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Christmas menu I

Course: Hauptgericht
Servings: 4 persons
Author: Malgosia

Ingredients

Mushroom galette

  • 230 g flour
  • 130 g cold plant-based butter
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • 400 g mushrooms we used a mix of porcini mushrooms (king oyster mushrooms and brown mushrooms)
  • 1 onion
  • 150 g vegetable creme fraiche
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp plant drink
  • a few sprigs of thyme
  • fresh parsley
  • Salt, pepper

Red wine pasta with grilled tomatoes and walnuts

  • 400 g tagliatelle
  • 500 g cherry tomatoes
  • 80 g walnuts
  • 1.5 l red wine
  • 2 red onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 3 tsp of salt
  • 4 tbsp olive oil

Lamb's lettuce with oranges

  • 140 g lamb's lettuce
  • 2 oranges filleted + 4 tablespoons of juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tsp mustard
  • 3 tsp maple syrup
  • 3 tbsp olive oil

Mousse au Chocolat

  • 1 glass (350g) of chickpea liquid (use the chickpeas for other purposes, e.g. hummus)
  • 100 g chocolate
  • 4 tbsp powdered sugar
  • a few drops of lemon juice

Instructions

Mushroom galette

  • Put the flour with 2 teaspoons of salt in a bowl and add the cold butter in small pieces.
  • Rub everything crumbly with your fingers and add 2-3 tablespoons of cold water. Quickly shape the dough into a smooth ball and place well in an airtight bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
  • In the meantime, peel and finely chop the onions.
  • Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions until translucent.
  • Also cut the mushrooms into small pieces and add to the onions together with the sprigs of thyme. Fry for about 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
  • Add 100g of the creme fraiche to the mushrooms and stir well.
  • Take the dough out of the refrigerator and divide it into four equal pieces. Roll out about 1mm thick and spread the mushrooms on top. Leave a 2-3cm wide border free, which is folded over onto the mushrooms.
  • Brush the folded edge with some vegetable drink and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Coarsely chop some parsley and serve on the galette with the remaining creme fraiche.

Red wine pasta with grilled tomatoes and walnuts

  • Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
  • Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic and fry in the olive oil in a deep pan.
  • Add the uncooked tagliatelle to the pan, pour in the red wine and season with salt.
  • Let the pasta simmer in the red wine with the lid closed. The cooking time will double compared to the time indicated on the package.
  • In the meantime, place the cherry tomatoes on a baking sheet on the top shelf in the preheated oven and grill in the oven for 10 minutes.
  • Roughly chop the walnuts. After 10 minutes, place on the baking sheet with the cherry tomatoes and after 3 - 4 minutes take both out of the oven.
  • Serve the pasta with the cherry tomatoes and sprinkle with the walnuts.

Lamb's lettuce with oranges

  • Wash the lamb's lettuce and place in a bowl.
  • Fillet the orange over a bowl to collect the orange juice. Set the orange wedges aside.
  • For the dressing, mix the orange juice with mustard, maple syrup, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, ½ teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of water.
  • Add the orange wedges with the dressing to the lamb's lettuce and serve in small bowls.

Mousse au Chocolat

  • Drain the chickpeas and collect the liquid. Put the chickpeas aside and use them elsewhere.
  • Beat the liquid with a mixer. When it starts to get stiff add the powdered sugar and continue to beat until stiff.
  • Now melt the chocolate in a water bath.
  • Carefully fold a few splashes of lemon juice and the slightly cooled chocolate into the whipped mass.
  • Pour the mixture into dessert bowls and refrigerate.
  • For example, decorate with berries before serving and enjoy!

Notes

The recipe for the galette is enough for 4 minis or one large galette.
If you add the red wine to the pasta, you can also add 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for the Christmas touch.
It is best to serve the nicely arranged tagliatelle right after cooking. If you stand for a long time, the noodles start to stick together.
Instead of walnuts, pine nuts also go well with red wine pasta.