Our teff and flax seed savory pie crust is the perfect balance to your favorite main course. It’s dairy free and so filling and hearty that even carnivores will love it too!
Shiitake mushrooms sautéed with garlic and onions add a depth & bold flavor to this vegan vegetable pie. Pureeing the tofu with basil, thyme and umeboshi’s lemony salty flavor tastes like feta cheese. Fresh spinach adds a wallop of nutrients and color.
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Lightly oil a 9-inch deep dish pie pan with ½ teaspoon virgin olive oil.
Combine teff flour, ground flax seeds, olive oil, and salt in a medium-size bowl and stir until well combined.
Transfer the dough to the prepared pie pan and use your fingers to press it out in an even layer over the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
Poke a few holes in the dough with a fork.
Bake for about 10 minutes, until the crust loses its shine and is lightly browned. Remove from the oven and add your favorite savory pie filling.
Heat a skillet and add the olive oil. Add and sauté onions, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Sauté for about five minutes, or until the onions soften and become translucent.
Add and sauté mushrooms for about 5 minutes, or until they as tender as you like.
Turn off the heat and stir in 1 teaspoon dried basil
Add spinach then cover the skill and let the spinach lightly cook from the residual heat while you make the tofu mixture.
In a food processor, blend tofu, umeboshi vinegar, 1 tablespoon dried basil, 1 teaspoon dried thyme, and fresh ground black pepper. Taste and adjust the seasonings, if desired.
Combine and stir the tofu mixture into the vegetable mixture then pour into the pre-baked teff pie crust.
Bake 10 minutes or until the tofu becomes lightly browned. Remove from the heat and let it cool before slicing. Enjoy!
For a more beautiful pie: you could sauté additional shiitake mushrooms and spinach and scatter them on top of the pie before baking.
Sauté the shiitake mushrooms in 1 tablespoon of virgin olive oil with a sea salt and black pepper for a couple of minutes.
Scatter on top of the pie.
Next sauté the 2 cups of spinach for about a minute and then spread over the pie before baking.
1/2 cup organic ground flax seeds
1 cup Maskal Teff flour, brown or ivory
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/3 cup organic virgin olive oil + 1/2 teaspoon for oiling pie plate
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon organic virgin olive oil
1 cup organic onions, coarsely chopped
3 cloves organic garlic, sliced
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
fresh ground organic black pepper
1 1/2 cups organic shiitake mushrooms, sliced*
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon organic dried basil
1 quart organic spinach leaves*
1 pound extra firm organic tofu
3 tablespoons umeboshi vinegar
1 teaspoon organic dried thyme
1 9-inch teff pie crust
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The Teff Company grows Maskal Teff in the western USA, a non-GMO gluten-free grain that’s a superfood full of high quality complex carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and fiber. Teff is an ancient grain native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. Explore our website to learn more about teff. Learn how to make traditional injera or discover 100s of teff recipes from breakfasts to desserts.
