Mushroom and ricotta bake recipe
- 50 g (1.8oz) Breadcrumbs
- 2 oz (56.7g) Butter
- 1 Clove garlic, chopped
- 300 g (10.6oz) Mixed mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 150 g (5.3oz) Spinach
- 250 g (8.8oz) Ricotta cheese
- 50 g (1.8oz) Chopped mixed dried fruit and nuts
- 100 g (3.5oz) Parmesan
- 250 g (8.8oz) Strong white flour
- 125 ml (4.4fl oz) Luke warm water
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 100 g (3.5oz) Butter, melted
- To make the strudel pastry: Sift the flour into a bowl and add the water, butter and oil.
- Knead the pastry enough make a dough.
- Brush the dough mixture with oil and leave to rest for 30mins.
- For the filling: Add 2 oz of butter and 1 tsp of olive oil to a pan with the chopped garlic.
- Add the roughly chopped Mushrooms to the pan and cook until browned.
- Remove the mushroom mixture from the heat and pour the mushrooms onto a plate, leaving the juices in the pan.
- Using the juices, cook out the spinach very quickly, before sieving to remove any excess liquid.
- Chop the Spinach and add it to the mushrooms.
- Using a fork, mix in the ricotta and Parmesan and Dried fruits and nuts, and season with black pepper, sea salt and pinch of nutmeg.
- To prepare the pastry: when the pastry is ready, roll it out to the thickness of a 1 coin on a lightly dusted surface.
- Carefully cut into 12 square pastry sheets.
- On a baking flat, individually brush each pastry sheet with butter and sprinkle over breadcrumbs.
- Layer three sheets on top of each other, then repeat so that you have four portions.
- Fill the pastry by spreading the mushroom mix over the pastry fold, in the ends, and roll up the pastry.
- Brush the strudel with butter.
- Bake it in the oven for 15mins, at 200C.
- Brush with butter twice during cooking.
breadcrumbs, butter, clove garlic, mixed mushrooms, spinach, ricotta cheese, nuts, parmesan, white flour, water, oil, butter
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/14097/ed-baines-mushroom-and-ricotta-filo-bake (may not work)