WRAPS

FILLINGS

Ingredients

• 125g/4½oz plain white flour, plus extra for rolling
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt
• 2 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
• Method

1. Stir together the flour and salt. Make a well in the centre and add 5–6 tablespoons of lukewarm water with the oil. Using your hands, bring the dough together into a ball. Turn out onto a work surface and knead for 5–10 minutes, wrap in cling film and leave to rest for 20 minutes.
2. Divide the dough into four portions and roll into small balls. Dust a work surface with a little flour. Roll out each ball until around 18cm/7in in diameter, around 2–3mm/⅛in thick.
3. Dry-fry over a medium heat for 20 seconds, pressing lightly with a spatula. Flip over and cook on the other side for 20 seconds, or until the tortilla is cooked, but remains soft and pliable. Repeat with the remaining three tortillas.
4. To make a mini pizzas, place the tortillas on a baking tray and spread with pizza or pasta sauce (see the description a no-cook sauce recipe). Sprinkle with grated cheese – ready-grated mozzarella is good but cheddar works well too. Add pieces of ham, salami, sliced mushrooms or peppers – any bits and pieces you might have leftover in the fridge. Place under a hot grill for 2–3 minutes, or until the cheese melts. Serve warm.

VEGETARIAN WRAPS

Ingredients

• 2 red onion
• 3 tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 courgettes
• 1 large red pepper
• ½ cauliflower
• 400g can chickpeas
• 3 tsp coriander seeds
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 350g self raising flour
• 500g natural yogurt
• small bunch coriander
• 100g pot coconut chunks
• small bunch mint
• 2 limes
• ½ cucumber
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 shallot
• 1 green chilli
• salt, pepper, sugar and olive oil

Method

• STEP 1To make the sweet pickled onions, slice one red onion into thin half moons. Put 2 tbsp cider vinegar in a small pan with 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp salt. Heat until almost boiling, then pour over the onions and leave for 2 hrs, by which time they will be sweet and crunchy.
• STEP 2To make the roasted veg, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Chop the courgettes, remaining red onion, the red pepper and cauliflower into bite-sized pieces. Tip into a baking tray with the chickpeas, plus 1 tbsp of the starchy water from the can. Pour over a good glug of olive oil, add 2 tsp of the coriander seeds, the garam masala, a sprinkle of salt and pepper, and mix everything together with your hands. Cook in the oven for 45 mins, but give them a good shake after 30.
• STEP 3For the flatbreads, mix the flour with 350g of the yogurt, the remaining 1 tsp coriander seeds, and all the coriander stalks, finely chopped. It will come together quickly into a dough. Take a golf ball-sized chunk and roll it out on a floured board until it’s the thickness of a 20p coin, then dry-fry in a hot frying pan for about a minute on each side. When done, brush each flatbread on one side with some olive oil.
• STEP 4To make the tzatziki, blitz 1/4 of the pot of coconut chunks in a blender until it resembles breadcrumbs, then set aside. Pour the remaining 150g yogurt into a bowl. Finely chop half the mint leaves and add to the bowl along with the juice of 1 lime. Grate in the cucumber and a garlic clove, then add the coconut. Season and mix.
• STEP 5To make the spicy green sauce, put the rest of the coconut chunks in a blender with the rest of the coriander and mint leaves, a peeled clove of garlic, the peeled shallot, chilli, the juice of a lime, 1 tbsp cider vinegar, and 1 tsp brown sugar. Blitz until smooth.
• STEP 6Take a flatbread, load it with a handful of vegetables, then a big spoonful of tzatziki and spicy green sauce, then a sprinkling of sweet pickled onions. Wrap it up, and tuck in.

I think wraps are the way to go! tzatziki, chopped toms, pickled red onion, pickled cabbage, coleslaw, grated beetroot, carrot, cheese, olives, avocados, red or white wine vinegar, nuts and seeds, grated apple in lemon juice, small chunks fo pineapple, smoked paprika (a dust of), chilli, spread of humus, bit of lettuce, maybe currants soaked in mango juice?, spicy chick peas, Obviously meat and fish could be added.

So to simplify – tortilla wrap; mixed plain and pickled veg.; chilli or other sauce;