Basil and herbs cake

Basil and herbs cake 

This cake can be adapted with what you have available from radish leaves that we often don't really know how to use, parsley, chives, basil, kale.... use your imagination. It is a  great recipe toward zero waste.
I prepared the cake on the pictures with a combination of  basil, parsley and some radish leaves.
The recipe also use milk kefir*, if not available the kefir can be replaced by yogurt.

The recipe step by step in images:

Prepare all the ingredients, chop all the greens, and cube the goat cheese if you use any.

Mix the kefir and the eggs, add the flour, starch and baking powder.
Add the oil and mix until you have a smooth consistency. Incorporate the greens, the cheese and the nuts.
Salt and pepper to taste. 

Pour the mixture in a greased cake tin and bake for 45 min at 180˚C

Leave to cool for 20 to 30 min before removing from the tin. Place on a metal rack until cool.

Basil and herbs cake

Prep: 10 min
​Cooking: 45 min

180˚C

serves 6

GF

Ingredients: 

• 1 glass of milk kefir*
• 3 eggs
• 1 glass of chopped walnuts (around 80g) 
• 1/2 glass of olive oil
• 1 glass of corn starch (or potato starch)
• 2 glasses of rice flour (whole for me)
• baking powder
• parsley leaves, basil leaves
• radish leaves
• salt, pepper
• 120 g of goat cheese (optional) 

Recipe:

Preheat the oven at 180˚C.
Chop all the greens and cube the cheese.
Mix the kefir, the eggs.
Add the flour, the starch and the baking powder, mix well. Add the oil and continue to mix until you have a smooth consistency.
Incorporate the cheese, the chopped greens and the walnuts.
Salt, pepper according to taste.
Pour the mixture in a grease rectangular tin.
Bake for 45 min at 180˚C. Check cooking time with a wooden stick that need to come out clean.
Allow to cool down for 20/30 min before removing from the tin and leave to further cool down on a metal rack.

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Milk kefir is a fermented probiotic beverage made with either kefir grains, check my article on probiotics for more infos

​Recipe adapted from the recipe cake apéro aux fanes de radis