Cheese Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup soft butter (about 200g) or 1 cup margarine (about 200g)
• 2 1/2 cups self rising flour
• 8 ounces nonfat sour cream or 8 ounces yogurt
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb crumbled feta or 1/2 lb bulgarian cheese
• 1/4 cup grated romano cheese
• 1/2 cup grated edam cheese (any other cheese you have inn the house) or 1/2 cup another hard cheese (any other cheese you have inn the house)
• 4 ounces fat free cream cheese
• 1/2 cup fat free sour cream
• 2 -3 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half or 1/2 cup heavy cream
• salt (optional)
• black pepper
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 prepare dough by mixing ingredients together by hand until well blended.
• 2 refrigerate until filling is ready.
• 3 cook the green onion in the butter/margarine over low heat until just cooked, and let cool at room temperature.
• 4 place the cheeses, cream cheese, sour cream and milk in a food processor.
• 5 pulse until blended.
• 6 the mixture does not need to reach a totally creamy consistency.
• 7 mix in 2- 3 eggs depending on how thick you want the filling to be.
• 8 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 9 flatten out 2/3 of the dough in a 9x13 inch pan, and preheat oven to 350.
• 10 pour filling into pan over crust.
• 11 roll the remaining dough between your palms into strips and lay over the filling back and forth (make a lattice pattern).
• 12 top with parmesan, sesame seeds and black pepper.
• 13 bake for approximately 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown and slightly puffy.