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Website: Lisa's Kitchen
An interesting idea that didn't quite work for me, but might be worth tinkering with.
- It was advertised as serving 4-6, so I halved it for two. Well, I halved the big ingredients, but kept the spices for the whole amount. This was fine. But the servings for two were really large and would have done for three.
- I prepared this as individual servings rather than a single casserole.
- The filling was a bit thick. I added some extra water (I forgot to defrost vegetable stock and didn't want to wait for it), but not really enough. The filling should pretty soupy when it goes in the dishes.
- The cornmeal topping seemed to me to be too thin, so I added some extra cornmeal and flour. This wasn't a good idea. Expect that "thin" would have been just fine.
- I used whole wheat flour rather than spelt or unbleached white flour. No problem with this I think.
- We thought it might be nice to add some corn to the filling. Actually, just like most pot pies, any bits of veg would be fine.
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Very interesting and tasty pasta casserole.
- I made a 1/3 recipe (which serves 6-8) for two. It was plenty,
- I soaked my oven-dried (rather than sun-dried) tomatoes as instructed, but this isn't necessary. Next time I'll just slice them and add with the other ingredients.
- Dried mushrooms might be soaked a bit longer (5-10min), although 20min was really fine.
- Instead of all butter, I used half and half butter and grapeseed oil for the sautéing.
- Used roasted red bell peppers strips from a jar. (It was open and needed using.) These could have been stirred in with the softer ingredients later, since they almost dissolved.
- Used a cayenne pepper from the garden. The dish was nicely tingly, but not challenging.
- Oops, no yogurt (it's being made, but not ready), but I did have some goat's milk yogurt, so used that instead. No problem.
- Oops, forgot the dill. Might be nice.
- Baked in individual dishes, only 20min, which was more than enough.
Very tasty. If you had some leftover roast chicken or pork, that might be nice stirred in before baking; of course, then it's not vegetarian.
Would be a good pot luck dinner dish.
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Very tasty. We really enjoyed this. It's easy to assemble, and except for the cauliflower, it's stuff I mostly have on hand. With red lentils, rice, cauliflower, and peas, it's a pretty complete meal. The lemon juice at the end brightens the taste.
Serves 4-6? No. Three maybe.
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Pretty good. A bit monochrome in color; adding some green peas for color at the end, might be nice.
I made a half recipe as dinner for two. It was fine, but not generous, so I think only 4 for the whole recipe is reasonable. Six would work only as side servings.
I ran out of liquid for the risotto, so ended up dipping into the pot of chicken stock that was simmering on a back burner.
Nice, tingly tastes.
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