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Celeriac and smoked bacon soufflé pie

Serves 4
Preparation time 40 minutes
Cooking time 50 minutes

Ingredients for the pastry

175g (6oz) wholemeal or spelt flour
A good pinch of salt
1 tbsp caraway seeds
75g (2.5oz) cold butter, diced
85g (3oz) farmhouse Cheddar cheese, grated
1 egg, separated

Ingredients for the filling

1 celeriac, about 450g (1lb), peeled and cut into chunks
60g (2oz) butter
4 tbsp milk
4 streaky bacon rashers, diced
2 eggs, separated
2 tbsp snipped fresh chives
Freshly ground black pepper

1. Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the caraway seeds. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the cheese. Mix 3 tbsp cold water with the egg yolk and stir into the flour mixture to form a firm dough, adding more water if necessary. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface, then wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes. Reserve the egg white for the filling.
2. Meanwhile, cook the celeriac in boiling, lightly salted water until tender. Drain and return to the pan. Dry out briefly over a gentle heat. Mash with the butter and milk. Dry-fry the bacon until cooked but not crisp. Add top the celeriac with any fat in the pan. Beat in the egg yolks and snipped chives. Season well.
3. Preheat the oven to 2000C (4000F/Gas 6). Roll out the pastry and use to line a 20cm (8in) flan tin. Fill with crumpled foil or line with greaseproof paper and fill with baking beans. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove the foil or paper and beans and cook for a further 5 minutes to dry out. Remove from the oven.
4. Whish all three egg whites until stiff. Add 1 tbsp of the whites to the celeriac mixture to slacken slightly. Fold in the remainder with a metal spoon. Spoon into the pastry case. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until risen, just set and golden. Serve hot with a lightly dressed green salad.

This recipe is taken from the Grown in Britain cookbook, published by Dorling Kindersley and the Soil Association and is available from our online shop:

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