Hey look – I’M ALIVE!

Yes, it’s true: I woke up this morning well enough to hobble out the door and not cough on too many people.  Hooray!

So in celebration, I decided to take the time to take the most hideous pictures ever seen of what I’m calling “Piggy Pie”!

…Also called spinach pie with bacon. >.>

When I was in Washington DC visiting friends for New Year’s Eve, my brother made one of his friend’s spinach pie; it was a big winner with everyone there.  With that in mind, I figured adding bacon to it couldn’t only make it better (doesn’t it always?), so emailed him for the recipe.  Like a boss, he hooked me up along with some tips.

I honestly didn’t deviate much from the original recipe other than to cook some bacon well and toss it in with the filling.  My brother pointed out that I should cook it long and well to get as much of the grease out as possible; there’s already a pretty big chance that the pie can turn out soggy, so it’s important not to let the bacon eek out any more grease once it’s added to the filling mixture.

The filling is composed of spinach, onion, egg and ricotta and feta cheeses.  With a swirl of crunched up bacon, the filling certainly started out looking delicious (FORESHADOWING…!).

The layering process with filo was a lot like when making baklava; several layers of filo, a nice delicious layer of filling, several more layers of filo, etc etc etc.

In the end I can’t say I was terribly happy with the final result.  It wasn’t particularly bad…but not particularly amazing either.  By adding equal portions ricotta and feta I was able to keep the pie from being too terribly salty, and I able to drain a lot of the liquid which kept it from being too terribly soupy…but “meh” is about as good as I can do for it.  An interesting experiment, but not something I’d recommend trying.

So…there you have it!  The spectacular story of an experiment gone terribly okay!

Cheers and happy Bacon Week – more coming over the next few days!

Spinach Pie Recipe

Here’s the basic Spinach Pie recipe, if you’re interested!