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Deconstructed  beetroot salad with Greens and black sesame in parsley cream

19/11/2014

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Chop the beetroots and put it in a mixer with some salt, balsamic vinegar, walnuts oil, a teaspoon of honey and some mustard.  Mix adding some water to make it smoother.

Prepare a beautiful green salad, mixing different green leaves, tiny beetroot slices, black olives, courgettes, red onions and black sesame seeds.

Prepare a parsley cream, mixing parsley, some walnuts oil, some light soy cream .

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Whiter shade winter lentils  (half raw recipe)

17/11/2014

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Ingredients - Serves 2 

For the lentils

150 gr of lentils

1 onion

1 carrot

1 Stalk of celery

 2 bay leaves

A pinch of salt

3 tbs extra vergin olive oil

For the sauce

1 lemon

1 soya yoghourt

some lime leaves, minced

curry powder

fresh ginger

persil, finely chopped

mint, finely chopped

Preparation

Cook the sliced onion into the extra vergin olive oil,  dissolve make it blond, while cooking add the  celery and carrots, fiinely  chopped, after a few minutes add the lentils and simply cover with water. Cook for 1 hour or more if needed.

Drain the lentils and let them cool.

For the sauce: 
add all the ingredients to the soya yoghurt and mix well

Take a round mold and make a layer with the lentils, well pressed, cover with a layer of sauce and with another layer of lentils.

Garnish the dish with the remaining sauce or as you wish!

Serve immediately
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Red pepper with herb quinoa

2/11/2014

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Red pepper with herb quinoa 

Ingredients 

1 red  pepper, in stripes

1 tbsp olive oil

85g quinoa

150ml vegetble stock

1 lemon, juice only

 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives, 1 tbsp fresh parsley

 salt and  black pepper

 1 tbsp olive oil

 ½ onion, finely sliced

 1 tsp brown sugar

1.      Preheat the oven to 200C

2.      For the pepper, place the sliced pepper onto a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, transfer to the oven and roast for 10-12 minutes, or until softened.

3.      For the herb quinoa, place the quinoa and stock into a pan and cook around 20 minutes until the quinoa is tender.

4.      Stir in the lemon juice and herbs and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

5.      For the caramelized onion, put them in a baking  pan and gently fry the onion with the sugar until the onions are soft and caramelized.

6.      Serve with some rice noodles and decorate as you wish

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    Jamie Oliver' Food Revolution's Ambassador in Brussels, passionate cook, to inspire, nourish, travel, through food, escapes and words.

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