Spiced rice & mushroom en croute

Spiced rice & mushroom en croute

This festive centrepiece makes a great veggie main course

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour plus chilling

Method

  1. Cook the rice with the turmeric and lemon zest, drain and cool. Gently fry the onion and mushrooms in the butter until soft. Stir in the rice, herbs, cranberries and eggs and season.
  2. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roll out the pastry into a rectangle. Put the mix down one side in a log, fold the pastry over to make a parcel, trim, crimp the sides and brush with beaten egg. Add some leaf decorations if you like and brush again. chill for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and bake for 30 minutes.

Per serving

546 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 43.2g, fat 37.3 g, saturated fat 16.8g, fibre 1.8g, salt 1.01 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2008.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour plus chilling

Ingredients

  • 500g block puff pastry
  • 1 egg , beaten

FILLING

  • 60g basmati rice
  • a pinch turmeric
  • 1 lemon , zested
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 600g chestnut mushrooms , sliced
  • butter
  • a handful parsley and tarragon, chopped
  • 1 tbsp dried cranberries
  • 2 eggs , hard-boiled and chopped
  • sesame seeds to decorate
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Per serving

546 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 43.2g, fat 37.3 g, saturated fat 16.8g, fibre 1.8g, salt 1.01 g

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