Marinated Tofu in Pastry Floret Cups

Marinated Tofu in Pastry Floret Cups

Another recipe from our dinner party there the other night

(as was Vegan Bailey’s‘Cheesecake’)

Ingredients

Approx. 330g firm tofu Filo pastry 6 slices cucumber 1/3 carrot: very thinly sliced (see picture) 1 spring onion finely chopped Marinade (overall about 1 cup): 1/3 cup sesame oil 2 tbsp paprika 1½  tsp soy sauce 1 tbsp each of: cumin, thyme, garam masala 1 vegetable stock cube

Sauces: 1 pea size drop Wasabi paste 2 spoons houmous 1/3 cup dairy free cream 1 tsp chopped mint (or dried) 2 tsp chopped dill (or dried) 1 tsp garlic powder

Tofu:

1. Cut up tofu into pieces about 2.5cm squares and 1cm thick (or however big you want them depending on the size you want your cups). Put into a box or other container.

Mix up the marinade ingredients mentioned above and pour over the tofu. Leave overnight.

2. Take the tofu out and fry it gently on a medium heat until it browns. 

For pastry cups:

1. Preheat oven to 200°. Pregrease a cuptake tray and cupcake liners.

2. Cut filo sheets into squares about 10cm squared (or however big you want it).

For each cup cut 4 squares. Put one square on top of a second one, and do the same with the last two squares (so you have two squares overall each is 2 sheets thick).

3. Overlay them at angles to each other. Coat them in some melted (dairy free) butter.

Put in oven until slightly browned.

Make the sauces:

1. For first one: mix the houmous and wasabi paste.

2. For second one: mix the cream, mint, dill and garlic powder.

Arrange:

1. Once the pastry cups have cooled, remove the cupcake liner off them.

Put about 1-2 tbsp of the creamy minty sauce into the bottom of each cup. Place the tofu squares on top.

2.Cut a small triangle out of the cucumber slices. Put the cucumber on top of the tofu squares and cover with a good dollop (about 1tsbp) of the houmousy sauce.

3. Place the thinly sliced carrot pieces in as shown.Sprinkle the finely chopped spring onion.

(Sprinkle some sesame seeds on if you wish too, I’d say would be nice)