Baked Potato Cake

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This cake resembles the Spanish Tortilla. Tasty and quite filling. Can be served hot or cold. Great side dish or at the buffet.

Serves 6

6 medium sized potatoes, finely grated
2 onions, finely grated

3 eggs
3 tablespoons buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt

A pinch of nutmeg
Black pepper

1 small red chili, finely chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
Broccoli crowns, small head, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped

3 tablespoons chopped scallions/green onion
200 ml crème fraiche
150 g grated cheese
1 egg

Heat oven to 200C

1. Combine the grated onion and potato
2. Add the combined egg mix
3. Season
4. Add the chili, pepper, broccoli and zucchini
5. Pour into cake tin (spring form)
6. Bake 20 minutes
7. Remove from oven
8. Mix the green onion, crème fraiche, cheese and egg.
9. Spread the spring onion mix on top.
10. Bake another 30 minutes

Serve with a green salad.

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Quinoa Tabbouleh

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A quick and refreshing addition to the summer buffet.

Serves 6

400 ml red quinoa
1 cube vegetable stock
4 medium tomatoes, seeds removed, finely diced
2 green bell peppers, finely diced
1 cucumber, seeds removed, finely diced
1 red onion, finely diced
100 ml chopped parsley
25 g chopped fresh mint leaves
Juice from 2 lemons
4 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste

1. Boil the quinoa with a stock cube according to the instructions on the package.
2. Combine all ingredients.
3. Chill in the refrigerator for a few hours.
4. Enjoy!

Cauliflower Spiced Rice with Tomato and Cinnamon Chutney

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To get the best result for the rice, make sure you use a large enough frying pan so that the cauliflower can be fried in a thin layer. The chutney recipe is simple but delicious. The cinnamon provides an interesting, different flavour but don’t forget to discard it after about 15 minutes as it will overpower all other flavours otherwise. Can be served with marinated tofu (see previous recipes) or maybe a few pices of grilled halloumi cheese.

“Rice”:
Cauliflower, 1 medium size head (about 1 kilo)
2 red onions, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 tbsp ginger, finely grated
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

150 g Cashews
Chili flakes
1 tbsp honey

Parsley, chopped

  1. In a food processor, blitz the cauliflower crowns (the stalks and hard core removed) into small, grain like pieces.
  2. Using a large pan and some olive oil, fry onion until soft, add garlic and then ginger.
  3. Turn up heat – add the blitzed cauliflower rice and fry over high heat , constantly stirring, until slightly coloured. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. In separate pan, toast the cashews, when done add honey and chili flakes.
  5. Combine all plus the chopped parsley.

Chutney:
12 tomatoes (1 kilo), quartered
1 onion, halved and sliced
50 ml red wine vinegar
1 tbsp honey
1 cinnamon stick
chili flakes

  1. Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and let simmer on low heat for 40 minutes.
  2. After 15 minutes, discard the cinnamon stick.

This chutney may be served hot or cold.

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