In this recipe I have used a Swedish cheese called Västerbotten cheese that is a hard cows milk cheese with a stronger flavour. You can use Gruyere, Parmesan or a mature cheddar if you can’t get hold of the Swedish Västerbotten cheese. Västerbotten is actually a region in northern Sweden where they produce this cheese. This is a pie we often eat when having crayfish or for our midsummer celebration.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CRUST:

125 g Butter

3 dl of wheat flour

2 tbsp water

INGREDIENTS

4 dl grated cheese, I used Västerbotten cheese

3 eggs

2 dl milk

1 dl cream

½ teaspoon salt

Some freshly grinded black pepper or some chilli flakes.

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix butter and flour into a grainy pulp with your hands.

Add water and work quickly together to form a dough. You should just knead enough so that the dough holds together without cracks.

Gently press the pie dough down into a pie plate so that it lines the bottom and sides of the pie plate. (Pie plate should be about 24 cm in diameter)

Leave to stand for about 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Heat up the oven to 200 C.

Bake the pie crust in the middle of the oven for about 10 minutes. You can fill with the crust with pie weights (dried beans or dry rice work well too!) To make the crust stay down in the bottom.

Whisk eggs, milk, cream and salt. Add the cheese and pour the mixture into the pie shell.

Bake in the middle of the oven 25-30 min.

Let the pie cool slightly.

Enjoy!!!

By Malin Nordblom

Fab Foodie Swede

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