- 150g buckwheat
- 2 red onions
- 200g chestnut mushrooms
- 200g portobello mushroooms
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon
- A large handful of flat leaf parsley
- 100g kale
- 1 chilli
- 300ml boiling water
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1.
Rinse the buckwheat thoroughly. Tip into a pan and toast for 5 mins, stirring, till it smells nutty. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly. Pour in 300ml boiling water and place back on the heat. Simmer for 12-15 mins till the buckwheat is tender but with a slight bite. Drain.
- 2.
While the buckwheat is cooking, peel and thinly slice the onions. Thickly slice the chestnut and portobello mushrooms. Pick the rosemary leaves and finely chop them. Peel and grate the garlic cloves, placing half into a bowl for later.
- 3.
Set a frying pan on a medium-low heat for 2 mins. When warm, drizzle in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add the mushrooms, sliced onions and rosemary. Sprinkle in a little salt and pepper. Cook for 10 mins, stirring now and then, till juicy.
- 4.
While the mushrooms are cooking, zest and juice the lemon into the bowl with the garlic. Finely chop the parsley stalks and leaves and add to the bowl. Add 2 tbsp olive oil and a large pinch of salt and pepper. Mix well. This is your gremolata.
- 5.
Finely slice the kale leaves, discarding the stalks. Finely chop the chilli, removing the seeds and white pith. Add the garlic and chilli to the pan with the mushrooms and stir. Add the kale and cook for 2-3 mins till the kale has wilted slightly and the mushrooms are soft.
- 6.
Stir 1 tbsp of the gremolata through the drained buckwheat. Spoon into warm bowls. Top with the mushrooms and kale. Drizzle over the gremolata for plenty of zing.