Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Ricotta and silverbeet pie




Yes I do like cooking pies and I do like silverbeet and cheese. And I like being able to come home and just cook something from ingredients I have lying around. So this is another pie that I am making in puff pastry - even though it could be made in phyllo which I also have on hand.

Ingredients

Half bunch silverbeet (including stalks)
2 spring onions
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp Sambal oelek
1 tsp crushed ginger
375 gr ricotta
2 sheets frozen puff pastry
Poppyseeds 



Mode

Place a steamer on the stove and bring water to the boil
Remove pastry from freezer to thaw
Turn on oven to preheat to 180c
Meanwhile roughly chop half a bunch of silverbeet including white stalks
Add to steamer
Chop spring onions and add to steamer
Crush garlic and ginger and add to steamer
Add Sambal oelek
Steam until vegetables tender
Place one sheet of pastry in the bottom of a square oven dish
Spoon the vegetables onto the pastry
Spoon the ricotta over the vegetables 
Place the second sheet of pastry over the vegetables and cheese
Fold the two sheets of pastry together and press to seal
Sprinkle poppyseed on top
Cook in 180c oven for 45 minutes

Monday, February 4, 2019

Salmon pie



I puzzled for a while this evening about what to cook but then decided I needed some comfort food. Hmm I had some salmon, some silver beet and red pepper. All I needed to do was thaw the pastry, turn on the oven and steam the silver beet!



Ingredients

3 silverbeet leaves including stalks
1 spring onion
1 clove of garlic crushed
1 tsp Sambal oelek
1 tsp crushed ginger root
2 sheets frozen puff pastry
450 gr skinned salmon fillets
1 red pepper
Poppyseeds

Mode

Place water in steamer to boil
Preheat the oven to 180c
Take the pastry sheets from freezer to thaw
Roughly chop the silverbeet and stalks and add to steamer
Chop spring onion and add to steamer
Add garlic, ginger and Sambal oelek to vegetables 
Add lid to steamer bring to boil
Place a thawed sheet of pastry on the bottom on a baking dish
Arrange the salmon fillets on top of it
Roughly chop the red pepper and add to the salmon
Spoon the steamed vegetables on top
Cover with other slice of pastry and pinch edges to seal
Sprinkle poppyseeds on top
Bake in 180c oven for 45 minutes


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