Croatian · Dalmatian

Soparnik

Name: Soparnik
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 500 g plain flour; 280 ml water; 800 g Swiss chard finely sliced; 6 spring onions sliced; 25 g fresh parsley chopped; 5 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves crushed; 1.5 tsp fine salt

Dalmatian chard and onion flat pie

A thin Dalmatian pie filled with Swiss chard, spring onion and parsley, baked crisp and rubbed with garlic oil.

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Prep45 minsCook25 minsServes4DifficultyAdvanced

Bright, satisfying and built for real life.

This recipe brings together the generous flavours of Croatian and Dalmatian cooking in a format that works on a busy day. Read through the method before starting and adjust seasoning to your taste.

The recipe

Soparnik

45 min prep25 min cook70 min total4 servings

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Ingredients

Method

1
Knead flour, water and salt into a smooth dough, divide in two and rest.
2
Mix the chard, spring onions and parsley with a little salt and oil.
3
Roll both dough pieces into very thin rounds, spread filling over one and cover with the other.
4
Seal the edge and bake at 230°C until blistered and crisp.
5
Rub the hot pie with garlic oil and cut into diamond pieces.

Soparnik is a traditional Dalmatian thin pie filled with chard and onion and finished with garlic and olive oil.