Ingredients:
1 sheet of short pastry dough (Pillsbury unroll & fill Pie Crust
to be found in the refrigerated section – not frozen section -- contains 2 sheets, remove one
and softened it as directed on box)
3 oz sweet cream butter (for the pie plate)
4 Tbsp of Philadelphia cream cheese at room temperature
1 spring onion or 1 sweet red onion (depending on the season) finely sliced
1 garlic clove minced
1 medium size zucchini
2 Tbsp chives snipped
2 Tbsp pine nuts (optional)
4 Tbsp Grated parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (Thermostat 7)
Spread out the pastry dough over your buttered pie plate (11” x 15”). Prick with a fork the pastry sheet,
Add the garlic clove minced and the onion finely sliced to the 4 Tbsp of Philadelphia cream cheese,
and add the snipped chives,
Add salt and pepper then mix the preparation together,
Pour the preparation onto the pastry dough,
Wash, peel and slice the zucchini into thin slices and place over the preparation,
Sprinkle with pine nuts and grated parmesan cheese,
Place in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Serve warm with a mixed green salad tossed with vinaigrette (salad dressing),
Bon appétit !
