Cashew and Apple Savouries
September 2003
Recipe
Cashew and Apple Savouries
(Baked in a tray of 6 Yorkshire pudding tins, allowing one for each person.
Serve with pasta and a cold, creamy piquant sauce)
Ingredients
225 g/ 8 oz ground casher nuts*
1 onion, chopped
A clove of garlic, crushed
50 g/ 2 oz butter
1 green pepper, chopped
1/4 teaspoon each of marjoram, thyme, ground cumin and paprika
50 g/ 2 oz wholewheat flour
2 tablespoons sweet sherry or Madeira
150 ml/ 1/4 pint light vegetable stock (or apple or grape juice)
50 to 75 g/ 2 to 3 oz fresh breadcrumbs, wholewheat if possible
1 large cooking apple, grated skin and all
Salt and pepper
50 to 75 g/ 2 to 3 oz fancy pasta, wholewheat if possible
Slices of tomato and lemon to garnish
* If you cannot buy ground cashews you can grind your own in an electric coffee grinder
Method
1. Fry onion and garlic in butter until transparent.
2. Add green pepper, herbs and spices and fry a further 3 minutes
3. Stir in flour and cook for 1minute
4. Stir in sherry or Madeira and stock or fruit juice. Bring to the boil and stir over a low heat for 2 minutes.
5. Remove pan from heat. Mix in cashews, breadcrumbs and apple. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Spoon mixture into greased tins.
7. Bake in middle of a moderately hot oven, gas 5, 375 degreesF, 190 degreesC, for about 20 minutes or until cooked thoroughly and browned on top.
8. Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling, slightly salted water until tender.
9. Make the sauce
Piquant sauce
225 g/ 8 oz cottage cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or cream cheese
2 tablespoons of yoghurt
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon of cider vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Herbs to taste e.g. dillweed, chives or tarragon.
Put all ingredients in a liquidiser and blend until smooth.
Ray Thompson