You can eat it hot or cold. This pie can be a nice meal for lunch; you just have to warm it in microwave.

SERVES:
PREPARATION: 20 minutes
COOK: 30 minutes
DIFFICULTY:

What do you need?

• 1 short crust pastry
• 1 big courgette
• 50 g bacon
• 1 egg or 2 egg whites
• 5 tablespoons liquid cream or soya cream
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 70 g grated cheese
• 2 or 4 pinch nutmeg
• a pinch of salt
• pepper

How to do the Courgette pie?

• Peel the courgette and cut it in medium bits
• Boil the courgette pieces in a large saucepan for 15 minutes
  Tip: you can check with a knife whether your courgettes are ready to be used:  if the knife softly reaches the flesh of the courgettes, then they are ready to be used

While the courgettes are cooked, you can prepare the mixture:

• Put in a bowl the egg with flour, liquid cream,
  milk, pepper, salt and nutmeg
• Mix them together
• Spread the shortcrust pastry in a pie dish and prick crust with fork in several places
• Put in the oven for 10 minutes at 200°C
• Drain the courgette pieces
• Cut the bacon in small bits
  Tip: Put them in a sauce pan without oil or butter at a medium heat for 5 minutes in
  order to take of the fat
  Beware: you have to stir them frequently in order to not burn them
• Put the courgette pieces at first in the pie
• Add the bits of bacon
• Add the grated cheese
• Add the mixture
• Put the pie in the oven for 30 minutes at 220°C

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