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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Roast Vegetable Stack with Smoked Trout - (374 cal) - 5:2


Opening a packet of smoked trout is easy, but great to accompaniment my roast vegetable stack.
For the vegetable stack I used meager pickings from the fridge and garden. Therefore the quantities of the veg I used may sound odd.  You might want to use different quantities, so I'll give you the calories per 100 grs of each ingredient.
You'll need a ramequin or a chef's ring, but you can use any bowl that can stand the heat of the oven.

Ingredients
serves 1 - 219 calories
  • 103 grs fennel - the bulb variety  (36 cal/100 grs)
  • 54 grs courgette  (30 cal/100 grs)
  • 47 grs aubergine (24 cal/100 grs)
  • 38 grs red pepper (48 cal/100 grs)
  • 100 grs tomato (16 cal/100 grs)
  • 50 grs ricotta (165 cal/100 grs)
  • 45 grs spinach (24 cal/100 grs)
  • 1 tsp olive oil ( or spray) (33 cal/tsp)
  • seasoning, sea salt and black pepper
  • a smidgin of nutmeg
  • 1 tsp horseradish (if you happen to have some lurking from the deapths of your fridge. I hadn't so didn't use it)
Preparation
  • Wilt the spinach and blend or chop fine.
  • Mix it with the ricotta, nutmeg, salt, black pepper and horseradish (optional)
  • Set aside (easy)
  • Slice the vegetables in rings (or something that would fit your ramequin/chef's ring) - half a cm tick (or thereabouts)
  • Heat your griddle pan on the hob (alternatively roast in the oven)
  • Brush the vegetables with the oil. You'd be surprised how far the oil stretches if you use a brush for this.
  • Griddle all the veg, bar the tomatoes, on both sides.
  • Preheat you oven to 180°C
  • Take a baking sheet and line it with baking paper.
  • Put your rings on top and start filling it with layers of each vegetable.
  • In between every 3rd layer or so, spread out a spoon of the riccota mixture.
  • Start with the courgette and end with a spoon of ricotta before topping with a colourful slice of tomato.  If using a ramequin or bowl you put the tomato at the bottom and courgette at the top.
  • Press down firmly and bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Once out of the oven, leave to set for 5 minutes.  Get your plates ready, arrange the trout and capers, if that's what you're having it with.
  • Slide a spatula under the vegetable rings and transfer to the plate. Slide of the ring and voilĂ  !
  • If you used ramequins, you'll have to turn it over onto the plate. Should be easy enough.
Note my courgette was the size of a marrow, so I used it separately and put my vegetable stack on top a griddled fat slice.



I ate it with 125 grs of smoked trout - 155 cal. 
A great fast day meal.



5 comments:

  1. Patricia the obvious question reading all your recent posts have you had any weight loss?

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    1. Yes I have, David ! I just don't know how much as I don't have scales, but people start noticing and my clothes are getting bigger.;)

      The main reason I started doing this though was to get my blood sugar levels down. And that will be tested again in a few weeks time.

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  2. Ah that`s interesting as I might have to get mine down soon as I am at risk of diabetes

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  3. Oops ! You better get that checked out before there is no way back.

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  4. this is a good and healthy food, it will surely help to keep us healthy and strong.

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