Spinach Spelt Galette with Mushrooms and Beetroot

Spinach Spelt Galette with Mushrooms and Beetroot

Spinach Spelt Galette with Mushrooms and Beetroot. You can call this ‘crostata’ if you like. They are basically the same thing, a rustic tart crust folded over the filling, sweet or savoury, baked flat rather than in a tart pan, just French and Italian, respectively. Recently I have come across a spinach galette and a mushroom galette, both of which looked very interesting and delicious. So I purposely made lots of red wine spinach, baked mushrooms, so I would have leftovers just for this recipe. Bring this to potlucks or picnics as it tastes FANTASTIC cold.

Crust	Filling
180 g Wholegrain spelt flour Pinch of sea salt 70 g Cold unsalted butter 6 tbsp Ice water	40 g Parmesan, grated 40 g Gorgonzola, sliced 350 g Red wine spinach, drained 200 g Parmesan roasted mushrooms 1 Roasted beet, sliced Garden cress 1/2 Egg, lightly beaten for glaze

How to make Spinach Spelt Galette with Mushrooms and Beetroot

1. Place wholegrain spelt flour and salt in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Cut in the cold butter and mix with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle ice water into the bowl and continue to mix ingredients with your fingertips. Turn out the dough onto your work surface and gather the dough into a ball. Wrap the ball with a plastic film and flatten the dough into a thick round. Chill in the fridge for at least one hour, or up to two days.
2. Preheat oven to 200C/400F. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper to form a 15-inch circle. Sprinkle half of Parmesan and Gorgonzola in the center, leaving 2-3 inches border all around. Then mound the red wine spinach, roasted mushrooms, and beet on the top of cheeses.
3. Fold the border up and over the filling to form a rim, pleating as necessary. Now sprinkle the remaining Parmesan and Gorgonzola over the vegetables. Brush egg glaze over the rim.
4. Bake the galette until the crust is nicely golden brown, about 30-35 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Slide onto a serving platter and sprinkle some garden cress over. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Spinach Spelt Galette

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Asparagus Baton Bread with Sesame Seeds

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Crisp crust with a moist and soft interior, this is an interesting and a perfect spring bread recipe, especially with asparagus season in full swing. This Baton is based on a bread recipe from daheim und unterwegs.

Starter	Dough
175 g Bread flour 3 g Salt 3 g Fresh yeast 115 ml Water, at room temperature	200 g Green asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces 188 ml Water, at room temperature 325 g Bread flour 50 g Sesame seeds, lightly roasted 10 g Sugar 7 g Salt 12 g Fresh yeast

1. In a mixing bowl, stir all the starter ingredients until you get a rough dough ball. Cover with a plastic film and leave it at the room temperature for an hour. Transfer the starter, still covered, to the fridge and leave it for 15-24 hours.
   
2. Trim, rinse and dry the green asparagus. Cut them into 2cm pieces. Dissolve the starter with water in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer. Add in bread flour, sesame seeds, sugar, salt and yeast. Stir at low speed for 3 minutes, then increase the speed to medium and knead for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and pliable. Turn the dough on a lightly floured work surface, gently knead green asparagus pieces into the dough until evenly distributed.
   
3. Cover the dough and allow it to rest for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into two portions. Shape each into a round. Cover and set aside for 5 minutes.
   
4. Shape each dough into a baton on a floured work surface and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover and allow them to rise for 45 minutes.
   
5. Place a roasting pan at the bottom shelf and preheat the oven to 230C450F. Just before putting the bread into the hot oven, slash the tops in an asterisk with a sharp knife or with a floured scissor snip 1/2-inch-deep V into top of each roll.
   
6. Place the bread in the oven and throw a handful of ice cubes into the roasting pan. Close the oven door and bake for 35-40 minutes until nicely golden brown and crusty. Remove the bread and allow them to cool on a wire rack to room temperature before cutting.

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I am sending this to the "Bake Your Own Bread-April" at Girlichef.

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Soya Spelt Scones with Cranberry and White Chocolate

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Scones, similar to American biscuits, are a type of pastry, which is often served at breakfast or tea, especially in Britain. The dough is usually made in the shape of a round which is cut into triangles, although scones can also be cut into squares or made using a cookie cutter. These soya spelt scones are so tasty when eaten warm. They can be also served at room temperature with clotted cream, jam or honey.

110 g Toasted soya flour 150 g Wholegrain spelt flour 30 g Light brown sugar 1/2 tsp Salt 1 tbsp Baking powder 110 g Cold butter 40 g Dried cranberries 40 g White chocolate chips 150 ml Whole milk 1 Egg, lightly beaten

1. Preheat oven to 200C/400F and line a baking tray with parchment paper. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, brown sugar, salt, and baking powder.
   
2. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with your finger tips. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. Stir in dried cranberries and white chocolate chips. Add in milk and egg. Stir until just combined. Do not over mix.
   
3. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead briefly. Gently pat the dough to form a 2cm-thick round. Use a 3.5cm fluted cutter to cut out 16 discs. Dip the cutter into flour between cutting to prevent dough sticking to it.
   
4. Place them to the prepared lined tray and then brush the top of the scones with milk or cream. Bake in the middle of the hot oven for about 15 minutes or until beautifully browned and puff.

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Red Lentil and Green Pea Salad

Red Lentil and Green Pea Salad

Red Lentil and Green Pea Salad. Fast-cooking red lentils teamed up with frozen green peas to make this hearty fiber-rich salad. It makes for a healthy and satisfying lunch with its bright colours and chewy yet tender texture. It turned out that I didn’t touch any chicken breast leftover, so just leave it out if you haven’t got any leftover.

Salad	Dressing
200 g Dried red lentils 80 g Frozen green peas 1 Small yellow onion, finely chopped 400 ml Vegetable stock 1 Baby carrot, thinly sliced 2 Cherry radishes, cut into wedges 2 Strawberries, cut into wedges A handful of salad leaves Pan-seared thyme chicken breast leftover, optional	5 tbsp Lemon juice 3 tsp Honey 5 tbsp Olive oil Salt and pepper

Red Lentil and Green Pea Salad Dressing

1. Spread the red lentils out on a work surface and pick out any pebbles, debris, or damaged lentils. Rinse lentils until the water runs clear. Finely chop the onion.
2. Place vegetable stock in a medium pot and bring to a boil. Add in rinsed lentils and onions. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Stir in frozen green peas 5 minutes before lentils are tender. Drain well, refresh under cold water and drain again.
3. Combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a medium bowl. Mix well and season with salt and pepper. Add the lentils mixture, sliced carrot, radish, strawberry wedges to the bowl of dressing and toss to mix.
4. Arrange the salad leaves on a serving plate. Spoon the lentil salad in the middle, top with sliced chicken breast if used and drizzle a bit of balsamic cream over.

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Provençal Tomato Tartelettes Recipe

Provençal Tomato Tartelettes

Provençal Tomato Tartelettes Recipe For a refreshing Easter lunch appetizer, fill small vine tomatoes with your favourite fillings. I've chosen aromatic provencal flavoured breadcrumbs with herbs and garlic. There is no good cuisine without good oil and there is no Provençal cuisine without garlic. Rest each filled tomatoes on a bed of puff pastry disc and baked them until puffed and golden.

Provençal Tomato Tartelettes Recipe

200 g Store-bought fresh puff pastry dough 9 Small vine tomatoes Salt and pepper 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs 2 tbsp Butter, softened 2 Garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tbsp Flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1 tsp Fresh thyme, chopped Olive oil

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out the fresh puff pastry dough and cut out 9 dough discs with a 5cm/2inch fluted cookie cutter. Save the trimmings for other use and arrange the discs on the baking sheet, leaving 5-cm/2-inch between each discs. Cover and chill while preparing others.
2. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Using a knife, make a small cross-shaped cut in the bottom of each tomato. Place the tomatoes in boiling water for 10 seconds. Drain and plunge into ice water to stop the cooking. Peel the tomatoes. Slice a small slice off the bottom and scoop out the seeds and pulp. Set aside.
3. In a bowl, place breadcrumbs, softened butter, finely chopped garlic, and herbs. Stir until well combined. Spoon the filling into the tomato cups. Place a tomato cup on the centre of each puff disc. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the filling into the tomatoes. Bake for about 25 minutes.
4. Drizzle each serving with olive oil. Season with pepper. Serve as an appetizer or as a side dish with Provençal-style roast chicken or leg of lamb.

Provençal Tomato Tartelettes

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Sourdough Olive Bread

Sourdough Olive Bread

Sourdough Olive Bread is a slow 3-day bread to make, but definitely worth the time and patience. You just cannot rush a good loaf of bread. If you don't have a sourdough starter you might just have to make one from scratch or buy one from stores.

Sourdough Olive Bread ingridients

Starter
35 g Rye sourdough, 100% hydration 205 ml Water, lukewarm 170 g Bread flour	All the starter 380 ml Water 440 g Bread flour 275 g Wholewheat flour 14 g Sea salt 1 tbsp Olive oil 2 tsp Chilli pepper flakes 250 g Olives, pitted and well-drained

How to make Sourdough Olive Bread

1. Combine all the starter ingredients in a large bowl. Cover and set aside for 12-16 hours.
2. Stir together the starter and water in a mixing bow. Add in flours and mix at low speed. Cover the dough with a plastic wrap and let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Add in salt, olive oil and stir well on low speed for 2 minutes. Increase the speed and mix 6-8 minutes more until dough is smooth and pliable.
4. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead the drained olives and chilli pepper flakes into the dough.
5. Cover the dough and let proof at room temperature for 2 and 1/2 hours, folding and stretching the dough at 45 minutes and 90 minutes.
6. Divide the dough into two portions and shape them into two balls. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Form into rounds or batons. Dust the proofing baskets with wholewheat flour and place inn the shaped dough. Dust the tops with wholewheat flour and cover with plastic bag. Place them in the refrigerator and chill 12-18 hours.
7. Place a roasting tray with water at the bottom of your oven and preheat to 230C/450F. Turn the dough onto the baking trays. Cut some decorative slashes on the top of bread if desired.
8. Bake for 20 minutes, remove the roasting tray with water, then lower the temperature to 190C/370F and continue to bake for a further 30 minutes until the loaves are golden brown.

Sourdough Olive Bread

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How to make Castella Layer Cake

Castella Layer Cake

How to make Castella Layer Cake, a tri-coloured cake, light and luscious, with castella leftover frosted with vanilla-flavoured whipped cream and garnished with toasted almond slices. It’s a perfect dessert to welcome Easter. If you plan to serve this at your garden party, I would recommend buttercream to frost the cake, so it remains stable throughout the celebration.

How to make Castella Layer Cake

1x18x8 cm Orange castella 1x18x8 cm Matcha castella 1x18x8 cm Chocolate castella 250 ml Heavy cream, chilled 15 g Vanilla sugar 80 g Almond slices, toasted

1. Cut each castella into three 18x2.5cm strips. Place your mixing bowl and wire whisk in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Then place chilled heavy cream and the vanilla sugar in the cold bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
2. Stack 9 cake strips into 3 layers, applying whipped cream between strips and layers to ensure they stick together and alternating with colour cake strips.
3. Spread the top and sides with the remaining whipped cream. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours until set. Remove and coat the cake with almond slices. Slice and serve.

Castella Layer Cake Picture

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