Pomegranate-Glazed Tempeh & Vegetables

February 13, 2012

This is 1 of the recipes that I was showtime drawn to when given Super Natural Every Day concluding yr - caramelised tempeh chunks volition create it for me every time! But it was a whole pumpkin arriving inwards our vege box that got us there. Michael meticulously chopped the pumpkin, tempeh too eggplant into 1cm cubes too took a sizable cube off his finger spell he was at it, therefore I helped bandage him upwards too finished this dish off.

The vege cubes are roasted inwards a tangy blend of pomegranate molasses too olive oil, therefore served alongside a sprinkling of fresh herbs too feta. It's lovely on its ain equally a whole repast or a starter, served alongside couscous or quinoa or vegan feta! - but I catch some roasted flaked almonds or roughly chopped smoked almonds would brand a fine substitute.

My 1 cooking tip hither is to adjust the roasting bits sparsely on their baking trays - this allows them to caramelise properly. I started out alongside the huge quantities below (roughly double Heidi's original) stuffed high inwards their trays too they got soggy. Taking the fourth dimension to bake smaller portions inwards batches is good worth it.

Pomegranate-glazed tempeh & vegetables
(adapted slightly from a recipe inwards Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Every Day)

2 pocket-size circular eggplants
600g tempeh
400g pumpkin
six cloves garlic
2 pocket-size lemons
2/3 loving cup pomegranate molasses
2/3 loving cup olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
handful of parsley, roughly chopped
100g feta, crumbled

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line ii large baking trays alongside paper.

Peel the pumpkin. Chop the eggplants, tempeh too pumpkin into 1cm cubes. Finely chop the garlic. Divide the vegetables too garlic evenly across the baking trays too grate over the zest of the ii lemons (set the residual of the lemons aside for any else you lot want).

In a bowl, whisk together the pomegranate molasses, olive oil, common salt too chilli. Pour iii quarters of the dressing over the vegetables too toss it through to evenly coat them equally best you lot can.

Now the veges volition bake best if they're spread out alongside minimal overlapping. This meant I had to laid upwards aside one-half the vegetables too bake them inwards ii batches. The baking totalled threescore minutes per tray, alongside a few pauses to toss them roughly for fifty-fifty cooking. They should hold upwards tender but withal belongings their cast when they're done.

Once the vegetables are cooked, spread them out on a platter. Sprinkle over the parsley too feta too serve.