the Food Thread (Page 6 of 8)

My new pancake topping discovery today was nutella and creme fraiche with a splash of lemon.
hubba hubba.

with red onion breath? no chance.

when living in paris and working with parisians, i found it incredible how infrequently they ate food other than french or italian.  i once convinced a couple of my colleagues to go to an indian restaurant for lunch - it was the first time they'd ever eaten indian food, and they were well into their 30s.

i do admire the reverence they have for good food though - even if i was just opening a packet of crisps, or biting into an apple, someone would say 'bon appetite.'  they just had a level of appreciation for the rituals of cooking, communal eating and flavour that we're losing, or lost, in england.

Best thing about France is readily available cheap andouillettes. Totally amazing food, once you get past the initial questioning - 'intestines?'.

Boudin noir I think. All blood sausage everywhere obviously amazing.

I'm really into salad with redwood thai style 'fishcakes'. I haven't eaten fish since I was a kid but from what I remember they taste WAY better than the real thing (confirmed by ChrisA) and not particularly 'fishy', just delicious!

Very finely chop a couple of spring onions (or just one, depending on how many you're making for, you just want a hint of the onion coming through, not overpowering), coriander leaves (not too much stem), and a fresh chilli (de-seeded). Roughly chop salad leaves of your choice and thin slices of yellow pepper. Add salt and pepper, and mix up with your hands in a bowl. Then add the juice of half a lime and mix it all up again (smells so fucking good at this point). Then I like to toast some raw cashews with some paprika and thai chilli sauce (avoid the super sweet ones) and add them on the side of the plate with the 'fishcakes'. Yummm!!!!

Saw the last of the Raymond Blanc programmes last night, what a tremendous human being he is.

THAI DRUNKEN NOODLES - made this last night and it was deeeelish.

1/3 cup olive oil
2 large red peppers, seeded, thinly sliced
2 Green chillis sliced.
3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
roughly the same amount peeled and chopped ginger
450g extra-firm tofu, drained well and pressed a bit, cut into 1-inch cubes (or chicken, pork, whatever)
3 spring onions , thinly sliced on diagonal
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
200g (a bag of) baby spinach leaves
bunch of chopped fresh basil
chopped lightly salted roasted peanuts to top.
Noodles - I like Ho-Fun for this

get the oil nice and hot, chuck in the peppers, chillis, garlic and ginger for about 2 mins.
then the tofu and spring onions for another 2 mins.
then the soy sauce, lime juice and crushed chillis,
then the spinach until it's just wilted.
chuck the noodles in and give it maybe another minute.
take it off the heat, chuck the basil in and some salt and pepper.
top with the peanuts.

He truly is, my life feels a bit empty knowing he won't be back next week. I'm following him on FB to make sure I see when anything new comes out.

I love that he didn't use much butter/cream this episode! I really want to try those olives.

Do it a fair bit. I used to do the more traditional version where you squelch between fingers, add tumeric, parsley and onions, but I tried the PPK recipie a while ago, and prefer it. I smash up some tofu with a knife a bit so its all different sizes, then follow their recipie, except use a load of smoked paprika and a bit of thyme for my herbing, along with broccoli and onion if I have them/ feel.

http://www.theppk.com/2009/10/tof-u-and … revisited/

I think I like it more because of the nutritional yeast. Makes everything better..

Yep, there are a few things from the series that are worth a go I think.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/artic … oule_06576

mmmmmh!

been on a gluten-free vegan thing recently for my sister-in-law who is gluten-free for her migraines. made a few neat things like vegan etouffee, salt and pepper tofu and black bean and sweet potato enchiladas but would definitely appreciate recipe suggestions if anyone knows of any!

also made pistacho cupcakes and mint chocolate chip cupcakes the other day though they were far from gluten-free. still delicious though.

taking this as inspiration I made a tart last night for tea!

caramelised some onions with star anise in balsamic vinegar
spread this over the pastry
then steamed some spinach, added nutmeg and a bit of garlic
put this on as a second layer,
then I halved a bunch of tomatoes and put these on top with a slice of garlic, sprig of rosemary, salt, pepper and a glug of olive oil.
In the over for 25 mins.
5 mins before end I grated a bunch of cheezly on top.
DELISH