Sweet Cherry And Chickpea Raviolistreudel Food

SWEET CURRY CHICKPEA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix all of the ingredients into a casserole dish. Cover.
• Bake, covered, for 60-70 minutes at 375 degrees, stirring occasionally.
• Alternative: slow cook for 6 hours on low instead of baking.
• Alternative: add two cups of water. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes instead of baking. Puree 3/4 of mixture with a hand blender and serve as a bisque.

SWEET POTATO CURRY WITH SPINACH AND CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• You may choose to cook the sweet potatoes however you prefer.
• I like to peel, chop and steam mine in a veggie steamer for about 15 minutes.
• Baking or boiling work well too.
• While sweet potatoes cook, heat 1-2 tsp of canola or vegetable oil over medium heat.
• Add onions and sauté 2-3 minutes, or until they begin to soften.
• Next, add the curry powder, cumin, and cinnamon, and stir to coat the onions evenly with spices.
• Add tomatoes with their juices, and the chickpeas, stir to combine.
• Add ½ cup water and raise heat up to a strong simmer for about a minute or two.
• Next, add the fresh spinach, a couple handfuls at a time, stirring to coat with cooking liquid.
• When all the spinach is added to the pan, cover and simmer until just wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Add the cooked sweet potatoes to the liquid, and stir to coat.
• Simmer for another 3-5 minutes, or until flavors are well combined.
• Transfer to serving dish, toss with fresh cilantro, and serve hot.
• This dish is nice served over basmati or brown rice.

SWEET CHERRY AND CHICKPEA RAVIOLI

Steps:

• For Dough: In a large bowl, combine all dough ingredients except egg yolk (set aside yolk for eggwash); knead with hands to form smooth, soft dough. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; let rest 15 minutes. For Filling: In a bowl, mash chickpeas with a fork. Add jam, chocolate, sugar, zest, salt and cinnamon; stir to combine. Heat oven to 350º with rack in middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Rewrap 3 pieces in plastic wrap. Flatten unwrapped dough so that it will fit through the rollers of a pasta machine. Set rollers of pasta machine at the widest setting, then feed dough through rollers once. Continue to roll dough through machine, decreasing the setting one notch at a time (do not fold or turn pasta), until 1/16- inch thick. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface. With long side of dough facing you, drop tablespoonfuls of filling alongside lower half of dough, spacing mounds 1 inch apart, then fold top half of dough over filling. Press out air from around filling mounds, then, using a fluted pastry wheel, trim pasta along its length and cut between mounds into 2-inch squares; gently press down edges of ravioli to seal. Arrange ravioli on prepared baking sheet, at least 1 inch apart. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. In a small bowl, beat together remaining egg yolk and 1 tablespoon tepid water. Brush ravioli with egg wash. Bake, rotating pan once halfway through, until lightly golden, about 20 minutes. Let ravioli cool slightly, then dust with confectioners sugar. Serve warm. - See more at: http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/recipe/sweet-cherry-and-chickpea-ravioli#sthash.AwD8tjqj.dpuf