Broccoli - Ricotta Bake With Roasted Pepper Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
6 starter servings
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 2 red peppers, seeded and chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled but left whole
- 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
- 3 tablespoons boiling water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads (optional) or 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (optional)
- 2 1⁄4 cups diced broccoli
- 1 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place peppers, onion and garlic cloves into a 9" x 13" baking pan.
- Drizzle with olive oil, add mustard seed, salt and pepper and toss well.
- Put in oven and roast for about 45 minutes, or until very soft and caramelized.
- Meanwhile, stir together boiling water and saffron, if using. Allow to steep while vegetables are roasting.
- When they have finished roasting, add the vegetables to a blender, add the saffron water and puree smooth. Pour into a jug or gravy boat and set aside.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
- Place broccoli florets in a steamer and steam until just tender.
- Take half the broccoli, break it up with a fork or potato masher, and add to a bowl with the ricotta, egg, lemon zest, basil, pepper, paprika, nutmeg and salt.
- Fold in the larger broccoli pieces.
- Grease an 8” or 9” round casserole dish, and fill with broccoli mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Serve alongside warm pepper sauce.
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<p>Montessori teacher, nutritionist and pastry chef: baking is my passion, but teaching the value of good food to whole families is close to my heart too! I have a passion for re-instilling the love of good-quality, home-made and mostly healthy food into the hearts and kitchens of children and their families today. I believe that any ?homemade? food, even when labelled as naughty, is a more wholesome treat than pre-packaged, cookie-cutter junk.</p>
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