Millet Pie with Vegetables and Basil


Servings: 4
Prep time: 50
Cooking time: 60
INGREDIENTS
  • For the purèe:
  • - 250 g of potatoes
  • - 1 bunch of parsley
  • - 6 tablespoons of vegetable broth
  • - 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • - Salt
  • For the base:
  • - 180 g of millet
  • - 1 carrot
  • - 1 stalk celery
  • - 1 onion
  • - 400 ml vegetable stock
  • - 2 tablespoons oil
  • - Salt
  • - Chili powder
  • For the vegetable stew:
  • - 1 zucchini
  • - 1 eggplant
  • - 1 bell pepper, red
  • - 4 tomatoes
  • - 1 small onion coppery
  • - 1 clove garlic
  • - 1 bunch basil
  • - 3 tablespoons oil
  • - Salt
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Boil the whole and unpeeled potatoes.
  2. Prepare the vegetables stew. Chop the onion, dice the zucchini and eggplant and cut the bell into pepper strips. Blanch the tomatoes, peel them and cut into cubes.
  3. Heat the oil and gently sauté the onion, add the pepper and let simmer for 5 minutes. Then add the diced eggplant and zucchini, salt, cover and stew for another 10 minutes. Now add the tomatoes, continue for 5 minutes, check for salt, add the chopped basil, stir and remove from heat.
  4. Fry in a pan, in the meantime, carrot, celery and peeled and chopped fine onion with a little oil. Add the millet and let it roast for 3 minutes. Add the vegetable broth and cook, over medium-low, for 12-15 minutes, until the liquid is almost completely absorbed. The set should not be too dry.
  5. Peel the potatoes and mash, add the oil, a pinch of salt, chopped parsley and enough broth to get a not too thick puree, otherwise it will be difficult to spread it on the millet.
  6. Lightly oil a baking dish and spread in a layer of millet. Sprinkle with a little pepper. Add a layer of mashed potatoes, then one of stewed vegetables, a new layer of millet, still little pepper, a final layer of mashed potatoes and finally one of vegetable.
  7. Bake at 170 ° C for about 20 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with a few leaves of basil and serve. If desired, add some grated parmesan when served.