Rustico leccese
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Rustico leccese is one of the best known and most appreciated dish of Salento. It is generally round in shape and filled with bechamel, mozzarella and tomato.
Ingredients
- 1 roll of pastry
- 30 cl milk
- 30 g butter
- 30 g flour type 00
- 150 g mozzarella
- 2-3 chopped tomatoes
- 1 egg yolk
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Serves
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Healthy
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290
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Preparation
- Prepare bechamel by melting butter on low heat and adding flour.
- Add warm milk and continue stirring until it thickens. Add salt and pepper when ready.
- Lay the pastry and make an even number of circles of about 8-10 cm in diameter.
- Place half of the circles in a buttered baking sheet.
- Spread over each one a bit of bechamel, then few pieces of chopped tomato and mozzarella.
- Place a further circle above each and brush its top with a beaten egg.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
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