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PORTOBELLO ‘PROSCIUTTO’

13 December 2019 by Lisette Kreischer Leave a Comment

Melon coexists perfectly with smoky, savoury flavors. Melon gives an umami-like aftertaste and therefore works wonderfully with a savoury component. The smoked portobello is very tasty (get yourself a little stovetop smoker for Christmas!), and the crispy, cheeselike wafers and sweet-sour balsamic vinegar make all ingredients come together beautifully. This dish is a perfect, not too heavy start of your Christmas dinner and perfect for all those meat lovers out there. They will surely love these recognizable flavors. Combine this starter with our CRUSTED SMOKY TOFU PLATTER as main dish and CHOCOLATE VOLCANO CAKES as dessert.

Serves 4-6

INGREDIENTS

Wafers
25 g nutritional yeast flakes
1 tbsp wheat flour
1 tbsp olive oil
pinch of salt

Salad
1 large portobello mushroom
salt and black pepper to taste
1/2 cantaloupe melon
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 twig of mint
1 peeled and crushed garlic clove
2 tbsp dark treacle
4 small hands full of rocket salad
1 tbsp olive oil
a dash of freshly crushed red peppercorns

Extra
stovetop smoker with wood chips
(recycled) aluminium foil

INSTRUCTIONS

Wafers
Make wafers by mixing nutritional yeast with flour, olive oil, water and salt. Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium high heat. Spread a tsp of batter in the pan and spread as thinly as possible. And with thin, we mean really thin! Make sure the wafer is crispy and fully cooked before getting it out of the pan. Repeat with the rest of the batter. Let the wafers cool down and break possible bigger ones into smaller pieces.

Salad
Slice portobello as thin as possible. Season with salt and pepper. Prepare stovetop smoker and wood chips. Arrange mushrooms in the smoker on a piece of (recycled) aluminium foil. Smoke for 10-15 min until the portobello slices seem cooked and tast perfectly smoky! Turn heat off and keep mushrooms in the smoker for another 15 min (lid on).

Prepare melon. Get rid of the peel and slice the meat in thin wedges. 
Then prepare the balsamic-syrup by heating balsamic on low heat with mint and crushed garlic clove. Steep for a few mins. Add treacle and stir until combined. Let simmer for just one or two minutes, turn off heat and get rid of the mint and garlic.

To serve
Arrange slices of melon on each plate. Divide the ‘prosciutto’ over melon and add rocket leafs on top. Drizzle some olive oil and balsamic syrup over the dish and serve with pieces of wafer and crushed red peppercorns.

 


MELOEN & PORTOBELLO ‘PROSCIUTTO’

Meloen gaat uitstekend samen met rokerige, hartige smaken. Meloen geeft namelijk een umami-achtige nasmaak en werkt daarom heel goed met een hartig component. De gerookte portobello is bijzonder lekker (echt, doe jezelf een rookoventje* cadeau voor kerst!), en de krokante kazige wafeltjes en zoet-zure balsamico doen alle ingrediënten prachtig samenkomen. Dit gerecht is een perfecte, niet te zware start van je kerstdiner.

Voor 4-6 personen

INGREDIËNTEN

Wafeltjes
25 g gistvlokken
1 el bloem
1 el olijfolie
snuf zout

Salade
1 grote portobello paddenstoel
zout en zwarte peper naar smaak
1/2 cantaloupe meloen
2 el balsamico azijn
1 takje munt
1 teen knoflook, gepeld en geplet
2 el keukenstroop
4 handjes rucola
1 el olijfolie
1/2 tl rode peperkorrels, verkruimeld

Extra
(recycled) aluminium folie
rookoven met rookmot

*Mocht je geen rookoven bezitten, dan kan het wellicht wat uitdagend klinken. Maar wees gerust, een rookoven, oftewel rookpan in dit geval, is niets meer dan een soort RVS trommel met een roostertje erin dat je op het fornuis kunt zetten en waarin je houtsnippers, rookmot, rookt. Ze zijn o.a. te koop bij kookwinkels, zie bijv. hier)

INSTRUCTIES

Wafeltjes
Meng gistvlokken met bloem, olie, water en zout. Verhit een anti-aanbak koekenpan op middelhoog vuur. Spreid een theelepel beslag zo dun mogelijk in de pan uit (bedoelende echt heel dun!). Laat het wafeltje stollen en helemaal krokant worden. Stel het vuur bij indien nodig (omhoog of juist omlaag). Haal het wafeltje uit de pan en laat afkoelen. Herhaal dit met al het beslag. Breek grotere exemplaren in kleinere stukken.

Salade
Start met het roken van de portobello. Snijd de portobello in zo dun mogelijke plakken. Breng op smaak met zout en peper. Maak de rookoven klaar voor gebruik. Leg plakjes portobello op een stuk recyclede aluminiumfolie in de rookoven, zet de rookoven op het vuur en rook ca. 10-15 min, tot de plakjes er gaar uitzien en een heerlijke rooksmaak gekregen hebben. Zet het vuur onder de rookoven uit en laat nog ca. 15 min ‘koud na-roken’ (houd deksel op rookoven).

Ga verder met de meloen. Snijd in dunne schijven en haal de schil eraf.
Maak de balsamico siroop door de azijn op laag vuur te verwarmen in een pannetje met het takje munt en knoflook erbij. Laat een paar minuten zachtjes trekken. Voeg stroop toe en roer tot azijn en stroop gemengd zijn. Zet vuur uit en haal knoflook en munt uit de siroop.

Opmaak
Rangschik plakken meloen op ieder bord. Verdeel hier plakjes gerookte portobello over. Leg een pluk rucola erop en besprenkel met wat olijfolie en druppels balsamico siroop. Garneer met de wafelkruimels en rode peperkorrels.

 

 

Filed Under: Holiday Season, Lunch, Vegan food Tagged With: balsamic, Christmas menu, Holiday menu, melon, portobello prosciutto, salad, Smoky, wafers

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