Name: Buckwheat galette filled with mushrooms, ricotta, lemon zest and spring green herbs
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Ingredients: 250 g buckwheat flour; 125 g cold unsalted butter (cubed); 4 tbsp ice cold water; 1 tsp dried mixed herbs or thyme; ½ tsp sea salt; ¼ tsp Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 700 g M&S Organic Chestnut mushrooms, roughly sliced; 1 tsp dried mixed herbs of thyme; 2 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 tbsp olive oli; 1 shallot (finely chopped); 3 garlic cloves (finely grated or finely chopped, divided); 250 g ricotta or goat’s cheese; 30 g finely grated hard cheese like Caerphilly, cheddar, gruyere, Parmesan; ½ tsp lemon zest; 2 handfuls chopped soft herbs like parsley/dill or tarragon/wild garlic; 1 small free-range egg (beaten to egg wash the pastry before baking)

Best-selling cookbook author, Fairtrade and sustainability champion, Melissa Hemsley, has curated this buckwheat galette for a showstopper lunch.

This delectable spring dish consists of a flat, buttery round pastry topped with creamy ricotta, meaty British & Irish Chestnut mushrooms and finished off with grated lemon zest.

Perfect for both flexitarians and vegetarians, the shareable dish appeases all tastes.

The UK and Ireland Mushrooms Producers has partnered with Melissa Hemsley to inspire the nation to cook new and flavourful food that highlights the versatility of mushrooms in recipes. For inspiration on how to use tasty mushrooms in an array of meals, head to @madewithmushrooms on Instagram to see the latest creations

Buckwheat galette filled with mushrooms, ricotta, lemon zest and spring green herbs

This delectable spring dish consists of a flat, buttery round pastry topped with creamy ricotta, meaty British & Irish Chestnut mushrooms and finished off with grated lemon zest.

Course lunch, Main Course

Cuisine british, French

Keyword galette, Mushrooms

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Servings 4

Author Melissa Hemsley

Ingredients

For the buckwheat pastry

250 g buckwheat flour
125 g cold unsalted butter cubed
4 tbsp ice cold water
1 tsp dried mixed herbs or thyme
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the filling

700 g M&S Organic Chestnut mushrooms, roughly sliced
1 tsp dried mixed herbs of thyme
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 tbsp olive oli
1 shallot finely chopped
3 garlic cloves finely grated or finely chopped, divided
250 g ricotta or goat’s cheese
30 g finely grated hard cheese like Caerphilly, cheddar, gruyere, Parmesan
½ tsp lemon zest
2 handfuls chopped soft herbs like parsley/dill or tarragon/wild garlic
1 small free-range egg beaten to egg wash the pastry before baking

Instructions

For the pastry, in a food processor, pulse the cold diced butter with flour and salt for a few seconds until it resembles a bread crumb mixture. Add the beaten egg and then the ice-cold water 1 tablespoon at a time pulsing until it just comes together in a ball. Remove and pat down into a thick pancake, wrap in reusable baking paper and place in the freezer for 15 minutes. OR you could do this step in advance and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes or more.
Meanwhile in a small bowl, mix the ricotta with 1 grated garlic clove, ½ the herbs and ½ the grated cheese and the lemon zest and season to taste with some salt and pepper.Add the mushrooms and let fry for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, sea salt and pepper and
Preheat the oven and a baking tray to 180C. In a large frying pan, melt the butter and add the olive oil and fry the finely chopped shallot for 8 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Add the mushrooms and let fry for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, sea salt and pepper and thyme, stir and let fry for another few minutes until the mushrooms are tender then take off the heat and check the seasoning.
Roll the chilled pastry out between 2 pieces of floured reusable baking paper to 5mm rotating regularly to ensure the pastry is in an event circle. Spoon the ricotta mixture in the middle of the circle and spread it out, leaving a 5cm border.
Evenly place the mushroom mix on top of the ricotta mix, then fold in the border of the remaining pastry to form the galette. Patch up any bits that might need patching up, then beat the egg in a bowl and brush all over the pastry with the beaten egg using a brush or your finger.
Bake for 25 minutes until the pastry is golden. Let cool on the tray for 10 minutes and then carefully move to a wire rack to cool for another 20 minutes. Finish by sprinkling over the rest of the herbs and the rest of the cheese.