Vegetable Pies with Morels

Spice up a festive meal or gathering with delicious vegetable pies!

Details

  • Preparation Time: 15 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 35 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 2 piece Eggplant, raw

  • 0.25 teaspoons Salt, table

  • 2.5 spoons Oil, olive

  • 500 g Dough, puff

  • 200 g Cheese, Brie

  • pieces Spices, pepper, black

  • 2 twigs Thyme, fresh

Steps

  1. Wash and clean the morels. If you have small morels, slice them lengthwise into approximately 0.5 cm thick slices; for larger morels, cut them into 0.5 cm thick rings.

  2. Place a pan on the stove and heat it well. In the heated pan, fry the slices (or rings) of morels on both sides. Once they are nicely browned on one side, flip them and fry the other side. Remove the fried slices from the pan, lightly season both sides with salt, arrange them on a large plate, and drizzle with a little olive oil.

  3. Roll out the thawed puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface into a rectangle measuring 24 x 36 cm. Using a round cutter, cut out six circles approximately 12 cm in diameter from the rolled-out pastry.

  4. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius and line a low baking dish with parchment paper. Slice the brie into thin pieces. Strip the leaves from the thyme sprigs. Arrange the pastry circles in the baking dish. Top them with slices of cheese and morels. Season the morels with pepper and thyme. Bake the pies in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, until the pastry puffs up and turns golden brown.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 220.25 kcal
  • Fat: 9.68 g
    • Saturated Fat: 3.73 g
  • Carbohydrates: 24.87 g
    • Sugars: 0.71 g
  • Protein: 7.02 g
  • Fiber: 1.51 g

Advice

Instead of brie, you can use mozzarella, gorgonzola, camembert, or goat cheese, which melts nicely. Add pine nuts and chopped sun-dried tomatoes if desired. The easiest way to thaw puff pastry is to leave it wrapped in the refrigerator overnight. If thats not possible, place the puff pastry sheets on a plate side by side and let them thaw at room temperature for 30–60 minutes.