Culinary Hotline - Festive
Festive food doesn’t have to cost a lot or be too complicated! Gabriella Sangiorgio shares her delicious salad recipe and we have a sweet treat inspiration from richanddelish.com
Ingredients:
- 2 sheets puffed pastry
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup chocolate spread
- Icing sugar, to dust for serving
How To Make Pull-Apart Chocolate Tree
- Preheat an oven to 200°C (400f), and let your puff pastry thaw for about 2 hours (before preheating the oven) or until it’s easy to work with.
- Unfold two sheets of puff pastry and place one of them on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Spread the Nutella or spread of your choice evenly with a spatula or with a butter knife.
- Lay the other puff pastry on top of the Nutella. Using a sharp knife or a pizza cutter, cut the outline of a Christmas tree.
- Use a star cookie cutter to cut off 2-3 stars from the scraps. Set the starts aside.
- Cut 1-inch strips on the sides of the Christmas tree. Twist each strip away from you to create a beautiful design.
- Place a star on the top of the tree for a finished Christmas tree.
- Mix 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of milk or heavy cream and brush the tree with the egg wash.
- Bake in a 200c (400f) preheated oven for 20-30 minutes or until it’s golden brown. Take a look at the tree after 20 minutes to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Ingredients:
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion, finely diced
- 1 red pepper, finely diced
- 50g walnuts, finely chopped
- 2 tins brown lentils, drained and rinsed
- ½ Cucumber, diced
- 30g wild rocket, roughly chopped
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Tahini dressing:
- 2 Tbsp tahini
- 2-3 Tbsp water
- Salt to taste
How To Make Lentil & Walnut Salad
- Place the olive oil in a pot and slowly cook the red onion and pepper until soft (around 15 mins).
- Increase the heat and fry the walnuts for a minute.
- Add the lentils, cook for a minute and then turn off the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Allow to cool then add the rest of your ingredients. Stir to combine.
- Make tahini dressing by whisking all of the ingredients together, adding more water to get desired consistency.
- Serve lentils on a platter and drizzle over the tahini sauce.