Silverbeet With Bacon Pumpkin And Feta Food

KETO PUMPKIN FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C and line a baking tray. Toss the cubed pumpkin with a little olive oil and paprika. Roast for 30 minutes then set aside until ready to serve.
• Prepare the remaining salad ingredients except for the dressing and toss together in a large bowl with the roasted pumpkin.
• Whisk the dressing ingredients and taste for salt and pepper and more lemon. Drizzle over the combined salad.

SILVERBEET AND FETTA TRIANGLES

Steps:

• Clean and roughly chop silverbeet.
• Melt butter with olive oil in large saucepan.
• Saute silverbeet until it reduces in size and goes limp.
• Add salt, pepper and lemon juice.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 220 degrees C.
• Combine with crumbled feta cheese.
• Divide mixture into each puff pastry slice.
• Turn puff pastry corner to corner to make a triangle and press ends together.
• Brush with beaten egg.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes.

WARM PUMPKIN, FETA AND BACON SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pumpkin in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 3-5 minutes or until just tender. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and add onion and garlic and cook for about 5 mins or until onion is soft. Add spinach, nutmeg and cayenne, stirring gently for 1 min or until aromatic. Stir in pumpkin and orange juice and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes Stir in feta and almonds.
• Cook bacon in a non-stick pan over medium heat for about 3-5 mins or until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towel.
• Serve pumpkin salad warm with bacon pieces sprinkled over.
• This is a 2 person main meal or 4 person side.

BACON SPINACH AND FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Place the flour and butter into a large bowl and use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour. Continue until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
• Slowly add the water and use a butter knife to combine.
• Turn the mixture out onto a floured bench and knead until the mixture comes together and is smooth. If your dough is too dry, add a little extra water.
• Cover the dough with cling wrap and place into the fridge for 30 minutes to chill. In the meantime you can preheat your oven to 190 degrees.
• Lightly dust a rolling pin and your bench with flour and roll the pastry out until it's approximately 3 - 4mm thick - use your pie tin (I used a 22cm one) as a guide to how big your pasty needs to be, you want to allow a 3cm border of pastry around your dish for the sides.
• Carefully place your pasty into your pie dish and gently press the pastry against the edges. Trim off any excess, but do leave approximately 1/2 cm of pastry hanging over the tin as it will shrink.
• Place a sheet of baking paper on top of the pasty and top with baking weights or rice. Cook for 14 minutes before removing the baking paper and weights and cook for a further 6 minutes.
• To make your quiche mixture, in a large jug combine the milk, eggs and salt and pepper and mix well.
• Sprinkle the baby spinach, bacon pieces, crumbled feta, onion flakes, tomatoes and grated cheese over the par-cooked pastry base and carefully pour the milk mixture over the top. Place into the oven and cook for 35 - 40 minutes or until golden on top and cooked through.