Black Bean And Spinach Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 1/2 cup shallot, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 540 ml black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato, chopped
• 300 g frozen spinach, thawed and well drained
• 125 g cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/3 cup asiago cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon wheat germ
• 2 tablespoons asiago cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 heat canola oil in a nonstick frypan. add shallots, red pepper, green.
• 2 pepper, and garlic and saute until tender -- about 5 minutes.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, mash black beans with a potato masher. combine with.
• 4 sundried tomatoes, spinach and the shallot mixture. in a separate bowl,.
• 5 stir together cream cheese, sour cream and the spices. add to black.
• 6 bean mixture and stir well. set aside.
• 7 to make the crust, combine blour salt, baking powder, wheat germ, and 2.
• 8 tbsp asiago cheese.
• 9 in another bowl, whisk the margarine, milk, lemon juice, and egg. add.
• 10 flour mixture and stir well. mixture will be soft.
• 11 spread along the bottom and up the sides of a 10 inch glass pie plate.
• 12 that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• 13 carefully spread in the filling.
• 14 bake at 425 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until crust is golden.
• 15 sprinkle 1/3 cup grated asiago cheese and chopped pine nuts over top of.
• 16 pie and return to oven until cheese is melted.
• 17 let stand 5 minutes before serving.