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These Silverbeet, Basil and Feta Rolls are a quick and easy lunch or dinner. Perfect for 'green' fussy kids and delicious too.

Silverbeet Basil Feta Rolls

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Servings: 4
These Silverbeet, Basil and Feta Rolls are a quick and easy lunch or dinner. Perfect for 'green' fussy kids and delicious too.

Ingredients

Filling

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 onion/s - finely diced
  • 1 clove/s garlic - finely diced
  • 1 bunch/s silverbeet -washed, dried and finely chopped
  • 1 bunch/s fresh basil leaves - approx. 2 handfuls & finely chopped
  • ground black pepper - to taste
  • ¼ tsp sea salt - or to taste
  • 1 lemon/s - large (zest)
  • 1 egg/s - beaten
  • 150 g feta cheese - crumbled
  • 60 g rolled / flaked quinoa (or rolled oats can be used instead) (½ cup)
  • 1 Carême All Butter Puff Pastry (I love their wholemeal spelt)
  • 2 tbsp milk (of choice)
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds - black

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 200°C/395°F (fan-forced).
  • In a large pan or skillet sauté the onion and garlic in the butter for a minute.
  • Add the silverbeet and cook for another minute or so stirring continually until it has just started to wilt.
  • Remove from the heat and stir in the basil. Pop this into a food processor, leaving behind any excess liquid.
  • Season with black pepper and sea salt and add the lemon zest, egg, feta and rolled quinoa flakes.
  • You can process the mixture smooth or leave a little texture, up to you. If the filling seems very wet, add more quinoa flakes or oats. Allow to cool fully before assembling.
  • To assemble, halve the sheet of puff pastry and divide the silverbeet filling evenly between the two pieces.
  • Roll and pinch together the seam, placing it facing down on the baking tray. Brush with the milk and sprinkle over the chia seeds.
  • Bake for approximately 20-30 mins or until the pastry is puffed and golden.

Thermomix

  • Chop the garlic, 5 sec speed 5. Add the onion to chop, 5 seconds, speed 5. Add the butter and sauté, 1 min, 100, speed 1.
  • Add the silverbeet and cook 1-2 mins, temp 100, speed 2. Drain excess liquid.
  • Add the basil, seasoning, lemon zest, egg, feta and rolled quinoa flakes. Process, 15 sec, speed 5 (or until the consistency you are after). You can process the mixture smooth or leave a little texture, up to you. If the filling seems very wet, add more quinoa flakes or oats.
  • Allow to cool and assemble and bake as above.

Serve

  • Enjoy immediately (I love this served with a beautiful tomato chutney).

Store

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Make ahead

  • You can make these ahead and then bake when needed. Otherwise, cooked rolls can be re-heated in an oven.

Notes

Dairy-free

Replace the feta cheese with a good quality dairy-free feta or cashew sour cream.

Garlic-free

Omit it or replace with garlic oil. 

Onion-free

Omit or replace with a small bulb of diced fennel. 

Gluten-free

Replace the pastry with a gluten-free pastry. 

 

 

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