Cretan melon pie with pistachios "Matala"

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g wheat flour type 1050
• 8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 m.-sized egg(s)
• 1 tsp, leveled salt
• 4 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• Fat for the mold
• 800 g honeydew melon(s), only the fresh pulp weighed
• 1 m.-large onion(s), brown
• 1 tsp, leveled salt
• 3 tbsp white sugar
• 1 tsp, levelled black pepper, freshly ground
• 50 g mint, fresh
• 250 g feta cheese, shredded
• 3 m.-sized eggs
• 50 g pine nuts, lightly roasted
• 1 m.-sized egg(s)
• 1 tbsp margarine for greasing the pan
• e.g. sesame, white
• n. B. Cookie(s)

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 4 hours 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 5 hours 40 minutes

A sweet dessert of a special kind.

Cut the honeydew melon flesh into walnut-sized pieces. Halve the onion lengthwise, trim both ends, peel, and cut into small pieces. Cook the melon pieces with the onion pieces, salt, and sugar until they become a puree. Remove from the heat and let cool. Knead the dough ingredients into a medium-firm dough. Divide the dough into two parts (60% + 40%) and roll each part out into a circle about 3 mm thick. Grease a 24 cm springform pan and place the larger piece of dough in the bottom, tucking the edges up and out. Beat the eggs for the filling. Blend the feta cheese with half of the cooled melon mixture in a blender on the lowest setting for 1 minute. Return the mixture to the melon puree with the remaining ingredients and mix well. Preheat the oven to 180°C (top/bottom heat). Pour the melon mixture into the baking dish and scatter the pine nuts on top. Place the second pastry sheet on top and fold the edges of the first sheet over the remaining egg. Beat the remaining egg and brush the surface of the pie with it. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in the oven at medium heat for about 40 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven, let cool, and refrigerate, covered, for 4 hours. Garnish the serving plates and arrange the pie on top.