VEGETARIAN RECIPES
Mexican food is open to all, reguardless of dietry requirements. All of these recipes are suitable for vegetarins.
Vegetarian Recipes
Vegetable Soufflé
From 'Mexico The Cookbook' by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
This hearty dish is packed full of veggies to help you get your 5-a-day.Ingredients
- 2 tbsp corn oil
- 1 white onion, sliced
- 5 carrots, cut into thin strips
- 5 small squash, cut into thin strips
- 4 chayotes, cut into thin strips
- 2 poblano chillies, dry roasted and cut into thin strips
- Butter, for greasing
- 4 eggs, lightly whisked
- 250ml sour cream
- 100g cotija cheese, crumbled
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 1 tomato, sliced
- Salt
Recipe
- Heat the oil in a pan over a low heat. Add the onion, carrots, squash, chayotes, and chillies, and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a large, ovenproof dish with butter.
- Add the eggs, sour cream, cheese, salt, nutmeg, and parsley and mix gently.
- Arrange the tomato slices in the bottom of the prepared ovenproof dish, pour in the vegetable mixture, and add the cream and egg mixture. Spread to cover the bottom, then bake in the oven for 35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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