World Flavors Cookbook

Soparnik

A savory pie filled with Swiss chard, onions, and garlic, traditionally baked on a hearth under hot ash.

Cuisine: Croatia

Ingredients

• Dough: 500g flour, oil, salt, water
• Filling:
• 1kg Swiss chard, finely chopped and dried
• 1 red onion, chopped
• Olive oil
• Garlic, crushed
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Make a simple dough and roll out two very thin, large circles.
2. Mix chopped chard with onions and oil.
3. Spread the filling over one dough circle, leaving the edges clear.
4. Cover with the second dough circle and twist the edges to seal.
5. Traditionally baked on a stone hearth, covered with hot wood ash.
6. Brush with plenty of garlic-infused olive oil once removed from the fire.
7. Cut into characteristic diamond shapes.