This fantastic recipe is great for parties, packed lunches or supper.

You need

• Large baking tray

Ingredients

• 1 white cabbage (apx 500g);
• 1 white onion;
• 200g butter;
• 6 eggs;
• 2 cups of milk;
• 3-4 cups of bread flour;
• 2 tsp dry yeast;
• 3 tsp of sugar;
• 1 tsp salt;
• black pepper;

Step by step

• Warm 1 cup of milk (Thermomix: 3min/37C/Spoon).
• Add the dry yeast, sugar, 1 cup of flour, mix (Thermomix: 3min/37C/Spoon) and leave for 15-20 min (it should start bubbling).
• Add 2 cups of flour, 3 eggs, butter (soft, room temperature) and knead adding more flour if needed to achieve a smooth and elastic dough (Thermomix: 10min/Kneading).
• Grease a bowl with some oil and place dough in it. Cover with a wet kitchen towel and let rise until doubled  (2-3 hours or even overnight).
• Boil 2 eggs for 10 minutes, rinse with cold water.
• Finely chop the cabbage and onion (Thermomix: 1min/Speed 5).
• Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a large pan. Saute the vegetables with 1 cup of milk until tender (Thermomix: 10 min/100C/RS). Season with salt and pepper.
• Punch down dough and divide into 2 pieces, one slightly larger than the other. Roll out larger portion into a rectangle on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Chop the hard-boiled eggs (Thermomix: 10 sec/Speed 4) and mix with the cabbage.
• Spread the filling evenly.
• Roll out remaining piece of dough and place over the cabbage filling. Seal the edges.
• Cover with a kitchen towel and let rest 40-60 minutes.
• Beat one egg and brush the pie with the egg wash.
• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• Bake for 45-55 min until golden brown.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, with a green salad.

  Your shopping basket

• Cabbage – £1.69
• 3 onions – £0.55
• 6 eggs – £1.30
• 250g butter – £0.95
• 500ml milk – £0.49
• 1,5kg flour – £1.79
• Total basket £6.77 | Cost of ingredients (16 servings) £6.07 | Per serving £0.38