Kolokythopita me myzithra (savory pumpkin pie)

Ingredients

For dough:

• 500 grams all purpose flour
• ½ cup olive oil
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• Water (about 1 cup)
• corn flour (starch) for rolling out dough
• 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds for sprinkling on top

For filling:

• 750 grams butternut squash, grated
• 450 grams myzithra
• 2 tablespoons fennel fronds, finely chopped
• ½ cup olive oil
• ½ cup carolina rice or arborio
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Extra olive oil for brushing the phyllos

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Preparation

• See step by step instructions how to make phyllo. Grate the pumpkin and add myzithra, fennel, olive oil, rice, salt and freshly ground black pepper and mix well unti the cheese becomes like cream.
• Brush your baking tin with olive oil. Make the first phyllo bigger than your baking tin so as to cover the sides of the tin.
• Brush with about two tablespoons of olive oil and proceed with the second, brushing again with olive oil and the third.
• Do no brush the third phyllo as the filling is added. Continue with the remaining three phyllos brushing them with olive oil.
• After adding the last phyllo cut the edges and join the phyllos together. Score the phyllos with a sharp knife to form the pieces and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top.
• Bake in a preheated oven, at 180 degrees C for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until it is golden brown on top. Remove to a wire rack to cook for about 15 minutes before serving.