Showing posts with label herbs:basil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herbs:basil. Show all posts

Friday, 23 September 2011

Pasta with Sugar Snap Peas & Pancetta / Cherry Cream Cheese Turnovers / Basil Pesto Muffins



Blog Post & Recipe: Pasta with Sugar Snap Peas and Pancetta: When you kill the TV


The flavors are bright and simple but delicious all melded together.


Blog Post & Recipe: Cherry Cream Cheese Turnovers


Here’s what you need to know: Fresh cherries. Cream cheese. Sugar. Puff pastry.


Blog Post & Recipe: Much Virtue in Herbs: Basil Pesto Muffins


If you like the flavor of pesto and Parmesan cheese, you will love these. They are the perfect accompaniment to a plate of pasta with red sauce.



Thursday, 15 September 2011

Sweet Potato Parcels / Yoghurt Brulee / Blueberry & Basil Habanero Salsa + 2 Recipes Using It



Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato Parcels


Cut the sweet potatoes in to 1.5cm chunks. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper.


Blog Post & Recipe: Nigel’s Yogurt Brulee


Tangy and thick Greek yogurt is given the brulee treatment with a light dusting of sugar.


Blog Posts & Recipes: Blueberry and Basil Habanero Salsa followed by Salmon Bulgogi Tacos with Blueberry Habanero Salsa followed by Salmon Bulgogi Quesadillas with Blueberry Salsa


This summer I have had a lot of success in experimenting with fruit and berry salsas like the chipotle cherry salsa and there was one more that I wanted to try, a blueberry salsa with habanero peppers.



Monday, 12 September 2011

Veggie Pizza with Zucchini, Corn, Cilantro & Lime / Fried Sweetbreads with Carrot Salad / Grilled Fish with Basil



Blog Post & Recipe: Summer Veggie Pizza with Zucchini, Corn, Cilantro and Lime [ via ]


This pizza is all about zucchini and corn right off the cob and feta cheese and sprigs of cilantro and all kinds of summery goodness with a big splash of lime to finish it off.


Recipe: Sunday Supper: Fried Sweetbreads with Carrot Salad


Sweetbreads are the thymus or pancreas (neck and stomatch sweetbread, respectively) of a calf. They are subtly flavored and have a delicate texture, and are an excellent introduction to those who are a little wary of offal. Sweetbreads are a treat. This is a simple preparation that adds some crunch to the soft nuggets of sweetbreads.


Blog Post & Recipe: Simple Grilled Fish with Basil


Let me start by saying that I almost always cook bass-like fish whole. Why? They have huge heads for their size, and big, round rib cages. This means you get a paltry yield off them if you try to fillet the fish. Unless you are very good, your yield will be barely 30 percent of live weight. Contrast that with salmon, where you can get upwards of 60-70 percent.



Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Roast Tomato & Basil Tart / Adobo / The Science of Pie Dough



Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Tomato & Basil Tart


Savory tarts are an all in one meal. Eggs, milk, and cheese come together in a flaky crust to create a delicious meal served warm or at room temperature.


Blog Post & Recipe: Adobo adoration


Adobo is perhaps the Philippines’ most popular dish, consisting of pork and/or chicken cooked in a pungent mix of vinegar and soy sauce. Don’t confuse it with the many other variations of adobo (a Spanish term that loosely translates into “marinade” or “dressing”), which range from a thick, chipotle-infused sauce in Mexico to a garlicky dry rub in the Caribbean.

Mom's adobo


Blog Post & Slideshow & Recipe: The Food Lab: The Science of Pie Dough


What I'm after: The kind of crust that's substantial enough that it doesn't sog-out from a juicy filling but tender enough that it flakes in your mouth into buttery shards. A crust with substance, but not chew. A crust that divides along deep faults into many distinct layers separated by tiny air spaces and that cracks when bent. A crust that is never leathery or pliant, but not so tender or crisp that it crumbles instead of flakes. And of course, it should have a deep butteriness coupled with a balanced sweet and salty flavor.



Thursday, 7 July 2011

4 Vegetable Soups / Spinach Sandwich / Radish & Basil Pesto



Blog Post & Recipes: More soups I've been making


Spicy Coconut Soup ... Radiant Bok Choy ... Lettuce & Potato Soup ... If I have a lot of greens leftover I make Jamie’s Ribollita.


Recipe: Spinach Sandwich


Apply butter on two slices of bread (on one side) and spread this spinach filling all over on one slice, place the other bread slice and toast till golden. Serve warm.


Blog Post & Recipe: Radish and Basil Pesto


This recipe was inspired by a similar one I saw on Clotilde Dusolier's "Chocolate and Zucchini" sometime last year. Hers called for using just the radish greens, and she also used a more traditional hard Italian cheese such as parmesan or romano, typical of a straight basil pesto. I've added some basil for a little more complexity, marcona almonds for their sweetness, feta cheese for its tang, and finely diced radishes for a little extra spice and crunch.



Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Feijoa Daquiri / Tofu Fried with Basil / Lancashire Hot Pot



Blog Post & Recipe: Feijoa Daquiri


The fabulous aromatic feijoa flavour was really captured in the drink.


Blog Posts & Recipes: How To Make Tofu, followed by Tofu Fried with Basil


... what really makes this dish is the combination of garlic, peppers and basil in a salty-sweet sauce. It works with chicken, pork, shrimp, or tofu.


Blog Post & Recipe: T&T #1 – Great British Food’s Lancashire Hot Pot


Put together by the guys behind the brilliant Canteen mini chain of restaurants, this Lancashire Hot Pot stays true to their ethos of cooking gutsy, tasty, good quality, British grub.



Saturday, 15 May 2010

How to Keep Basil Fresh / How to Roast a Whole Pumpkin / and Capsicum Too



Blog Post: How to Keep Basil Fresh for at Least Eleven Days


The trick is to treat the basil like you would a bunch of flowers.


Blog Post: How to roast a whole pumpkin [via Limes & Lycopene]


When it's done, all you do is slice it up and remove the seeds which, btw, are super easy to get out once the pumpkin is cooked.


Blog Post: Roasting transforms bell peppers into a new and versatile vegetable


Once roasted, the thin skin on peppers gets rather tough. To get rid of it easily, place the peppers in a heat-safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. The residual heat will create steam in the bowl, which will help loosen the skin.



Saturday, 8 August 2009

Portabella and Brie Burgers. Pistou Sauce. Bread Baking Basics.



Recipe: Grilled Portabella and Brie Burgers


Layer mushroom caps on bottom of your buns, top with slices of zucchini, squash and roasted red peppers. Top with 3-4 basil leaves. Spread brie on top half of warm bun and serve.


Blog Post & Recipe: Another Option for Freezing Fresh Basil: French Pistou Sauce in Honor of Julia Child


What's the difference between pesto and pistou? A little quick research using Food Blog Search turned up many variations of pistou. Some recipes include tomatoes, parsley, or other herbs, and pistou may or may not have cheese. Most times though pistou doesn't contain nuts, and pistou usually has more garlic in proportion to basil than pesto. does.


Blog Post: Bread Baking Basics


Have been on a sourdough binge since the purple cabbage post [...] and loving Carri's ratio of 1 part starter : 1 part water : 2 parts flour with 1% salt by weight ...

Mixing/Kneading ... The First Rise ... Shaping ... The Second Rise ... Baking



Sunday, 14 June 2009

Basil. Urban Farm. Chicken and peanut butter soup.



Recipe: Chicken and peanut butter soup with rice balls


This traditional Ghanaian recipe from is extracted from the book Recipes for Fostering, which promotes the value of using cookery to nurture vulnerable children


Article: Sniffing out the many varieties of basil


The number of basil varieties are nearly encyclopedic, from Purple Ruffles' tiny corrugated leafs to the monstrous sheets of Napoletano ...

How to select ... How to store ... When in season ... How to use ...


Interview: The Farm City: The Education of An Urban Farmer. An Interview With Author Novella Carpenter


Determined to eat sustainable meat and produce, Novella [Carpenter] recognizes that the only way she'll be able to afford [it] is if she raises it herself ...

Q: If someone is interested in embarking on their own urban farming adventure, what do you think is the easiest way to get started?

A: The easiest urban farm animal is the bee. They are so self-sufficient, so hard working, and they require very little maintenance ...



Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Nettle Soup. Basil.




Recipe: Food for free: how to make nettle soup from foraging

Making soup out of foraged nettles in the UK. Read down a little to find a link to a recipe for nettle tagliatelle.

Article & Recipe: Tastes as good as it smells

Basil is perhaps the only herb that tastes as good as it smells, according to the International Herb Society, which back in 2003 named it herb of the year.

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Robyn uses it in a simple dish that could be part of nibbles or a light lunch. In this case, a tricolour flag is formed by basil, smoked buffalo mozzarella and tomatoes, and perhaps the flagpole, loosely speaking, could be a loaf of ciabatta bread.