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Vegetable exotica



Ingredients

Quantity
Brussels sprouts
100gms
Baby corn
50gms
Fresh peas
50gms
Mushrooms
50gms
Carrots
100gms
Spring onion bulbs
50gms
Salt

Pepper
to taste 
Mustard

Parmesan cheese
50gms

Pesto sauce:


Basil
1 bunch
Garlic
a few flakes
Pine nuts (chilkosas)
50gms
Olive oil
50ml


Wash, scrape if necessary and prepare vegetables. Break broccoli into flowerettes, cut Brussels sprouts into quarters. Leave mushrooms, baby corn and onion bulbs whole. The peas should be shelled and carrots turned. Parboil in slightly seasoned boiling water. Drain. Prepare sauce. Pound together in a mortar the basil (about 50gms after stalks are removed). Grind garlic flakes and pine nuts fine. Add half the cheese grated. When it forms a thick smooth paste, add olive oil gradually to blend well with the other ingredients. Add pepper, salt and a pinch of mustard. Mix with prepared vegetables and place in an oven-proof dish. Top with the remaining shredded cheese. Bake in a quick oven to form a crust. Serve hot.