Every Tuesday we go into the kitchen to make a complete menu for under 5 euros per person. guest.
As every Tuesday, we prepare a small economic friichti and not too complicated to make. We start with a salad of raw zucchini with mint and lemon, we continue with a gourmet dish, eggplant stuffed with cheese and fresh herbs, to accompany rice or grains according to your taste, and we finish with a dessert without cooking, a chocolate and marshmallow cake. All without meat and for less than 5 euros per
Appetizer: raw zucchini salad with mint
Courgettes are most used to eating them cooked (boiled, steamed, pan-fried, baked, etc.) and often we have some problems with their acidity (the trick is to remove the skin, which can have an unpleasant taste when cooked) or , if they are badly cooked, their supposed blandness. But zucchini is actually a no-fuss food, budget-friendly, full of goodness, and delicious if cooked well. In salads, raw zucchini regains all their beauty. For one person you will need: 1 small zucchini; 1 half clove of garlic; 2 teaspoons lemon juice (yellow or green, as you like); 2 sprigs of mint; salt, pepper, olive oil.
Peel the zucchini and cut it into tagliatelle using the peeler. Chop the mint, chop half the clove of garlic. Put them in the bowl or salad bowl, salt, pepper, pour lemon juice and a good tablespoon of oil. Mix well. You can taste the salad right away or wait a few hours (keep everything in the fridge) so that the oil matches the squash pieces a little.
The dish: eggplant stuffed with cream cheese
To make this vegetarian recipe, you will need: 1 eggplant; olive oil, pepper and salt; 1 can of tomato paste or tomato sauce; 80 g of fresh cheese (ricotta, brousse, goat, cow, etc.); a few sprigs of fresh herbs of your choice (mint works especially well); 2 pinches of sugar; 1 clove of garlic; about 3 tablespoons Parmesan. To accompany: rice, wheat, grain … your choice.
Cut an aubergine lengthwise into slices about half a centimeter thick. Cook them in salted boiling water for about fifteen minutes or in the oven, on a plate, brushed with salted olive oil.
Crush the fresh cheese (goat, cow, ricotta, brousse, etc.) with the chopped herbs, salt and pepper and place a teaspoon at the end of each slice. Roll the slices together, place the rolls in a baking dish. Cover with tomato sauce or tomato pulp or canned crushed tomatoes seasoned and salty, a little sugar to remove the acid and sprinkle with minced garlic and parmesan cheese. If you have it, you can also add some dried thyme or oregano.
Place in the oven at 180°C for fifteen to twenty minutes. Lower the oven to 90°C to keep it warm. This dish can last in the oven for a long time. You can serve it with rice, wheat…whatever you like and have on hand.
The dessert: No-bake chocolate marshmallow cake
This very simple dessert requires very little preparation time and almost no accessories, but you need to plan a little in advance because it requires a few hours of refrigeration to solidify. For 3 or 4 people, you need: 3 biscuits such as shortbread or Petit Beurre; a handful of small marshmallows ; possibly a handful of almonds; 150 g dark chocolate; 75 g of butter.
Break 3 Petit Beurre or shortbread biscuits into small pieces, mix them with a handful of small marshmallows and, if you have enough, a handful of whole almonds. Melt 150 g of chocolate with 75 g of butter (semi-salted if possible). Mix it all and pour into a cake tin, which you place in the fridge for at least four hours.
This base can be rejected with other dried fruits, other crackers of the speculoos type for example, or even integrate pieces of fresh raspberries.
