Pascualina pie

The pascualina pie is an Italian pie and is prepared during Easter to celebrate spring. It is ideal to take to a picnic or outdoor meals.

It is made up of puff pastry and a tasty filling, typical of the culinary tradition of Liguria, and that is based on spinach, ricotta and eggs that are revealed when the first slice is cut.

Its origins are very ancient, and the most beautiful thing about its story is that its puff pastry shell was supposed to have, according to tradition, 33 layers, referring to the years of Jesus.

We are going to prepare a much simpler version so you can make it again and again, and we are also going to add tuna to get an extra boost of flavor and my personal trick: add gorgonzola to the ricotta. Do you dare? You'll see how easy and delicious it is.

Frying pan skillet Le Creuset, Miyabi Damascus steel knife and Bra Efficient Orange non-stick Shallow Casserole

Ingredients

• 900gr of spinach
• 250gr of Ricotta
• 250gr of gorgonzola
• 11 medium eggs
• 200gr of canned tuna
• 190gr of grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 garlic cloves
• Nutmeg
• Black pepper
• Salt
• 25ml of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 pre-baked puff pastry sheets

Preparation

1. Chop the garlic and the spinach with the help of the Miyabi knife.
2. Grate the Parmesan cheese with the Microplane Zester grater. Set aside.
3. In a skillet Le Creuset brown the very finely chopped garlic cloves in olive oil.
4. When the garlic is golden, add the spinach. Season with salt and pepper and sauté for a couple of minutes.
5. Pass the spinach to a strainer so it releases all the water. Put into a bowl and add two eggs.
6. With the Microplane spice grater grate a little nutmeg and adjust the salt. Add 50gr of grated Parmesan cheese. Set aside
7. In another bowl put the ricotta, and with the help of a spoon crumble it. With your hands, crumble the gorgonzola. Add 3 eggs and beat with a whisk.
8. On a Bra Shallow Casserole 24 cm, place one of the puff pastry sheets making sure there is excess around the edges.
9. Place the spinach on top smoothing well with a spoon. Cover with flaked tuna making sure to leave a layer that completely covers the spinach.
10. Put the cheese and egg mixture on top smoothing well with a spoon. Separate the egg whites and yolks from the remaining eggs (you can use the egg separator).
11. Using the back of a spoon, make six holes, one in the center and five around. Carefully place a yolk in each of the holes.
12. Lightly beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt and pour them over the cheese layer. Sprinkle the pascualina pie with the remaining Parmesan cheese.
13. Cover with the remaining puff pastry sealing the edges well first with your hands and then with a fork. Brush with olive oil.
14. Bake at 180 degrees for 45 minutes taking care that it does not brown too much (if it does, cover with aluminum foil)
15. After this time remove from the oven and let cool before serving.

Bra Efficient Orange Shallow Non-Stick Casserole, Le Creuset spatula, WMF Profi Plus whisk and Microplane spice grater