Before we talk about the grown – up jelly above – sorry it it not elegantly formed in a fancy mould by the way – a moment to recall our jelly years.
Jelly, just saying the word makes me happy.
I don’t know about you but when I was little I thought jelly was not only delicious [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 31, 2009
Champagne and orange Jelly. Or Jelly grows up.
January 27, 2009
A recipe for lentils
Maybe it sounds better in Italian, una ricetta per le lenticchie or as David Tanis suggests French lentils, I could even make something up like superlative recipe for lentils gently pan fried in a saute of seasonal vegetables – but then you would have to punch me and then I might have to punch you [...]
January 25, 2009
Fergus Henderson’s Salt cod, Potato and Tomato.
I have been mulling over how to write this post for 3 days now, I have started it at least 5 times only to delete everything, put the computer to sleep and mull some more. You see, I just can’t seem to find the appropriate and fitting words to pay tribute to a chef , [...]
January 21, 2009
Gratin of artichokes
I don’t cook artichokes very often.
It is quite foolish of me because I adore them and Roman markets have the most extraordinarily abundant harvest of them at this time of year. It’s me, I just don’t cook them very often.
It’s not that I’m not afraid of them anymore. I used to be, the preparation all [...]
January 20, 2009
Our oil has arrived.
Our oil has arrived. 20 litres of first cold press extra virgin olive oil from Umbria.
Vincenzo’s parents drove out to the Azienda Agricola Lea Comaschi in Amelia on Saturday to collect the annual 60 litres, 20 for them, 20 for Vincenzo and I and 20 for their daughter and her husband (the good ones, the [...]
January 19, 2009
It’s all about pasta.
Yep, its all about pasta, and it’s a serious business for this Sicilian. Nothing fancy mind, pasta burro e parmigiano, spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino. pasta al pomodoro crudo, spaghetti alla bottarga !! just whats needed every day, EVERY DAY.
January 15, 2009
Spaghetti with tomato sauce and ricotta
I think I might of mentioned Vincenzos relationship with pasta, the intense and passionate one, the one that means if he doesn’t eat it everyday he is, well frankly out of sorts – yep, that one.
I don’t really understand it. Don’t get me wrong I adore pasta and will happily eat it everyday, lunchtime being [...]
January 14, 2009
Sliced oranges and medjool dates
The sun came out today, for a while it was almost too warm for my thick woolly tights which have provided such comfort during the recent cold, damp days. I say almost, they remained firmly in place, I know they have many more days of work before they are consigned to the lowest drawer and [...]
January 13, 2009
Leeks Vinaigrette
3 posts in as many days, umm, think I may be avoiding work.
But, I have good reason for procrastination. I want to write about this whippet of a recipe, well assembly of ingredients really, while I still have the taste of it on my lips. For the contents of this plate of leeks vinaigrette is [...]
January 12, 2009
Hot gooey chocolate puddings.
Hot
gooey
chocolate
pudding
I think you may agree, 4 very pleasing words.
Put them all together, the order isn’t really important and voilà
Pudding gooey chocolate hot
chocolate hot pudding gooey
puddling not chocolate goose
or Hot gooey chocolate pudding
I think the title of this recipe says it all really. I could start twittering about utterly delicious, divinely indulgent or type Nigellaesque groans [...]
