fill a large pot with boiling water.
  2. Salt it, add the Swiss chard leaves and boil for 2′.
  3. Drain in a colander and squeeze as much water as possible from the leaves.
  4. You should have about 1-1/2 cups.
  5. On a cutting board, coarsely chop the leaves and set aside.
  6. In a large sauté pan, melt 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and all the butter.
  7. Stir in the onions and cook them slowly over low heat until they soften and begin to caramelize.
  8. Stir in the brown sugar and the vinegar and cook until the onions are glazed-looking.
  9. Transfer to a large bowl.
  10. In the same pan, heat the remaining olive oil and add the pancetta.
  11. Cook until the pancetta begins to give off its fat and begins to brown.
  12. Stir in the red pepper flakes and the Swiss chard and cook for about 4′, stirring frequently.
  13. Stir in the tarragon, salt and pepper to taste.
  14. Transfer to the bowl with the onions.
  15. Cool to room temperature.
  16. Add the cheese and mix in.
  17. Filling can be made two days ahead and refrigerated.

Tart dought

  1.  In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda and salt and blend with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture resembles oatmeal flakes.
  2. Stir in the buttermilk and combine with a spoon or your hands until a rough ball of dough is formed.
  3. Do not over work the dough, it will be soft and sticky.
  4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or make the dough the day before.

Pie

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
  2. Roll the dough into a 35 cm diameter on a large sheet of lightly floured parchment paper.
  3. Place the dough on the parchment paper on a baking sheet.
  4. Spread the filling evenly over the dough.
  5. Overlap the tomato slices in a circular fashion over the top of the filling.
  6. Bring the edges of the dough up around the filling to form a rustic open face pie.
  7. Bake for 25 – 30′ or until nicely browned.
  8. Serve hot or warm and cut into wedges.
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