everyday experiments with food
This worked really well, despite my initial doubts. Chicken marinated in lime juice and coriander leaves, then fried in cajun spices. Salad of radicchio leaves, red onion slices, cherry tomatoes, sliced snow peas, mandarin slices, radish slices, home-made feta, baby basil leaves. Orange juice squeezed over the top. Sea salt. Drizzled with orange-infused balsamic vinegar which is to die for. I would make it again.
I’ve finally made decent brioche thanks to this recipe. My previous attempts have involved different recipes with a lot more butter. These were pretty perfect with Vietnamese pork and slaw.
Although it’s only spring, the weather has been warm enough to start making salads, and in the last year or two I’ve loved playing around with salads. This is relatively simple, colourful and healthy.
2/3 cup freekeh, cooked as per instructions
2/3 cup brown lentils, simmered with some salt for about 15 mins until crunchy but soft…
I combined the above and mixed a bit of garlic oil through them.
Red onion, sliced
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Pomegranate seeds
Diced mild red chilli
Chopped basil, parsley, coriander and chives (if you like mint, add some mint)
Sprinkle some sea salt and cracked black pepper on top
Drizzle with some lemon juice and place lemon slices on top. Serve with yoghurt to dollop on top.
We ate this with home-made pork sausages.
I’ll be making this again.
I’ve been making pasta for years but only recently learned how to make it much better, thanks to Giorgio Locatelli’s “Made in Italy“.
This spaghetti has 3 1/2 cups of flour, 3 eggs, 2 egg yolks and some salt.
The trick is to knead the dough for 10 minutes after it is all combined, and then rest it for an hour at room temperature under a damp cloth. You end up with a wonderfully supple dough.
The sauce here is uncooked, again Locatelli’s recipe – chopped white anchovies, diced tomato, black olives, capers, basil. Simple and brilliant.