The recipe Tressé x Alice In Food - Tresse Paris

Tressé and influencer Alice In Food are reinventing the festive season with a convivial winter meal.

 

 

Butternut and Cheddar Pie

For 6 cakes or one large one
Preparation time 45 min
Dough resting time: minimum 30 minutes
Cooking time 1 hour
For the dough 
500g T65 flour
250g cold soft butter
1 egg
1 pinch of salt
4 tablespoons water or milk
For the filling
500g firm potatoes (charlotte type) peeled
500g butternut squash
2 red onions
Oil plant
1 to 2 tbsp. brown sugar
150g grated cheddar cheese
Optional: 50g of blue cheese
25 cl of double cream
Salt and pepper
For gilding
1 beaten egg
 
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The day before or a few hours before, prepare the shortcrust pastry: in the bowl of a food processor or by hand in a bowl, mix the flour, salt, cold butter cut into cubes and egg. Once the mixture is a little
Add the milk or cold water. A ball will form, set aside in the
refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
 
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Place the potatoes in a pan of cold salted water, bring to the boil and cook until they are tender.
boil and cook for about 20 minutes until the tip of a knife
can be easily sunk in. Drain and slice them.
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Peel the butternut, dice it and steam it for about ten minutes.
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Fry the onions in a little oil and brown sugar until they are soft.
caramelize.
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Preheat your oven to 180 °C. Roll out a pastry and put it in a
Put the mixture in a 24 cm springform pan or in 6 small individual pans, without buttering the pan. Garnish with
the pie: first the potato slices, the onions, the butternut, the grated cheddar (possibly the blue cheese) and then, lastly, the crème fraîche. Season with salt and pepper.
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Roll out the other pastry and cover the filling, join the two pastries on the
sides. With the remaining dough, braid strips of dough to add on top. Make small incisions with the tip of a knife so that the air escapes.
Apply beaten egg with a brush. Bake in the oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour
about. Serve warm with a winter salad.

 

14, December, 2021