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Recipe - Zucchini Wreath

by Erica Green

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Christmas time, plus supermarket magazines, equals an overdose of pictures of beautifully presented food wreaths.   Well, here is my version.  Maybe not as professionally presented and photographed but still yummy and easy to prepare in advance of the Christmas day chaos.  Of course, you don't need to save it up just for Christmas day.

 
Ingredients

Serves 6

• 375g zucchini, grated
• 1 onion, peeled and grated or finely chopped
• 125g grated tasty cheese
• 5 large eggs
• 80g (2 strips) of plant-based bacon, chopped
• 1/2 cup light olive oil
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Lettuce and cherry tomatoes (cut in half if they are large) to serve

 
Method

• Preheat the oven to 160C Fan forced or 180C standard
• Place the zucchini, onion, cheese, eggs, plant-based bacon and oil in a mixing bowl.  Stir to combine. 
• Add the flour, salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• Spray a bunt tin well with cooking spray.
• Place the mixture in the tin and smooth off the top.  Place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes or until the mixture is set and the outside is slightly brown.
• Stand in the tin for a few minutes before turning out onto a rack to completely cool.
• Place the wreath on a serving plate and fill the hole with lettuce and cherry tomatoes.  Serve

About the Recipe

• This recipe is suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.
• A bundt cake tin/pan is a ring tin which is traditionally used to cook a bundt cake.  Unlike a standard straight sided ring cake tin, the bundt tin will generally have a rounded bottom and fluted or ridged sides, in many different designs, which makes for an interesting design on the top of the cake once inverted.  These tins are readily available in supermarkets and department stores.  I used a not stick coated tin.  Who says that you can only use bundt tins to bake cakes?
• The recipe can be made a day ahead and stored in the refrigerator, just leaving the salad assembly on the day.
• There are several plant-based bacon brands that you can find in your local supermarket chiller or health food stores these days. I used the "made from plants" brand for this recipe, but you choose the one that you like or can easily source.

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