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Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts

November 28, 2013

Cooking: Red Beet Risotto with Roasted Vegetables


My simple, tasty and veggie winter recipe:

For 4 Persons:
- 80g Abrorio Risotto per Person
- 200ml white wine
- 100ml redbeet juice
-30g Parmiggiano Riggiano
- 8 mushrooms
- 1 carrot
- 1 red beet (middle size)
- 2 onions
- fresh thyme
- rosemary
- one pinch of lemon zest
- olive oil
- 400 vegetable or chicken stock
-2 Tblsp white balsamic vinegar
Salt & Pepper

1. Cut the red beet, mushrooms, carrot and one onion in mouthsize pieces. 
Then season with vinegar, salt, pepper, thyme and rosemary, drizzle with 
olive oil and roast at 200°C in the oven for about 45-60 minutes.

2. After 20-30 minutes cut the other onion very small and fry it for 1 minute 
with the rice and a pinch of salt in 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

3. Add 100ml of the white wine, then continue adding 50-100ml of the stock 
and the white wine every time the liquid gets absorbed by the rice. 
Don't forget to stir, otherwise the rice likes to stick to the base.

4. Add the red beet juice to the rice and stir. Now it gets a beautiful 
rose color and a slightly sweet taste. Test the rice, it should be cooked 
and sticky, but not to mellow in the middle of the corn. 

5. Grate most of the parmiggiano in the rice and stir, then serve with 
the roasted vegetables on top and finish by adding the rest of the grated cheese.

Bon Appetit!





June 20, 2013

Cooking: Halloumi with spiced Spinach & Apricots






Once in a while, not very often, I don't have appetite for meat at all, 
especially when it is warm outside and we don't do a BBQ. 
So I found a pack of chili-seasoned halloumi cheese and some frozen leaf-spinach. 
I started to roast some onions and garlic in olive oil, added some fresh 
chili peppers, eights of fresh apricots and the spinach.  After cooking it for 10 minutes 
I seasoned it with salt & pepper, a dash of fresh lemon juice I left it aside. 
Then I fried the cheese in a pan, and topped it over the spinach - easy peasy! 

What you need for 2 persons:

200-300g Halloumi Cheese (if it is pure, season it yourself with 
chilies, bell pepper powder and some olive oil)
350g frozen leaf spinach
8 fresh apricots
1/2 chili pepper
3 garlic cloves
1 medium onion
olive oil, salt&pepper, 1 dash of lemon juice