Christmas Tree Polenta

Directions

• Orange and Rosemary Polenta
• Pour water and vegetable broth into a pot, add all spices, sea salt and bring to a boil.
  Slowly add the polenta and whisk constantly to prevent lumps, cook for about 5 minutes on low heat, then turn off the heat. Lastly add in the olive oil and orange zest, then mix well.
• Pour the polenta into a baking dish, lined with parchment paper to form a thin layer. Put the pan into the fridge for about 1 hour to set.
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Remove the cold polenta form the pan and cut in into triangle sized slices. Brush the polenta slices with a little cooking oil.
  Bake in the oven for about 30-45 minutes or until golden brown.
  
• Sweet and Savory Pumpkin Seed Spread
• Cook garlic with pumpkin seed oil on low heat until it starts to soften but does not get brown, about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. When garlic is tender, remove it from heat; let garlic cool in the oil.
• Heat cooking oil in a pan over high heat. Add onion and chili. Cook until onion edges start to brown and some bits begin to char, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in apple juice. Reduce heat to medium and cook until liquid is reduced almost all the way and has a syrup-like consistency, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Place pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, coriander leaves, onion mixture, softened garlic and pumpkin seed oil, lime juice, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Cover and pulse on and off until mixture becomes a coarse paste. If mixture is quite thick, add a few tablespoons of apple juice or water (apple juice will make it sweeter).
  Continue to process until mixture is to your desired consistency. Transfer to a jar. Cover; refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
• Taste, and adjust seasonings and acidity as needed with additional salt and apple cider vinegar.
• Assembly
• Filled up the piping cream pastry bag with pumpkin spread. Pipe the pumpkin spread around top of the triangle polenta.
• Sprinkle some cubes of cucumber, carrot and tomatoes on top of the pumpkin spread.
  Cut a yellow capsicums in star shape and put on top of the Christmas tree.