Chick Pea, Wild Mushroom and Winter Herb Wellington with Piquant Tomato Sauce

Main courseServes 4

Filling

Saute mushrooms in 1oz butter, squeeze lemon and salt and pepper. Set aside. Put parsnip, sweet potato and onion in a roasting tray with 1 tbsp olive oil and 1oz butter. Roast until cooked. Put in bowl, add half chickpeas and crush with a fork until forms a rustic mash. Add rest of chickpeas, coriander, thyme and the zest and juice of an orange. Fold together and season to taste.

Pancakes/Pastry

Make 3-4 pancakes as thin as you can. Roll out pastry to a thin 14inch rectangle and add pancakes, layered and overlapping. Add mushrooms to the centre of the pancakes and then add rest of the filling. Seal each end and roll over pancakes. Egg wash one side of inside puff pastry and roll up like a sausage roll. Crimp the edges to seal and score the top in a pretty pattern of your choosing. Brush with beaten egg and cook in the oven at 180°c until golden brown (approx 40-50 mins).

Sauce

Put all ingredients in pan and boil gently for 20 minutes. Serve in a gravy boat to accompany the above.

Ingredients

Wellington Filling

* 3 medium parsnips, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
* 1/2 sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped
* 1 whole red onion, finely diced
* 400g tin chickpeas
* 1 bunch of coriander
* 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
* 2oz butter
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* Zest and juice of 1 orange
* Fresh thyme
* 500g each of two varieties of wild mushrooms, mixed

Pancakes/Pastry

* 2 whole eggs
* 1/2 pint full milk
* 2-3 oz flour
* 1 teaspoon honey
* Ready-made puff pastry

Sauce

* 1 tin chopped tomatoes
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
* 1/2 white onion, chopped
* 2 cloves garlic
* 1/2 tin water (using chopped tomato tin)

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