Sprouts and Vegetables Pan with Thyme


Servings: 4
Prep time: 25
Cooking time: 40
INGREDIENTS
  • - 500 g of potatoes
  • - 300 g of raw brussels sprouts
  • - 250 g of carrots
  • - 150 g pumpkin
  • - 2 leeks
  • - 2 bay leaves
  • - 1 tablespoon thyme
  • - Oil
  • - Salt
  • - 1 red onion
  • - 4 sage leaves
  • - 200 g flour
  • - 40 g of black olives
  • - Sesame seeds
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Trim the leeks from the green part, cut them in half lengthwise, stopping before the root. Then slice thinly and place in a large pan with 4-5 tablespoons of olive oil, bay leaves and thyme, cover and fry over medium heat for 10-12 minutes. Stir often.
  2. Add the carrots cutted into slices about 2-3 mm and sprouts splitted in half. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes with the vegetables always well covered.
  3. Divide the potatoes into 4 pieces lengthwise and cut into slices about half a centimeter thick. Slice in the same way the pumpkin and add it with the potatoes to the other vegetables. Add salt and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes, stretching, if too dry, with a little hot water. When cooked, correct, if needed, with salt. If You like, accompanied the frying pan with a few slices of whole wheat bread, also roasted. Alternatively, place the vegetables in a baking dish and bake at 200 ° C for at least 30 minutes. To use less oil, cover the pan for half the cooking time. Gratin the vegetables for the last 5 minutes sprinkled with parmesan cheese or bread crumbs mixed with herbs.
  4. OPTIONS

    You can reuse the eventually remained preparation, as a filling for tasty and rustic salty morsels. Chop some red onion and brown it for 10 minutes along with a little olive oil and 4 chopped sage leaves. Let cool and use this oil with herbs for kneading 200 g of 00 flour with a pinch of salt, 40 g of black olives, pitted and chopped and enough water to make a soft dough. Divide into small pieces and roll it by giving them a round shape. Fill them with the vegetable of the frying pan, brush the edges with a little water and close to half. Also brush the surface with a thin layer of water and sprinkle the dumplings with sesame seeds. Bake at 200 ° C for 10-15 minutes and serve.