Meat, buckwheat, and vegetable milfeuille
Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. Make the mille-feuille following the step-by-step instructions—it's easy to do, and the result will surely impress you, as the dish turns out beautiful, very tasty, and unique. Serve the finished dish at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Start preparing Milfeu by baking rye crackers. To do this, put rye and wheat flour into a bowl, make a depression in the center, pour in 3 tablespoons of olive oil, add salt, and optionally add caraway seeds.
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Step 3
Add warm water gradually while kneading the dough; you will need 0.3–0.5 cup of water.
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Step 4
Place the kneaded dough in a bag for one hour.
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Step 5
Roll out the dough into a 4-5 mm thick sheet. Cut out crackers using a salad ring and transfer them onto a baking sheet. Prick the crackers with a fork.
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Step 6
Bake the crackers at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. At the same time, cook buckwheat porridge; for half a cup of buckwheat, use 1 cup of water, or 1 part buckwheat to 2 parts water.
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Step 7
Cut the zucchini or eggplant into 5x5 mm cubes.
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Step 8
Make a crosswise incision on the tomato, pour boiling water over it, then rinse with cold water, after which the skin will easily peel off.
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Step 9
Dice the tomato into 5x5 mm cubes.
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Step 10
Chop the celery.
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Step 11
Remove seeds from the bell pepper and cut into 5x5 mm cubes.
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Step 12
Prepare a sauté by pouring vegetable oil into a heated skillet, then add one or two garlic cloves and a pinch of thyme. If you have thyme on the stem, use that.
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Step 13
Place the zucchini and bell pepper, simmer for 5 minutes.
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Step 14
Add the tomato, simmer for another 2 minutes, then add the celery, cook for another 2 minutes, and finally season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Step 15
Cut the beef into strips, season with salt and pepper, and add a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
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Step 16
Sear the meat in a dry skillet for 3 minutes, then stir, add leek or green onion stalks, and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
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Step 17
Remove the seeds from the hot pepper and chop finely, add to the meat, and simmer for another 3-4 minutes.
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Step 18
At the end, add the tomato sauce and mix.
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Step 19
Place a salad ring on a plate, add a bottom layer of buckwheat, and press down firmly.
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Step 20
Place a rye cracker on top.
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Step 21
Place the vegetable sauté on the crouton.
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Step 22
On top, a rye cracker.
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Step 23
The final layer is meat. Carefully remove the salad ring. If necessary, heat in the microwave. Serve with fresh herbs.