RUSSIAN VEGETABLE PIE

Steps:

• Make a pastry by sifting together the dry ingredients, cutting in the butter and working it together with the cream cheese.
• Roll out 2/3 of the pastry and line a 9-inch pie dish.
• Roll out the remaing pastry and make a circle large enough to cover the dish.
• Put it away to chill.
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Shred a small head of cabbage coarsely.
• Wash the mushrooms and slice them.
• Peel and chop the onion.
• In a large skillet, melt 2 tbs butter.
• Add onion and cabbage. Sauté for several minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add at least 1/8 tsp each of marjoram, tarragon and basil (all crushed) and some salt and pepper.
• Stirring often allow the mixture to cook until the cabbage is wilted and the onions soft. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add another tbs of butter to the pan, and sauté the mushrooms lightly for about 5 or 6 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Spread the cream cheese in the bottom of the pie shell.
• Slice the eggs and arrange the slices in a layer over the cheese.
• Sprinkle them with a little chopped dill, then cover them with the cabbage.
• Make a final layer of the sautéed mushrooms and cover with the circle of pastry.
• Press the pastry together tightly at the edges and flute them.
• With a sharp knife, cut a few short slashes through the top crust.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 mintues, then turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and continue baking for another 20-25 minutes or until the crust is light brown.