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Bunya Nut Pie
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Bunya Nut Pie

23 ingredients 3 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

719
Calories
28g
Protein
36g
Fat
79g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Capsicum not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

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  • 250g (8¾ oz) bunya nuts
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • rosemary
  • 15g (½ oz) butter
  • 1/3 cup cream
  • 3 leeks, sliced
  • 2 broccoli, cut in small pieces
  • 1 sweet potato, sliced
  • 30g (1 oz) butter
  • 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
  • Allspice
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • garlic, cumin
  • ½ capsicum, sliced
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • ½ cup cream
  • 1 egg
  • salt, pepper
  • 2 tomatoes, sliced
  • 200g (7 oz) grated cheese
  • =

Directions

1

Boil bunya nuts for ten minutes. Open shells while they are still wet. Cool. Grind them into a fine meal.

2

Fry onion and rosemary in butter, add bunya nuts and cream. Stir over heat until mixture has the consistency of pastry. Cool, then place pastry into a greased springform.

3

Steam leeks, broccoli and sweet potato, keeping them separate. Melt butter in frying pan, stir-fry mushrooms and Allspice. Remove from pan. In same pan, fry one after the other: carrot, onions with garlic and cumin, capsicum. Assemble the pie by layering leek, sweet potato, mushrooms, carrot, onions and broccoli. Beat cream, egg, salt and pepper together. Pour cream-egg mixture over pie, place cheese, tomatoes and capsicum on top. Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 45 minutes.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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