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« on: January 11, 2010, 03:35:10 am » |
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These colourful grilled vegetables, topped with a fresh tomato and Italian basil salsa and creamy camembert
cheese, make a wonderful vegetarian main course. Also great for barbies. Enjoy with toasted ciabatta slices
and a green salad.
Ingredients:
1 small butternut pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into slices
¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil
2 red onions, thickly sliced
2 courgette, thickly sliced
1 round eggplant, thickly sliced
1 red capsicum, deseeded and cut into wide strips
1 yellow capsicum, deseeded and cut into wide strips
7 ounce asparagus, trimmed
2 large flat mushrooms, thickly sliced
4 small ripe tomatoes, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian basil
5 ounce camembert cheese, cut into small pieces
Directions:
1. Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the pumpkin and cook for about 3 minutes until
slightly softened. Drain.
2. Preheat a large cast-iron, ridged grill pan. Pour the oil into a small saucepan. Using a pastry brush,
very lightly coat the onions with oil and chargrill for about 2 minutes on each side.
Transfer to a large platter and keep warm. Oil and chargrill the courgette and round eggplant in the same
way, then add to the platter.
3. Chargrill the capsicum, without oil, for 3–4 minutes on each side until charred and slightly softened.
Transfer to the platter. Lightly oil the asparagus and chargrill, turning occasionally, for about 4 minutes.
Add to the platter.
4. Very lightly oil the mushrooms and parboiled pumpkin and chargrill for about 3 minutes, turning once.
Add to the platter.
5. To make the salsa, add the tomatoes, garlic and basil to the oil remaining in the small pan.
Heat through gently and season to taste. Pour the salsa over the grilled vegetables and scatter the
camembert over the top.
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