Add the cold margarine in cubes and rub it in with your fingertips, until coarse crumbs form.
💡The butter must stay cold: butter that melts in your hands gives a hard dough instead of a crumbly one. Work quickly, and if the dough warms up, put it back in the fridge.
3
Add the sour cream and quickly bring together with your hands, without kneading, just until the dough comes together.
💡Knead as little as possible: long kneading develops gluten, and the dough comes out tough and shrinks in the oven.
4
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 30 minutes.
⚙ Wrapping and Chilling the DoughPlastic wrapRefrigerator
💡Chilling firms the butter and relaxes the gluten: the dough rolls out easily, doesn't stick to the counter and doesn't shrink in the oven.
To assemble
5
Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).
⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
6
Toast the mushrooms in a dry skillet over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring, until their liquid evaporates.
⚙ Dry-Pan ToastingStoveFrying pan
💡Toast over medium heat and keep things moving: nuts, pine nuts and spices go from toasted to burnt in seconds. Transfer to a plate right away, since the hot pan keeps toasting.
7
Mix the eggs, cream, cheese, mushrooms, nutmeg and salt in a bowl into a smooth filling.
Bowl
8
Roll out the dough and line Round pan with it.
⚙ Rolling Out DoughRolling pin
💡Roll from the center outward and give the dough a quarter turn between rolls: this keeps it even in thickness and stops it sticking to the counter. If it springs back, cover for 10–15 minutes and try again.
9
Bake the crust on its own at 180°C (355°F) 12–15 minutes, until it is lightly golden.
⚙ BakingOvenRound pan
💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
10
Pour the filling into the crust.
11
Bake at 180°C (355°F) 45 minutes, until the filling is set and golden.
⚙ BakingOvenRound pan
12
Serve hot.
380calories
14 gprotein
26 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 27%● fat 58%
Per serving (199 g), of 8 servings
For the Wrapping Dough · To assemble ·
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Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Refrigerator· Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Rolling pin· Also works: Glass (for drinking/serving) (Bottle/glass, less even rolling) · Pasta machine (For pasta dough)
Round pan· Also works: Springform pan (None) · Square pan (None)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
🧻 Consumables: Plastic wrap
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