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Mags Roche's vegetarian tart with crispy poached eggs and Brussel sprouts
Mags Roche's vegetarian tart with crispy poached eggs and Brussel sprouts

Ingredients

Puff Pastry Base

  • Ready made puff pastry roll
  • Beaten egg

Slow Roasted Red and Yellow Peppers

  • 2x Yellow peppers
  • 2x Red peppers
  • 1/2 Onions
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • Olive oil 

Crispy Kale

  • Kale
  • Olive Oil 

Poached Egg 

  • 3 x eggs
  • Flour
  • Salt
  • Panko breadcrumbs

Sautéed Mushrooms 

  • Mushrooms
  • Olive Oil 

Method

Puff Pastry Base

  1. Preheat oven to 200C, line baking tray with parchment paper.
  2. Roll out and cut pastry to desired size.
  3. Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg.
  4. Place in oven for 20 minutes or until golden.

Slow Roasted Red and Yellow Peppers

  1. Finely slice onions and garlic and peppers.
  2. Place olive oil in a pan and fry onions and garlic gently on a low heat for 10 minutes - without colour.
  3.  Add peppers, salt and pepper, and a bit more olive oil.
  4. Cook slowly on a gentle heat for 2-3 hours.  

Crispy Kale

  1. Remove thick stems from kale, break leaves into pieces. 
  2. Coat the leaves in olive oil. 
  3. Place evenly onto baking tray.
  4. Place in oven at 150C for 30 minutes until crispy.

Poached Eggs

  1. Lightly poach 2 eggs, cool quickly by plunging into a bowl of iced water, pat dry with kitchen paper. 
  2. Coat the eggs in flour seasoned with salt and then with beaten egg, followed with panko breadcrumbs.
  3. Shallow fry in vegetable oil until golden in colour.

Sautéed Mushrooms 

  1. Sliced mushrooms and sauté in pan with olive oil, salt and pepper. 

Brussel Sprouts

  1. Par boil the sprouts in salted boiling water for 4 minutes.
  2. Drain off the water and slice in half.
  3. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the sprouts until coloured 
  4. Add butter to finish.

To assemble: Place pastry base on the plate. Place roasted peppers on top of the pastry followed by the sprouts, crispy egg, crispy kale and grate over Coolatin Cheddar.