Tag: cheese

  • Simple vegetarian broccoli lasagne

    Simple vegetarian broccoli lasagne

    Honestly, when preparing this I forgot to add the vegetarian ‘minced meat’ and it was still delicious. Would also be great with mushrooms! Find your own, buy fresh or soak dried mushrooms from your stock.

    First, mix together ingredients for the sauce. I used tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, sambal (chili paste) and bruschetta mix (dried tomato, garlic and oregano). You might use a ready made tomato sauce (there are really good ones without additives, check the label) or make your own.

    Grease the bottom and sides of your oven dish with olive oil. Now add a first thin layer of tomato sauce at the bottom, then break small broccoli florets (no bigger than would fit a teaspoon) and distribute evenly in the sauce. Now add a layer of minced veg meat and cover with thinly sliced onion rings. Cover with a layer of sauce.

    Now take a sheet of lasagne pasta (I used whole-wheat), break it if necessary and use as much/many as you need to cover a full layer in the oven dish.

    Repeat the layering steps with a bit of sauce, broccoli, minced veg meat, onions, more sauce. Add another layer of pasta.

    Make the last layer with broccoli, onion and sauce. Top with grated cheese (I used Gouda).

    Put in the oven at 200 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with (rocket) salad, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.

  • Easy Fragrant Homemade Crunchy Crust Pizza

    Easy Fragrant Homemade Crunchy Crust Pizza

    Recently I was preparing dinner for a family party of eight. As I wanted to spend lots of time with my loved ones and not so much time in the kitchen, I was looking for an easy way to make something nicely filling and beautiful. And cheap.

    Enter the Turkish market nearby my temporary home. They sell a kind of ready-made flatbread called sıkma. You’ll find it everywhere in Middle Eastern markets and shops. I decided to use the flatbread as a quick & easy pizza base, adding cheese, tomato slices, olives and herbs, and it turned out really nicely.

    The next day I made pizza again and this time I used the leftovers of another dish I had made for the party: zucchini spaghetti.

    Recipe Easy Fragrant Homemade Crunchy Crust Pizza

    It’s real simple:

    Top the flatbread with cheese (I used a combo of cow’s Gouda and goat’s Gouda with coriander seeds) and sliced vegetables such as tomato, olives, thinly sliced mushrooms or zucchini. Basically any pizza topping you like.

    Add a herb mixture – I used thyme, oregano, white & black pepper and cayenne.

    Put it in the oven (around 180-200 degrees) for 10 miutes or so.

    Your pizza is done when the cheese has melted and it’s fragrant and crunchy.