Hilltop Acres

Ingredients

• 9x13 buttered or oiled casserole dish
• 1-1/2 cup quinoa rinsed well
• 3 cups water
• 1-bay leaf
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 leeks with whites and greens, thinly sliced and rinsed well to remove dirt between leaves.
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 4 cups peeled, diced sweet potato
• 4 cups diced, peeled celery root; about 1-large size root
• 3 cups vegetable broth*
• 1 Tbsp fresh minced parsley or 2 tsp dried
• 1 tsp sea salt or keg steak salt
• few cranks of pepper.
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups cooked quinoa
• 2/3 cup brown rice flour
• ½ cup quinoa flour or millet flour
• ½ cup parmesan cheese grated, plus more for the top
• 280g (1 cup) cold unsalted butter cubed
• 2 tsp thyme or 1 Tbsp fresh thyme chopped or herbs de provence
• 1 tsp sea salt or keg steak salt plus more for the top
• few cranks of pepper
• ½ cup pine nuts, preferably toasted for the topping