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Veggies and sausage parcel with beetroot coleslaw


Veggie parcel & beet slaw
Veggie parcel & beet slaw

Ingredients for 5 portions:

Ingredients for this recipe
Ingredients for this recipe
  • 3 medium parsnips
  • 4 medium carrots
  • 1 large sausage (long life) or 4 hot dogs
  • 1 large leek
  • 1/2 tin of tomato soup
  • 1 onion
  • 2 beetroots
  • Mayonnaise
  • 1 Jus-Rol short crust sheet
  • Vegetable oil

Method:

Preheat the oven at 200C before starting the prep.

Cut the medium onion in 2. Keep half for frying and half for later. Peel 2 carrots, the 3 parsnips then, cut each of them in 4 length way. Cut the leek same way. Place them all in a large bowl.

Fry the smaller saussage cuts with onion for more flavour
Fry the smaller sausage cuts with onion for more flavor

In a frying pan, heat 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil.  Fry one half of onion that has been diced, then lightly brown every side of the browned sausage.

All covered with the tinned tomato soup...
All covered with the tinned tomato soup…

Once that is done, pour the content of the frying pan on the vegetables. Also add the 200ml of tomato soup, salt and Pepper. Then, crush 1 stock cube on the melange before mixing all the ingredients together. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

All in the Jus-Rol pastry sheet...
All in the Jus-Rol pastry sheet…

Spray a bit of oil on the oven tray and lay on it the pastry sheet. Then, carefully place on its middle all the vegetable and the sausage. Making sure that the sausage is placed at the heart of the vegetable heap. Now bring up the sides of the pastry so the content will not fall to the side.

After 40 minutes ... let it cooldown
After 40 minutes … let it cool down

If necessary, cover it all with foil to maintain the shape. Place the parcel in the oven for 40 minutes at 200C. Serve with a small beetroot slaw.

3 colors for the coleslaw
3 colors for the coleslaw

Preparing the coleslaw: peel and grate the beetroot, and the 2 remaining carrots. Also grate the leftover onion. Place all in a bowl. Add salt and pepper, plus 3 full tablespoons of mayonnaise. Mix and set aside. The onion can be replaced by white or red cabbage. If you are not fan of coleslaw just serve the parcel with a simple green salad and a light vinaigrette.

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Homemade tomato soup


Tomato soup & Garlic and basil bread
Tomato soup & Garlic and basil bread

Ingredients for 2 portions:

Ingredients for the dish
Ingredients for the dish
  • 2 precooked mini baguettes
  • 1 scotch bonnet
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 50g leek
  • 1 tomato tin
  • Vegetable oil
  • Dry basil
  • Salt

Method:

Peel the potato and cut it very finely. Cut the leek, onion and garlic too, set aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan, fry chopped onion and potato until brown, then, add the leek and 3 chopped garlic to wilt, stirring continuously for 1 minute.

Now pour in the tomatoes and add the scotch bonnet. Also add in 200ml of water and cover for 20 minutes. What we are looking for here is for the potatoes pieces to be completely soft. After that, blend the content of the pan while it is still hot.

ARENAFor the bread, preheat the oven at 180C.

Mini baguette wedges
Mini baguette wedges

Cut the bread into wedges, mash the remaining garlic and rub it on the wedges. Place the bread on a baking dish and drizzle with oil. Sprinkle on some dried basil and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nice & crispy bread wedges
Nice & crispy bread wedges

Done. Serve. Enjoy.

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