Yeast Spinach Cake

Prep: 30min
| Servings: 20 | Cook: 40min
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A fresh spinach cake made with simple ingredients from the leafy vegetable category.

Ingredients

  • 400 g flour
  • 20 g yeast
  • 350 water
  • 3 Tbsp plant oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 kg fresh spinach
  • 1 onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 500 g Low-fat quark
  • 100 g sunflower seeds
  • salt (pepper)
  • butter (for the pan)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Put flour in a bowl, make a well in the middle and crumble yeast into it. Warm water and mix 6 tbsp with the yeast and some flour. Cover and let rise at room temperature for 15 minutes. Then knead the rest of the flour, remaining water, oil and salt into a dough until it bubbles. Cover and let rise another 45 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Wash, clean and put spinach in a pot, cover with water and cook under a lid for 5 minutes. Drain, cool and squeeze out excess liquid. Roughly chop. Peel onion and garlic and finely chop. Heat butter, sauté onion and garlic. Separate eggs; mix yolks with quark, spinach, onions, garlic and sunflower seeds, salt and pepper. Whisk egg whites very stiff and fold in gently.

  3. 3.

    Grease a baking sheet, roll out dough and form a rim. Spread the filling on top.

  4. 4.

    Cover again for 15 minutes. Bake at 160°C for 35 minutes.