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Hokkaido Capsicum Salad with Pomegranate and Ginger Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Sunday, November 03, 2019

This is a healthy, colourful autumn salad, featuring the fresh flavours of Hokkaido pumpkin, green capsicum and pomegranate. The ginger pumpkin vinaigrette prepared with avocado oil and sweetened with date syrup takes just minutes to prepare and will make any autumn salad pop with flavour.

Ginger Pumpkin Vinaigrette	Salad
100 g Roasted hokkaido pumpkin puree ©angiesrecipes 60 ml Avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil 60 ml Apple cider vinegar 3-4 tbsp Water 1 tbsp Flat leaf parsley 1 clove Garlic 1 Small chilli pepper 1 tbsp Date syrup or maple syrup 1 tbsp Chopped peeled fresh ginger 1/2 tsp Black salt Large pinch of freshly ground black pepper	600 g Organic Hokkaido pumpkin, roughly grated 1 Green capsicum, halved, deseeded, thinly sliced 1 handful Arugula leaves Seeds from 1/2 Pomegranate Candied walnuts & Brazil nuts (thanks, Abbe!)

Place all the dressing ingredients in the cup of an immersion blender, and process until emulsified. Adjust the seasoning. Chill until ready for use.
Wash the pumpkin thoroughly and dry with a clean kitchen towel. Roughly grate the pumpkin into a large mixing bowl.
Wash and dry capsicum. Half, deseed and thinly slice the capsicum. Add to the grated pumpkin together with arugula leaves and pomegranate seeds.
Add half of the dressing to the salad and toss to coat. Transfer the salad to a serving platter, garnish with candied nuts and serve with the remaining pumpkin vinaigrette at the table.

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Sourdough Pain d´Epi

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Pain d'Epi baked with White Levain

Pain d'Epi baked with Rye Sourdough

A stalk of wheat----Epi bread is a type of classic and common artisan bread. Crackly crust and creamy, airy crumb! Store the bread wrapped in butter paper until it is used, and if the bread has started to go stale, sprinkle it with water and bake briefly to refresh it.

240 g Sourdough starter, 100% hydration (fed with bread or rye flour)
420 g Water at 20C/68F
670 g German #550
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1 g Instant dry yeast
18-20 g Salt

Sift together the flour and dry yeast in a bowl. Combine the starter and water in a large mixing bowl. Add in the flour mixture and stir on low speed for 2 minutes. Let the mixture rest for 25 minutes, allowing the flour to absorb the water. Add in salt and stir for 4 minutes on middle speed. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Scrape the dough on to a lightly oiled work surface and pat it out to form a flat rectangle. Fold one end, a third of the length, back to the centre. Fold the other end back over it, like folding puff pastry. Pat it out again and fold it once more. Cover and leave at room temperature for 60 minutes. Repeat pat-flat-fold, leave another hour and repeat one more time. Slash the dough with a razor and if bubbles form in the dough, it’s ready to shape. Or leave the dough one more hour and check again.
Divide the dough into the loaf sizes. Shape each into a baguette by stretching each dough into a rectangles, then folding the bottom and top thirds to the center, pinching the seam together and allowing them to rest for 10 minutes. Fold the dough over lengthwise and press the ends together. Roll each dough back and forth to elongate it to the desired length and taper the ends.
Place the loaves on a baking sheet dusted with flour, cover and let rise until slightly under proofed. Preheat the oven to 210C/420F. Cut one end of the loaf at an angle with a scissor, pull the cut piece of the loaf to left side. Move down a couple of inches, make a snip and pull the cut piece dough to the right. Alternate directions while cutting the dough. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes until golden crispy. Cool them on a rack.

Pain d'Epi baked with Rye Sourdough

Pain d'Epi baked with White Levain

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Pumpkin Chilli Mini Cakes with Nutritional Yeast and Herbs

Thursday, October 24, 2019

These mini savoury pumpkin loaves are really soft and tender with a nice crust, and are so moreish. They can be enjoyed as a weekday lunch with a seasonal salad or a bowl of soup, or as a snack throughout the day. Most pumpkin cake or bread recipes call for mashed pumpkins, but I decided to try this recipe and have a go at using grated raw pumpkin to create a lovely texture that's moist and a little chewier. Besides that, grated pumpkin will give you attractive flecks of orange in your baked goods.

250 g Organic hokkaido pumpkin
©angiesrecipes, unpeeled and finely grated
2-3 Red chilli peppers, finely sliced
200 g Refined spelt flour
1 tbsp Baking powder
25 g Nutritional yeast flakes
2 tbsp Fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tbsp Fresh parsley, chopped
3 Large eggs, separated
120 ml Dry white wine (or milk)
1 tsp Sea salt
8 x 5 g Butter for topping, optional

Thoroughly wash the pumpkin. Pat dry with a kitchen towel and finely grate. Rinse the chilli peppers. Dry and chop finely. Prepare a mini loaf pan with 8 holes. For easy removal after baking, grease and line the holes with baking paper.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F with fan on. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and nutritional yeast in a mixing bowl. Seperate the eggs.
Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside. In another mixing bowl, stir the egg yolks and white wine or milk until well combined.
Stir in grated pumpkin, chopped chilli peppers, herbs and salt until incorporated. Fold in 1/3 of the whipped egg white to lighten up the batter. Now fold in the rest of the egg whites until fully combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the 8 loaf pan holes. Top each with a piece of butter if using. Bake in the middle of hot oven for about 25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and Stand in pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

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Roasted Red Cabbage Wedges with Walnuts and Bay Leaves

Monday, October 21, 2019

An easy to prepare, cost efficient, and gluten-free side dish that offers loads of antioxidants and makes a delicious accompaniment to almost any meat or fish dinner, but goes particularly well with Knusprige Schweinshaxe - German Roasted Pork Knuckle.
The humble red cabbage is incredibly versatile and brightens up the holiday table with its beautiful, intense purple colour.

50 g Beef dripping
40 g Walnuts
4-5 Bay leaves
1 Shallot, sliced
300 ml Homemade beef broth
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
Black salt and black pepper
1 tbsp Parsley leaves for garnishing

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F fan-forced. Rinse and dry red cabbage and cut into wedges. Brush a roasting pan with some of the beef dripping.
Place the cabbage wedges in and brush the cabbage with the rest of beef dripping. Scatter the walnuts, sliced shallots and bay leaves over.
©angiesrecipes
Mix beef broth and apple cider vinegar together and pour over the cabbages. Season with black salt and black pepper. Roast in the middle of hot oven for 40-50 minutes or until just tender.

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Rolled Oat And Apple Bread with Natural White Leaven

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Natural white leaven refers to sourdough starter made entirely from white flour, either bread or all-purpose flour. The bread made with preferments (either prepared with commercial yeast or wild yeasts and bacteria) yields a more complex flavour and taste. Enjoy this rustic apple oat bread with a bowl of steaming hot soup or a salad for a simple yet satisfying lunch.

50 g Rolled oats
100 g Boiling water
200 g Apple, peeled and grated
50 g Water at 20C/68F
100 g White leaven

2 g Instant dry yeast
250 g German #550 flour
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3 g Sea salt
2 tbsp Egg wash
2 tbsp Rolled oats

Put the rolled oats into a small bowl and pour over the boiling water. Leave aside for 5 minutes while you prepare the other ingredients. Add the grated apple to the water, leaven, and yeast. Stir the mixture well until the yeast is dissolved, then stir the soaked oats into this. In another bowl weigh the flour with the salt. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour and stir the mixture with your hands until it is evenly combined and you have a soft, sticky dough. Scrape any dough from Your fingers into the bowl, cover and leave for 10 minutes.
Rub 1 teaspoon olive oil on the work-surface and knead the dough on the oiled surface for 10 seconds, ending with the dough in a smooth, round ball. Clean and dry the howl, then rub lightly with a teaspoon of olive oil. Return the dough to the bowl, cover, and leave for a further 10 minutes. Remove the dough and knead once more on the oiled surface, returning the shape of the dough to a smooth, round ball. Put it back in the bowl, cover and leave for 1 hour at room temperature.
Lightly flour the work-surface and shape the dough into a baton or a round. Rub a tea-towel with a handful of flour (or use a linen-lined proving basket) and place the dough inside seam-side-up. Wrap the dough snugly in the cloth, and leave to rise for 1 1/2 hours, or until almost doubled in height.
Preheat the oven to 210C/410F. Upturn the loaf on to a flour dusted tray, then brush the surface of the loaf with the egg wash and dust with rolled oats. Bake the loaf in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes, then lower the heat to 190C/375F and bake for a further 15-20 minutes, until the loaf is a good brown, feels light in weight, and sounds hollow when tapped on the base. Leave to cool on a wire rack.