From Harissa Baked Hake To Chicken Schnitzel: Ravinder Bhogal’s Recipes For Cooking With Nuts

3 months ago

I ever support a stash of nuts successful my room cupboard. I scatter them, astir chopped, complete my greeting yoghurt and consequence bowl, and erstwhile I consciousness an onslaught of nan munchies coming on, I effort (although I often fail) to scope for a fistful of them successful spot of thing sugary. These nutrient-dense superstars are precocious connected nan database of nutritionists’ favourite anti-inflammatory foods, and while each their wellness benefits are evidently terrific, I emotion them simply because they bring rich, buttery flavour, interest, and delightful texture to my cooking.

Almond crusted chickenhearted schnitzel (pictured top)

Traditionally, schnitzels are coated successful crisp breadcrumbs, but this delicious type utilizing almonds and cornflour makes this nuttily delicious and suitable for anyone avoiding gluten.

Prep 5 min
Cook 45 min
Serves 4

4 mini boneless, skinless chickenhearted breasts
50g parmesan, astir chopped
250g blanched almonds
Zest of 1 lemon
50g cornflour
Sea brackish and achromatic pepper
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tbsp dijon mustard
Lemon wedges, to serve

Put a chickenhearted bosom betwixt 2 sheets of baking paper, past usage a rolling pin to hit nan chickenhearted until it’s astir 1.5cm heavy each over. Repeat pinch nan remaining chickenhearted breasts.

Put nan parmesan successful a nutrient processor and blitz until finely chopped. Add nan almonds and blitz again until you person a coarse crumb. Transfer to a shallow vessel and operation successful nan citrus zest.

Place nan cornflour successful a abstracted shallow vessel and play generously. Combine nan eggs, mustard, and a tablespoonful of h2o successful a shallow vessel and whisk to combine. Dust nan chickenhearted evenly successful cornflour, shingle disconnected immoderate excess, past dip into nan ovum substance and property into nan almond mixture, coating evenly. Place connected a baking tray lined pinch baking paper.

To navigator nan schnitzels, put a ample non-stick frying cookware complete a mean heat, past move successful 1cm oil. When nan lipid is hot, fry 2 schnitzels for 5 aliases six minutes connected each side, until aureate and cooked through. Repeat pinch nan remaining schnitzels, utilizing a small much lipid if needed. Serve pinch citrus wedges, salad, immoderate potatoes aliases a broadside of pickles.

Harissa baked hake pinch olives and walnut salsa

Baked food is truthful ray that nan summation of chopped nuts successful nan salsa gives it immoderate heft. The walnuts are interchangeable for whichever nuts you for illustration – pistachios, for example, would make an fantabulous alternative.

Prep 5 min
Cook 25 min
Serves 4

40g harissa
Zest and juice of 1 lemon, plus 6 slices, very thinly sliced
1 tbsp oliva oil
4 skinless hake fillets (about 175g each)
Sea brackish and achromatic pepper
75g greenish olives

For nan walnut salsa
150g walnut halves
50g finely chopped coriander
1 preserved lemon, rind finely chopped (flesh reserved for different use)
100ml extra-virgin oliva oil
2 tsp sumac

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4. Tip nan walnuts connected to a baking tray and roast for 5 minutes, until toasty. Leave to cool, past astir chop and operation pinch each nan different salsa ingredients.

In a mini bowl, whisk nan harissa, citrus zest and juice, and oliva oil. Season nan food fillets pinch oversea brackish and achromatic pepper, put them connected a baking tray, nan dispersed nan harissa substance evenly complete each fillet. Scatter complete nan olives and citrus slices, past cook for 10-12 minutes, aliases until nan food is cooked and flaking apart. Spoon nan walnut salsa complete nan apical and serve.

Ricotta, hazelnut and kale lasagne

The hazelnuts bring a toasty flavour to this cosy family favourite.

Prep 15 min
Cook 1 hr 10 min
Serves 6

For nan herb sauce
Olive oil
4 ail cloves, peeled and finely chopped
½ tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp dried oregano
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
1 tsp caster sugar
Sea brackish and achromatic pepper

For nan kale and ricotta filling
300g curly kale
200g cavolo nero
75g toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
500g ricotta
250g mascarpone
40g parmesan, grated
4 ovum yolks
Zest of 1 lemon
1 bully grating of nutmeg

For nan lasagne
250g caller lasagne sheets
100g parmesan, grated
125g buffalo mozzarella

Heat nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6. To make nan herb sauce, power a drizzle of oliva lipid successful a mean cookware complete a debased heat, past adhd nan ail and fry for a minute. Add nan chilli flakes and oregano, and move successful nan tomatoes. Add nan sugar, play pinch oversea brackish and achromatic pepper, trim nan power and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until thickened.

Bring a ample cookware of well-salted h2o to a boil, past adhd nan kale and cavolo nero, and simmer for 5 minutes, until nan greens are tender. Scoop everything retired into a colander and tally nether acold h2o to cool. Squeeze retired arsenic overmuch h2o arsenic possible, past put successful a nutrient processor pinch nan hazelnuts and process until astir chopped. Mix pinch nan remaining filling ingredients.

Spread a 4th of nan ricotta operation successful nan guidelines of a two-litre baking pan. Cover pinch somewhat overlapping lasagne sheets, past move complete a 3rd of nan herb sauce. Build different furniture pinch different 4th of nan ricotta mix, sprinkle complete a small parmesan and move complete different 3rd of nan herb sauce. Cover pinch a 2nd furniture of lasagne sheets and apical pinch different furniture of ricotta, a 3rd of nan parmesan and nan remaining herb sauce.

Top pinch a 3rd furniture of lasagne sheets, past dispersed complete nan remaining ricotta. Scatter complete nan remaining parmesan and tear complete nan mozzarella. Bake for 30 minutes until aureate and bubbling.