Greek Inspired Pie for Pi Day

When I read about the competition to celebrate Pi day, I began to have many of pie in the sky ideas about what I could make.

Where was our favorite math symbol pi, calculated at its most precise? Well, in Greece of course, by a fabled mathematician called Archimedes of Syracuse who invented all sorts of amazing things, and spent a lot of his time making circles inside polygons so that he could calculate pi more accurately. What does this have to do with my pi pie? I decided to celebrate this Greek hero's legacy, the pie had to be inspired by Greek ingredients.

To make my pie further pi-worthy, I made it using only ingredients in amounts of 3, 1 and 4, which was as easy as pie to do (um, except for the spinach that had to be 100 g....).

So, I hope you like my Greek inspired pi pie, and that the pi idea is not too irrational. :D

• 3 small zucchini (courgettes)
• 1 clove garlic
• 4 tomatoes medium-sized
• 3 eggs
• 100 g baby spinach
• 4 sprigs mint
• 3 eggs
• 1 lemon for zest
• 4 turns of a pepper mill
• 300 g greek yogurt
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 Tbsp milk
• 1 packet feta cheese
• 4 sheets filo pastry

• Mince the garlic. Chop the zucchini in cubes.
• Zest the lemon. Roughly chop the mint leaves.

• Put the oil in a large frying pan. Add the zucchini cubes, garlic, and the salt. Sauté for 4 minutes, stirring often.

• Add the spinach and lemon zest. Sauté for 3 minutes.

• Add the tomato chunks and chopped mint. Cook for 1 further minute, stirring carefully.

• Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes.

• Oil a quiche dish and place a round of baking paper on the bottom of it.

• Layer the sheets of filo pastry one on top of the other in the quiche dish.

• In a medium-size bowl, whisk the eggs and yogurt together. Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt.

• Add the cooked vegetables to the pie and spread them out over the filo pastry.

• Sprinkle the crumbled feta over the top.

• Pour the egg mixture over the other ingredients.

• Bake at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) for 40 - 45 minutes until the custard is set.

The pie can be eaten warm or at room temperature.