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Charella cheese, roasted vegetables and salsa verde are put together in this healthy and tasty vegetable stack recipe. Serves 4.
Vegetable stack
Ingredients
- 4 field or Portabello mushrooms
- 4 fillets of marinated red peppers
- 8 spears fresh white or green asparagus (peeled)
- 4 small zucchini sliced into batons
- 2 egg tomatoes halved and oven roasted
- 4 batons of sweet potato grilled for 5 minutes to soften
- 4 x 60gm pieces Charella Farm Fetta
- 100ml Best Foods Mayonnaise
- 25ml aged balsamic vinegar
- 100ml Queensland Olive Oil
- 4 slices eggplant
- 4 tbsp salsa verde or good quality pesto
- 40gm parmesan grated
- 1 bunch spinach blanched in salted water
Method
Grill mushrooms in a heavy pan with 80ml olive oil.
Add red peppers, asparagus, zucchini, sweet potato, eggplant, and warm through.
Assemble four vegetable stacks starting with the red pepper and mushroom.
Top each stack with Charella farm fetta, spinach and roasted tomato.
Bake in a hot oven for 5 minutes until fetta is hot.
Serve on a warm plate topped with salsa verde or pesto and parmesan.
Mix balsamic into mayonnaise and spoon onto stack.
Drizzle with remaining olive oil and serve immediately.
Salsa Verde
Ingredients
- 2 slices of crusty bread soaked in 1 cup of olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp capers
- 1 bunch Italian parsley
- 1 cup mint
- juice 2 lemons
- 4 anchovy fillets
Method
Place all in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add salt and pepper.
Tips
- Portabello mushrooms are much tastier than field mushrooms and don't leek black liquid when plated. They are available at good fruit shops
- Substitute any vegetable in this dish but remember to grill root vegetables eg. Parsnip, carrot, potato for a few minutes first to soften
- Salsa Verde is brilliant with fish, poultry, lamb or boiled meat such as silverside
- Slice eggplant and cook in a hot Teflon pan with a little oil. They absorb less oil in Teflon
- For very low fat use olive oil spray instead of oil
- Substitute a soft goats cheese for fetta for less salt and a different flavour
- A sprinkle of pine nuts or cashews adds protein to make it suitable for a main course
- Seared chicken breast can be added for meat lovers
- Charella Goats Cheese is available from Mudgeeraba markets, Marina Mirage Markets or from the farm. Telephone (07) 55253525.
