Tempehstek med grönkålspesto, kantareller och gräddsås

 I betalt samarbete med Bärta

Detta är för mig vad härlig höstmat handlar om! Tempehstek med grönkålspesto, potatismos, gräddsås och rårörda lingon. Värmande, fyllt av smaker och en spännande twist på en klassiker!

Vad är då tempeh? Jo, fermenterade baljväxter (traditionellt sojabönor) som blir till en god, smart och proteinrik växtbaserad ingrediens som du kan laga SÅ mycket grejer utav. Tempehn från @artanbarta (aka den mumsiga tempehsteken som bjuds här) är unik pga den är gjord på svenska groddade gula ärter (!) och r-i-k-t-i-g-t mumsig! Plus att den är ekologisk och glutenfri. Planetnyttig mat, snäll mot magen och med oändliga möjligheter - låter rätt bra va? LAGA OCH SMAKA vettja!

Tempehstek med grönkålspesto, örtigt potatismos, kantareller, gräddsås och rårörda lingon

4 portioner

Ingredienser

1 Bärta tempeh helbit

1 tsk rapsolja

200 gram frysta lingon

1 msk honung, eller lönnsirap

200 gram färska kantareller eller annan svamp

Flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar

Grönkålspesto

2 stora nävar hackad färsk grönkål

1 näve persilja

1 dl pumpakärnor, rostade

1 liten vitlöksklyfta, finriven

3/4 dl kallpressad rapsolja

1 msk näringsjäst *, valfritt

Flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar

Örtigt potatismos

1 kg mjölig potatis

1 dl havregrädde, eller valfri växtdryck

1 näve färsk persilja, finhackad

Flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar

Gräddsås

2 dl havregrädde

2 msk tamari **

1 tsk lantbuljongtärning

Gör såhär

Tina Bärta tempeh helbit.

Rårörda lingon: Tina lingonen, blanda ihop ned lönnsirap och en nypa salt så att du får rårörda lingon. Ställ åt sidan.

Peston: Rosta pumpakärnorna i en torr, medelhet stekpanna tills de börjar poppa. Mixa ihop ingredienserna till peston till en bitig röra i en matberedare, smaka av med salt och peppar.

Potatismos: Koka potatisen tills mjuk i lättsaltat vatten. Låt ånga av och mosa sedan till ett stomp eller mos tillsammans med havregrädde, örter, salt och peppar.

Värm ugnen till 200°C. Stek tempehn i lite rapsolja på medelvärme i en stekpanna tills den får färg runt om. Lägg i en ugnsform och bred peston ovanpå. Baka i mitten av ugnen i 15 minuter. Tills Bärtan fått fin färg och peston fått lite textur.

Stek svampen i en torr stekpanna tills vätskan kokat bort. Ringla över lite olja och stek tills den får lite färg. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Gräddsås: Koka under tiden ihop ingredienserna till såsen, låt sjuda i 5 minuter.

Servera tempehsteken tillsammans med potatismoset, de rårörda lingonen, kantareller och varm gräddsås

* Näringjäst är en inaktiv jästform som ger et lätt ostig och nötig smak till växtbaserad matlagning. Går att hitta i välsorterade matbutiker, hälsokostbutiker och på nätet.

** Använder du en annan sojasås kan du börja med en mindre mängd och sedan smaka av

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In paid collaboration with Bärta

This is what autumn food is all about to me; warming, comforting food filled with flavours - also this is a fun twist on a classic Swedish dish! This kind of food is really like a hug for your soul.

What is Tempeh? It’s a protein rich, smart and versatile dish / ingredient - traditionally from Indonesia - made of fermented legumes (usually soy beans). The one I use, from Swedish brand Bärta is made of Swedish sprouted yellow peas and it’s d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s! Plus it’s organic and gluten-free. Food that are nice to the planet, your tummy and your tastebuds. Best there is!

Tempeh steak with kale pesto herby potato mash, chanterelles, gravy and raw stirred lingonberries

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 Bärta tempeh whole piece

1 tsp rapeseed oil

200 grams frozen lingonberries

1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup

200 grams fresh chanterelles

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Kale pesto

2 big handfulls of chopped fresh kale

1 handful of fresh parsley

1 dl pumpkin seeds, toasted

1 small garlic clove

3/4 dl cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast *

Flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Herby potato mash

1 kg potatoes

1 dl oat cream or any plant based cream

1 handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Cream sauce

2 dl oat cream or any plant based cream

2 Tbsp Tamari **

1 tsp vegetable stock powder

How to

Thaw the Bärta tempeh.

Raw stirred lingonberries: Thaw the lingonberries, blend with the honey using a spoon. Set aside.

Kale pesto: Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan on medium heat until lightly golden. Mix together with the rest of the ingredients until you get a chunky pesto. Salt and pepper to taste.

Potato mash: Boil the potato in lightly salted water until soft. Mash together with oat cream and parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.

Pre heat the oven to 200°C. Fry the whole Bärta tempeh piece in a frying pan, in drizzle of oil, until lightly golden all around. Put in a oven dish and spread out the pesto on top. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Until the tempeh steak is all golden and the pesto slightly crispy on top.

Fry the chanterelles in a dry frying pan until all the water is gone. Then drizzle with some oil and fry until slightly crisp in the edges. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cream sauce: Bring oat cream, tamari and vegetable stock powder to a boil. Let simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve the Tempeh steak with potato mash, chanterelles, cream sauce and raw stirred lingonberries.

* Nutritional yeast is a non-active form of yeast. It had a nice kind of cheesy and nutty flavour to it and is common in plant based cooking to add a depth of flavour - and that cheesy / nutty flavour!

** Tamari is a type of soy sauce, gluten free and with less saltiness yet even more depth of flavour. If you’re using any other soy sauce start with a smaller amount and add more to taste.

Baked pumpkin with crispy chickpeas, herby cauliflower mash and lingonberries

A dish where everything is cooked at the same time - on the same oven tray! Really easy, warming and comforting autumn winter food. Try roasting your cauliflower next time before mixing it to a mash - makes it taste even more! And oh - you might want to make a double batch of the kale crisps as they are to die fore and I’m pretty sure you’d want a couple of handfuls to snack on after dinner too!

Happy cooking,

Thess

Baked pumpkin with crispy chickpeas, herby cauliflower mash and lingonberries

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pumpkin, I used Hokkaido

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1 big cauliflower

200 grams kale

1 dl fat oat mylk, heated

1 Tbsp fresh frozen parsley

2 packages (á 230 grams drained weight) pre cooked chickpeas

1 tsp ground cumin

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

rapeseed oil

Lingonberries

200 grams lingonberries, thawed

1-2 Tbsp maple syrup

For serving

Fresh parsley

How to

Pre heat oven to 175°C. Wash the pumpkin, cut in half, deseed (Save, wash, dry and then toss with a tiny bit of oil and salt and then toast until crispy in the oven at 125°C) and then slice. Brush with oil all around and sprinkle with ginger and cloves.

Remove the leaves from the cauliflower, if the outer ones are really big and rough you can through them away but otherwise they are really yummy to eat. Cut the bigger ones in smaller pieces. Tear the kale in smaller pieces. Massage the cauliflower leaves and kale with a tiny bit of oil.

Tear the cauliflower in smaller florets. Brush with oil. Put pumpkin and cauliflower in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Add the cauliflower leaves and 2/3 of the kale when 10 minutes remains, roast until crispy and lightly golden.

Mix the cauliflower florets to a mash with the heated oat mylk and parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.

Rinse the chickpeas. Dry and then fry in a bit of oil in a frying pan until lightly golden and crisp. If you have a lid use it - the chickpeas tend to pop everywhere. Remove from heat, toss with cumin and salt.

Thaw the lingonberries, mix with maple syrup (to taste) using a fork.

Serve the pumpkin with the cauliflower mash, cauliflower and kale crisps, the rest of the massaged kale, crispy chickpeas and lingonberries. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Carrot cake porridge with lingonberries, apple and tahini

Carrot cake porridge with apple, lingonberries and tahini

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 dl / 0.8 cups steel cut oats

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

5 dl water

1 dl / 0.4 cups unsweetened oat mylk

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups soaked * buckwheat (optional but gives the porridge even more delicious texture)

1 carrot, finely grated

salt to taste

Topping

Frozen lingonberries

1 apple

cacao nibs

pepitas **

lingonberry powder

edible flower sprinkle

light tahini

flakey salt

How to

Bring oats, spices, water and almond mylk to a boil. Let simmer for a couple of minutes while stirring, until you get a creamy and delicious porridge. Rinse the buckwheat. Add the soaked buckwheat and carrot, let simmer 30 seconds. Salt to taste.

Divide in to two wide bowls. Topp with lingonberries, apple, cacao nibs, pepitas. Powder with lingonberry powder. Sprinkle the flowers and drizzle with tahini!!

* How to soak buckwheat: Put dried whole buckwheat in water and 1 tsp apple cider vinegar for every 2 1/2 dl water over night. Rinse thoroughly in the morning. You can store the soaked buckwheat in the fridge for several days and add in your morning porridge or lunch salad. Rinse before use.

** Pepitas are similar to pumpkin seeds but comes form hull-less pumpkin varieties whereas pumpkin seeds comes with a hull. However - the green seeds seen on the porridge above are sometimes referred to as pumpkin seeds too! Note that in Swedish we’d call them “pumpafrön”.

Apple baked cauliflower with sauerkraut hummus and stir fried kale salad with quinoa

In collaboration with koket.se

Playing with textures and flavours, inspired by an online veggie course that I did last week! LOVED IT.

Want to learn more about cooking with veggies? How to prepare them, combine them and what to make with parts of the veggies that are normally (unfortunately) thrown away? Then check out the new course “Skapa magi med grönsaker” (course is held in Swedish) from Koket.se. Talented Swedish chef Paul Svensson teaches you everything he knows about creating magic with vegetable - and believe me it’s A LOT! During the course you get plus lots of recipes! I cuddled in my sofa and did the whole course in one go - before heading to the kitchen to put my all plant based touch on the recipes - and out came this one here!

Curious for more? Here you can read more, and If you want you can use the code “THESS” when ordering your course to get SEK 50 off! The code is valid until January 31st. HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

Apple baked cauliflower with sauerkraut hummus and stir fried kale salad with quinoa

4 portions

Ingredients

1 cauliflower + leafs

1 onion

200 g forrest mushrooms

2 cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

2 dl / 0.8 cups appelmust

1 tsp ground cumin

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Sauerkraut hummus

1 package (á 230 grams drained) pre cooked chickpeas

1 dl / 0.4 cups sauerkraut

1 twig of thyme

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups broth from cauliflower

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Stir fried kale salad with lingonberries and quinoa

300 grams fresh kale

1 Tbsp coldpressed rapeseed oil

2 dl black quinoa, uncooked

100 grams frozen lingonberries, thawed

2-3 Tbsp horseradish (optional)

Chickpea croutons

1 package (á 230 grams drained) pre cooked chickpeas

1/2 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 pinch of saly

For serving

fresh thyme

How to

Pre heat oven to 175 degrees Celsius / 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cut away the leaves from the cauliflower. Peel and cut the onion in smaller pieces. Crumble the mushrooms. Put leaves, onion, mushrooms, ginger, applemust and cumin in a pot (big enough to fit the cauliflower head), add enough water to cover everything. Bring to a boil and let simmer on low heat for at least 30 minutes - preferably an hour or more. The longer the broth get to simmer the more flavour it will get!

Add the whole cauliflower to the pot, bottom part down. Let steam for about 15-20 minutes (depending on size of cauliflower), until the cauliflower has an inner temperature of 80-86 degrees Celsius / 176-186 degrees Fahrenheit. If you don’t have a cooking thermometer you can use a sharp knife to know when it’s soft yet still has an al dente core. Remove the cauliflower from broth. Cut in 4 pieces. Strain the broth (save the rest and use as a base the next time you mix up a soup - will make the best base ever!). Salt and pepper to taste.

Pre heat oven to 175 degrees Celsius / 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Rinse the chickpeas. Dry them and then mix with oil and salt. Put on a baking tray and roast in the middle of the oven until crisp.

Cook the quinoa according to instructions on the packaging. Cut away the thick bottom steam of the kale, tear the leafs in to smaller pieces. Massage with oil, then fry for a couple of minutes. Mix with quinoa, lingonberries and horseradish. Salt and pepper to taste.

Put a cauliflower piece in a semi flat bowl, pour some broth over. Add the sauerkraut hummus and kale salad. Topp with chickpea croutons and thyme.

Roasted pumpkin with kale, lingonberries, dijon dressing and pecans

This is the kind of food I’ll put on our Christmas table year after year - hearty salads with seasonal veggies and delicious dressings! I like to make a couple (or more…) of them, with different components, and one or two dressings/hummus/dips on the side!

This kind of food is very smart festive food as it feeds both few as well as many, depending on how many you’re cooking for. And it doesn’t take much time at all to cook it - just put it on a tray and the oven will help you do the rest! No matter if you have a Christmas table with exclusively plant based dishes - or if you want to keep room for your families traditional dishes food like this can be served. Why not make this an onwards classic in your home?

Roasted pumpkin with kale, lingonberries, dijon dressing and pecans

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 small muscat pumpkins

400 gram kale

75 gram pecans

2 dl / 0.8 cups lingonberries

1/2 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

Dijon dressing

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups dijon mustard, unsweetened

1 dl / 0.4 cups cold pressed rapeseed oil

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups water

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp maple syrup, optional for a sweeter taste

salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius / 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Wash and cut the pumpkins in half, scoop out the seeds using a spoon (save the seeds for roasting) them and cut the rest in slices. Put on a baking tray and roast in the oven for 30 minutes, until the pumpkin is soft.

Cut away the thick bottom steam of the kale, tear the leafs in to smaller pieces. Massage with olive oil and a pinch of salt until silky. Add to the pumpkin tray together with the pecans when 5 minutes remains and bake until kale is soft - and some of it a bit crisp as that is delicious - and pecans crunchy!

Mix all the ingredients for the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle over the tray. Sprinkle with lingonberries.

Happy season!

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Turmeric porridge with apple sauce, lingonberries and buckwheat

A warming and really smooth porridge filled with flavour! Cook your own apple sauce in no time att all, and top the whole thing with lingonberries and crispy toasted buckwheat. A perfect way to start the day!

Make a big batch of the spice blend for the porridge at the same time and store in an airtight container - ready to use for any porridge occasion during the coming weeks! 

Turmeric porridge with apple sauce, lingonberries and buckwheat

Serves 2

Ingredients

1.5 dl / 0.63 cups millet flakes

7 dl / 3 cups water

1/2 tsp ground turmeric

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp salt

Apple sauce

1 red apple

1 pinch ground cinnamon

1 pinch salt

Topping

1 dl / 0.4 cups lingonberries

0.5 dl / 0.2 cups dried buckwheat groats 

How to 

Thaw the berries. 

Bring millet flakes, water, spices and salt to a boil. Let simmer and keep stirring for about 2 minutes, until you get a creamy porridge. 

Core the apple and cut in to small pieces. Cook with a splash of water and cinnamon in a small saucepan until the apple is soft. Mix in to a sauce using an immersion blender. Salt to taste. 

Put the buckwheat in a fine mesh strainer. Bring some water to a boil and then pour over the buckwheat. Rinse with cold water and let drain for a few minutes. Toast in a dry pan, on medium heat, until golden and crisp. Let cool. 

Divide the porridge in two bowls. Serve with apple sauce, lingonberries and buckwheat on top. 

* This is a recipe from “Två Dagar” distributed by Göteborgs-Posten, published 10th of February 2018. Recipes, styling and photo by me.