| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Vegetables |
|
Ready, Steady, Cook |
2 |
servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 55 |
g |
Pine kernels |
| 1 |
|
Aubergine |
| 2 1/2 |
tb |
Olive oil |
| 25 |
g |
Butter; plus 25g/1oz cold |
|
|
; butter, cut into |
|
|
; cubes |
| 3 |
|
Cloves garlic; crushed |
| 150 |
g |
Portabellini mushrooms |
| 4 |
tb |
White wine |
| 225 |
g |
Spinach |
|
|
Vegetable oil for greasing; plus 2 tbsp |
| 3 |
lg |
Shee filo pastry |
| 3 |
tb |
Ricotta |
| 2 |
tb |
Roughly chopped fresh chives |
| 1 |
|
Orange; plus 1 orange, |
|
|
; segmented , juice |
|
|
; of |
| 1 |
dr |
Tabasco |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Soy sauce |
| 1 |
|
Lemon; juice of |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Sesame oil |
|
|
Salt and pepper |
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 220c/425f/Gas 7.
1 Heat a small frying pan, add the pinenuts and dry fry until golden brown.
Cut the aubergine on an angle into thin slices.
2 Brush 1 tbsp olive oil over a baking sheet and place the aubergine slices
on top. Brush another 1/2 tbsp olive oil over the aubergines and season.
Cook in the oven for about 10 minutes.
3 Heat 25g/1oz butter in a pan. Add 2 cloves crushed garlic and mushrooms
and cook for a minute.
4 Add the white wine and season. Bring to the boil and simmer rapidly until
the mushrooms are tender and the liquid has reduced.
5 Roll some sauted mushrooms up in the baked aubergine slices and secure
with cocktail sticks. Place the rolls back on the baking sheet and cook in
the oven for five minutes, or until tender.
6 For the Filo Pie: Use some vegetable oil to lightly grease a 1 litre
glass bowl. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a wok.
7 Add 1 clove crushed garlic and half the spinach and cook quickly to wilt
down. Brush a little oil over a sheet of filo pastry, top with another
sheet of pastry and brush over more oil.
8 Add another layer of pastry and repeat. Place the pastry layers in the
greased bowl and gently mould to the sides to line.
9 Spoon the ricotta into the base, sprinkle over a few of the pinenuts and
the remaining mushrooms.
10 Add the chopped chives and sauted spinach, fold over the ends of the
pastry to meet and cover the filling. Invert the bowl onto a baking sheet,
turn out the pie and cook in the oven for 10 minutes, until crisp and
golden.
11 For the Orange Sauce: Heat the orange juice in a pan and bring to the
boil. Add a drop of Tabasco and soy sauce, whisk in the cold butter cubes
until smooth and glossy.
12 For the Salad: Whisk together the lemon juice, 2 tbsp vegetable oil and
sesame oil and season. Place the remaining spinach in a bowl with the
orange segments, drizzle over the dressing and toss. Serve in a bowl
garnished with the toasted pinenuts.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : Chef - Richard Cawley
Recipe by: Ready Steady Cook
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.
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