DAY Recipe

The spaceship Shenzhou-7 blasted off on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10 p.m.(Chinese time) after a breathtaking countdown to another milestone on China’s space journey.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
80 g pine nuts
1/2 cup rocket
1 bunch basil leaves
1/4 cup ground parmesan cheese
1/2 cup olive oil
500 g cooked pasta , hot

DIRECTIONS

Place the tomatoes, garlic, half of the pinenuts, rocket and basil in a food processor and process until smooth.
Toast the remaining pinenuts until golden. Set aside.
Slowly add the oil to the basil mixture while the processor is running. Turn the processor off and then stir through the [...]

INGREDIENTS

2 (400g)cans cannellini beans , rinsed & drained
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
75 g wild rocket
1 garlic clove , crushed
1/4 cup lemon juice
6-8 pieces middle eastern flat bread (such as Afghan, Turkish or pita bread)
olive oil , for brushing
1/4 cup za’atar spice mix (see note)
1/3 cup pine nuts , roasted
1 lemon, rind of , finely grated

DIRECTIONS

Combine beans and 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil in a large bowl.
Using a potato masher, mash to a paste. Finely chop 50g rocket and [...]

INGREDIENTS

3 large mangoes , peeled & sliced
2 red onions , peeled & thinly sliced
salt & pepper, to taste
2 cups rocket
2 garlic cloves , crushed
65 ml olive oil
15 ml lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

Sprinkle the onion with salt & leave to stand for 1 hour.
Mix all ingredients together and season to taste.

INGREDIENTS

300 g pumpkin , Roughly Diced
200 g risotto rice
500 ml hot chicken stock, divided
250 ml hot water
100 g pumpkin , diced into 1cm cubes
25 g parmesan cheese , grated
roughly chopped rocket
butter
salt
pepper
olive oil

DIRECTIONS

First, make the pumpkin puree by sweating down the roughly chopped pumpkin in a little olive oil and butter, until it breaks down completely.
Puree this in a liquidizer and leave until finishing the risotto.
Wash the rice in cold water and [...]