Spiced rice & mushroom en croute
This festive centrepiece makes a great veggie main course
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour plus chilling- 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.
- 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
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour plus chillingIngredients
- 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
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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