Vegetarian Vegan Savory Pie Food

SIMPLE YUMMY VEGAN PIE CRUST FOR BOTH SAVORY AND SWEET!

Steps:

• Sift the flour, salt, and spice of your choice together in a bowl. Feel free to use a different spice; I like to use onion powder for pot pies and quiches but a little sugar or cinnamon-sugar for sweet pies. Nutritional yeast is also a nice addition to make the crust bind better and add a nice cheezy aftertaste.
• Since we're using Earth Balance in stick form, cut the stick down to 6 tablespoons-- and cut little pieces into the bowl, about bean-size pieces.
• Add the oil-- any neutral oil works all around, but I like to use olive oil for savory pies.
• Blend by hand until a ball forms. There should be some extra flour around the ball, use as much soymilk as you need to get the whole thing to stick together. 2-4 tablespoons is just an estimate.
• When there's no more flour bits laying around and a complete ball is formed, roll out onto a sheet of parchment paper and pop in the freezer for a few minutes. This will make rolling and extracting easier.
• Lightly grease a 9" pie pan with the oil of your choice (I prefer olive for savory pies and canola for sweet pies.) About 1/2-1 teaspoon should do it.
• Roll the cold dough out into the pan, evenly covering the bottom and the sides. Use a fork to poke holes in the bottom so it aerates, and crimp the sides up with the edges of the fork.
• Bake at 450F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. After a little cooling it's now ready to use for your pie needs, and also freezes well if you wanted to prebake it for a future pie!

VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN SAVORY PIE

Steps:

• 1. For pie crust. Warm up the milk and add the yeast mix well and keep aside till it bubbles. Mix the flour, salt, olive oil, honey. Add the yeast mixture and as much water needed to make a smooth ball of dough. Keep covered for 4 hours.
• 2. For filling, scrape the skin for dust and boil both the potato and sweet potato. Peel and mash them two. add the broccoli, spinach and cauliflower along with the salt, garlic salt, half of dry basil powder, paprika and softened butter. incorporate well. You may mash completely or leave chunks for texture as desired.
• 3. Roll out the risen dough into 2 big circles. One an inch more than the other to cover the pan you will be using to bake.
• 4. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees for 5 minutes. Grease the pan lightly and place the bigger circle of dough. Pour out and spread the filling and sprinkle the cheese on top. Cover with the other circle of dough and press to seal. Poke a few holes on the top to let steam out. Rub with olive oil and sprinkle the rest of the dry basil leaves.
• 5. Reduce the oven to 350 degrees, place the pie to bake for 28-30 minutes. At half time sprinkle a little more olive oil on top.
• 6. After it turns light golden brown remove and keep aside to cool and enjoy it slightly warm.
• Best comfort food for anytime of the year.