Plastos (cornmeal pie)
Plastos (cornmeal pie)

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Plastos (cornmeal pie) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Plastos (cornmeal pie) is something which I have loved my whole life.

"Plastos" is an old, traditional recipe made mainly in Thessaly, Greece. It's made with cornmeal, which abounds in the Thessalian Plain, greens, and, of course, with feta cheese, plenty of butter and olive oil. It's an easy-to-make recipe, such as zucchini pie "Mpatzina". "Mpatzina" was usually a summer recipe, also made during fall, while "Plastos" was made during.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook plastos (cornmeal pie) using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Plastos (cornmeal pie):
  1. Prepare 3 eggs
  2. Prepare 1 cup oil
  3. Take (about) 500 g cornmeal
  4. Prepare 250 g feta cheese
  5. Take 1 cup trahana
  6. Get 200 g butter
  7. Take 1 kg chard
  8. Get 1/2 kg zucchini flowers
  9. Get 1 bunch spring onions
  10. Take 1 bunch parsley
  11. Prepare salt, pepper

Leeks are a favorite vegetable of mine and I love the flavors together with the soft tangy feta and sweet cornmeal crust. I have made this pie many times, experimenting with different types of cornmeal and cornbread mixes as well as the filling. Maybe this sounds unethical, but the Marie Calender's cornbread mix by far produces the best results. The recipe below - called Plastos - is popular in Greece and is normally made with a variety of aromatic herbs.

Steps to make Plastos (cornmeal pie):
  1. Chop the chard, the onions, the parsley and place them in a bowl.
  2. Add the salt, the pepper, the eggs half of the oil and the trahana and mix thoroughly.
  3. Crumble the feta by hand and add it to the greens.
  4. Butter a baking tray and add a bit of oil.
  5. Dust the tray with plenty of cornmeal so that the whole surface is well covered and sprinkle with water.
  6. Add the filling you have prepared.
  7. Dust once more with the rest of the cornmeal and once again, sprinkle with water.
  8. Pour the rest of the oil and add little pieces of butter here and there.
  9. Bake for about an hour at 180 degrees.

We have made it here with spinach, but it includes aromatic herbs. The main difference between this and other pies is that instead of pastry, cornmeal is used. Greek Spinach Pie With Cornmeal (Plastos) There are several different ways of making spinach pie (spanakopita) in Greece. The recipe below - called Plastos - is popular in Greece and is normally made with a variety of aromatic herbs. We have made it here with spinach, but it includes aromatic herbs.

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