Tomato pie and crudites

This was the first vegetarian dinner I made after watching the movie Food Inc. We decided as a family to try to cut off meat from our diet, or at least reduce our consumption to once or twice a week. Tomato pie is one of my husband's favorite.

The crudites include shredded carrots with vinaigrette, shredded celeri (called Celeri Remoulade in France) and green salad.

Tomato pie

Crust : You can either buy it or make it yourself

Here's how I make mine

Combine 150g of flour (~1cup and 1/5) with 1/2 tsp salt and 75g (6Tbsp) melted butter. Mix it with your fingers until it looks like yellow sand. It is not supposed to stick to your hands, if it does add more flour. Don't try to make a ball out of it yet. Add 1/4 cup water, and quickly form a ball by gathering all the flour together. Try not to handle it too much, the more you knead it the harder it will get (not good). It is supposed to stay a bit heterogeneous.

Spread it with a rolling pin, place in pie pan.

Spread about 2 Tbsp of Dijon mustard over the crust and cover with sliced tomatoes and pieces of mozzarella. Add salt, pepper and italien herbs, you can add a tiny bit of olive oil and parmesan cheese if you like it.

Place in the oven and cook at 450F for about 20min, cover with alumium foil to prevent the crust from burning and cook for 20 more minutes.

Celeri Remoulade

Wash and peel a celeri root, then shred it. Add a little bit of lemon juice to prevent oxidation. Prepare the dressing by mixing about 3 Tbsp of mayonnaise with 1 tsp of dijon mustard and 1-2 tsp of red wine vinegar. Taste it and add anything else you want (salt, pepper, parsley or diced pickles if you like). Mix it with the shredded celeri root.