15/12/2004
One Christmas Night!
I can't believe that One Christmas Night is still number one on the Hot 25 series list on www.amazon.co.uk Thank you so much to everyone who has made this book such a success!
And now, for those of you who have to produce a vegeterian option this Christmas, just like me- I caught an excellent recipe on the TV that I want to share with you...
You will need one packet of frozen puff pastry, and you are going to create a vegetarian 'Stilton Wellington'. Believe me, you are!!
Take your greased baking dish, and line it with the pastry, leaving enough 'flaps' to cover the mixture... then take a couple of handfuls of basmati rice and cook... cool, season, and add a handful of chopped parsley (see how handy those hands are!?)
Press the rice mixture onto the pastry base.
On top of this put a pack of those chestnuts that have been cooked and peeled for you- chop them roughly first.
Then lay out a line of baby leeks on top of everything.
Follow these with a jar of red peppers- stretch them across everything like a blanket, and then add a couple of handfuls of chopped mushrooms.
Now crumble a block of stilton right over the top of your mixture.
Season- but not too much salt- the cheese is salty enough.
Wrap your flaps over the top- glaze with egg or milk- or nothing at all, if you are on a macrobiotic diet.... then cook for one and a half hours at 180C
What could be easier than that??
Yummy- I might even forego the turkey!
Love to all, and happy eating!
Susan
And now, for those of you who have to produce a vegeterian option this Christmas, just like me- I caught an excellent recipe on the TV that I want to share with you...
You will need one packet of frozen puff pastry, and you are going to create a vegetarian 'Stilton Wellington'. Believe me, you are!!
Take your greased baking dish, and line it with the pastry, leaving enough 'flaps' to cover the mixture... then take a couple of handfuls of basmati rice and cook... cool, season, and add a handful of chopped parsley (see how handy those hands are!?)
Press the rice mixture onto the pastry base.
On top of this put a pack of those chestnuts that have been cooked and peeled for you- chop them roughly first.
Then lay out a line of baby leeks on top of everything.
Follow these with a jar of red peppers- stretch them across everything like a blanket, and then add a couple of handfuls of chopped mushrooms.
Now crumble a block of stilton right over the top of your mixture.
Season- but not too much salt- the cheese is salty enough.
Wrap your flaps over the top- glaze with egg or milk- or nothing at all, if you are on a macrobiotic diet.... then cook for one and a half hours at 180C
What could be easier than that??
Yummy- I might even forego the turkey!
Love to all, and happy eating!
Susan
