
This easy dish is a great side dish to go with a casserole or roast meat and is an excellent way to achieve your 5+ a day.
Use a variety of coloured vegetables to create a really attractive dish. This can be cooked without microwave but you will need to double the cooking time.
METHOD
- Using a mandolin, slice vegetables in thin slices approximately 1mm thick .
- Add small amount of the cream and grated parmesan salt and pepper to a bowl and toss each vegetable individually in the mixture , then arrange in "stripes across the microwave safe baking dish.
- Repeat with other vegetables until all the first measure of cream and parmesan is used up. If using beetroot, leave this till last to avoid staining the other vegetables pink.
- Add the second measure of parmesan and cream to a small bowl, mix and drizzle over the arranged vegetables.
- Preheat oven to 220C
- Set oven to Fan assisted Grill+ microwave 220C 360W ( or as close as able with your oven settings)
- Place dish in the middle of the oven and cook for 25 minutes or until vegetables are browned and crispy on the top and and tender underneath
A variety of root vegetables such as:
2 Parsnips
2 small or one large red kumara
2 small or one large orange kumara
2 small beetroot
(Use other vegetables if available, such as carrot, swede, potato )
1/3 cup cream + 1/4 cup more
1/2 cup grated parmesan + 1/4 cup more
Salt and pepper