Whole-grain heart of palm pie recipe

You know those simple recipes that are super tasty and prove that eating well is not as difficult as it seems? So, this recipe whole palm heart cake is one of those.

For those of you who are trying to make better food choices, a great way to start and stick to whole-grain recipes. In addition to being lighter and healthier, they can be very tasty. This whole-grain heart of palm pie, for example, is delicious and very easy to make, making it ideal for lunch or a quick dinner. The dough is super light and the filling is creamy.

Anyway, preparation time is 1 hour and yields up to 8 servings.

Take the opportunity to check out our natural chicken sandwich recipe.

Whole-grain heart of palm pie recipe

Dough Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 glass of natural yogurt
• 1/2 cup semi-skimmed milk
• ½ cup corn oil
• 4 tablespoons of grated cheese
• 1 and ½ cup whole wheat flour (know the types of wheat flour)
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ½ cup rolled oats
• 1 tablespoon of chemical yeast

Filling Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 strip of chopped pepper
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• 10 pitted olives, chopped
• 1 pot of palm heart (520g)
• 2 chopped tomatoes
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• Green scent to taste
• Mozzarella to taste

Preparation mode

1. First, let’s make the pie filling. Then, in a pan, heat the oil to sauté the onion and chopped pepper.
2. Then add the garlic and sauté for another minute.
3. Therefore, add the olives, hearts of palm and chopped tomato.
4. Season with salt and black pepper and cook until the tomatoes soften and release their liquid.
5. Finally, add the green scent and turn off the heat.
6. Set aside to fill the pie after it has cooled.
7. Now, it’s time to prepare the dough. Then, in the blender add all the ingredients except the yeast.
8. Beat everything very well until it forms a homogeneous mass.
9. Then, turn off the blender, add the yeast and mix gently with a spatula.
10. To assemble the pie, grease a large pan.
11. Add the dough evenly to the bottom of the pan.
12. Add the filling and cover with mozzarella to taste.
13. Cover with the remaining dough.
14. Finally, place the whole palm heart pie in the oven at 200ºC for around 40 minutes or until golden and baked completely.

Tips for preparing whole-grain palm heart pie

• As it is a whole grain recipe, you can use other types of flour that you have at home. For example, oat flour, rice flour, quinoa flour, chia, etc.
• The oil used in the recipe can also be changed according to what you prefer. Therefore, you can swap corn oil for canola or sunflower oil.
• For the filling, you can also adapt the filling to what you have at home, corn and peas go super well with hearts of palm.
• Indeed, The best option to use in this recipe is fresh peach palm hearts cut into slices or small pieces.

So what did you think of this recipe? In fact, take the opportunity to also check out the recipe for whole-grain oat bread.