As promised - Broccoli cheese pie with grated potato crust

The original recipe came from the February edition of the Vegetarian Living magazine, but as usual I adapted it somewhat.

Broccoli cheese pie with grated potato crust

Crust
100gm (3 1/2 oz) grated raw potato - with all the liquid squeezed out
60gm (2 oz) finely diced onion
pinch of salt
1 egg white - lightly beaten
Oil

Filling
tbsp oil
2 onions chopped
2 garlic cloves chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs (half a teaspoon!)
300gm (10oz) broccoli cut into small florets (the original recipe called for cauliflower but I baulked at the price when I went to buy one hence the broccoli which looked so much nicer)
130gm (4 1/2 oz) mushrooms sliced
250gm (8 1/2 oz) grated chedder cheese
2 eggs (thank you hens!) (I added the remaining egg yolk from the crust ingredients)
slosh milk
pinch paprika (optional - purely coz despite knowing I have some somewhere - I couldn't find it!!)

• preheat the oven to 180C, gas mark 6
• combine the grated (squeezed) potato and onion, salt and egg white in a bowl and mix well.
• chuck mix into a lightly oiled pie dish (23cm/9inch) and pat out to line the base and the sides
• bake for 30 minutes, then brush the now crisping up and smelling yummy crust with a little oil and bake for a further 10 minutes. Turn temperature down to 180C, gas mark 4

• meanwhile heat the oil gently in a large pan, add onion, garlic, seasoning and herbs and cook for 5mins, add the broccoli and mushrooms and 'stir fry' for about a further 5 minutes.
• sprinkle half of the cheese onto the baked crust, spoon the vegetables on top and sprinkle over the remaining cheese 
• beat the eggs and milk and pour over the top, sprinkle lightly a dusting of paprika**
• bake for a further 35 - 40 minutes or until set, serve hot or cold

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** I am assuming that coz the original recipe called for cauliflower the paprika is used for colour. I found the cheerful bright green of the broccoli seemed to negate the need.

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Right - brass tacks time

What did I alter?

1. The quantity of potato, I know the dish I used was slightly larger than the recommended one but I felt the crust was just too thin so I added more
2. Swapped broccoli for cauliflower
3. The original recipe called for baby leaf spinach to be included - I forgot to add it
4. Paprika? Well, may be if a) I used cauliflower and b) I could find it in my cupboard...........

What would I do different?

1. probably make the crust thicker again, still think it was spread a bit thin

General consensus?

It was given a good review by my veggi and non veggi friends - so a good start to this year's 52 new recipes.