HOLIDAY INSPIRED RECIPES WITH
Get that holiday feeling with Chef Benjamin Roth’s inspirational holiday recipes. Transport your tastebuds with a Moroccan influenced baked carrot and orange side dish, a classic Norwegian cod with a twist, a Middle Eastern lamb kofta or a holiday seasoned pork with Cuban inspired rice.
Scroll to enjoy Chef Roth’s festive holiday recipes.
Baked carrot and orange salad
with pomegranate and nuts
Ingredients
4 carrots
Fennel seeds
2 oranges
Mint
Roasted walnuts
Seeds of one Pomegranate
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Method
- Peel the carrots and cut into sticks. Season with salt, pepper and fennel seeds, before roasting in the oven at 180 degrees celsius for about 15 minutes.
- Make filets of the oranges and add to a salat bowl.
- De-seed the pomegranate and put to side.
- Mix the carrots with the oranges, add some fresh mint, a little bit of olive oil and seasoning (salt and pepper).
- Top off with the pomegranate seeds and some roasted walnuts.
Cod with pea puree
with crispy chorizo and browned almond butter
Ingredients
Skin and boneless cod filets
Frozen peas
Butter
Shallots
Almond flakes
Chorizo
Lemon
Salt, pepper
Method
- In a saucepan melt butter on a medium heat and continue to heat until golden brown with a nutlike fragrance. Add almonds and some finely chopped shallots.
- Add frozen peas to salted boiling water. Boil for a couple of minutes. Strain the water and blitz the peas with butter, salt and pepper.
- Cut the chorizo. Add to a oiled medium heat pan and cook until golden. Strain the excess fat by resting the chorizo on a piece of paper. This will make it extra crispy.
- In a screaming hot non-stick pan add oil (preferably sunflower or rapeseed), season the cod with salt and cook for about five minutes on one side. Add butter and start basting the cod with the butter.
- Ensemble the dish and enjoy!
Lamb kofta
with holiday spices, potato salad and rutabaga hummus
Ingredients
Minced meat of lamb
Garlic
Spice mix: (cumin, cinnamon, cloves, all spice, ginger, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt and pepper)
1 rutabaga
1 can of chickpeas
Cummin
Extra virgin olive oil
Parsley
Mint
Potatoes
Natural yoghurt
Lemon
Pomegranate seeds
Salt, pepper
Method
1. Cut the rutabaga into chunks and cook in salted water for about 20 minutes, or until soft. Strain and let it cool off.
2. In a mixing bowl combine salt and minced lamb meat. Start adding the spice mix, some fresh chopped herbs, garlic and mix well. Roll into balls and turn into ovals. Thread onto skewers and set aside.
3. Cut boiled, cooled potatoes and mix with yoghurt, salt, pepper, cumin and freshly chopped mint and parsley. Finish off with a squeeze of lemon.
4. Blitz the rutabaga and chickpeas with garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Some fresh lemon juice and it´s done.
5. Cook the koftas in a hot pan or on a griddle. 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Let it rest for a couple of minutes and serve with potato salad, hummus and top off with some fresh pomegranate seeds.
Holiday seasoned pork
with Cuban style rice and pickled onions
Ingredients
Pork tenderloin
Holiday rub: (brown sugar, sugar, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, all spice, ginger, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt and pepper)
Garlic
Sunflower oil
Red onion
Lemon
Sugar
Cooked rice
Bell peppers
Onion
Chicken stock or stock cube
Turmeric
Black beans
Method
1. Season the pork with salt and brown in a hot pan.
2. Make a rub made of brown sugar, sugar, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, all spice, ginger, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper.
3. Get the rub all over the pork before adding it to a baking tin with a little bit of water and cover with foil.
4. Cook in a preheated oven at 160 degrees celsius for about 15 minutes.
5. For the pickled onions, add 50/50 lemon juice and sugar to a saucepan. Bring up to a boil before adding thin slices of red onion. Set aside to cool off and add to a mason jar.
6. Chop bell peppers, onions, and garlic, add to a saucepan with some oil and cook on a medium heat. Add some of the rub you made for the pork and a dash of turmeric.
7. Add chicken stock or water and a stock cube and let it simmer for a couple of minutes before adding cooked rice. Mix it all together and add black beans at the very end.
8. Blitz garlic and oil to make a nice garlic oil.
9. When the pork is done, let it rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting into chunks.
10. Serve the pork over the Cuban style rice and top with the pickled onions and garlic oil.