sarah's supper

Saturday [food roundup]

2011-03-05T18:00:00.006+01:00

market haul

rabbit livers

knacker tinned sardine, ciabatta + rucola

eggs + parsley

radishes + blood oranges

prawns fennel + lemons

pancetta

prawn pasta

prawns, chili, parsley + lemon with parsley, lemon zest + chili breadcrumbs

eggs benedict

ciabatta, smoked salmon, poached egg, homemade hollandaise sauce with cayenne + smoked paprika, fresh coriander

pan fried rabbit's livers + salad

carbonara with pancetta + parmesan

saturday [food roundup]

2011-02-12T22:00:00.005+01:00

the market haul

radicchio, fennel, + jerusalem artichokes

salad

catfish

chestnut + sage honeys

lychees

catfish tacos

with lime + salt cured avocado, quick pickled onion slices, spring onions, pickled jalapeños, fresh coriander, fresh limes + lime crema.

with pan fried cat fish on home made tortillas.

pan roasted wild boar with pan gravy + boiled potatoes

pan roasted + shredded wild boar quesadillas with fresh coriander, avocado + pickled jalapeños

scrambled egg tortillas

scrambled eggs with red onions, pickled jalapeños + lime with fresh salad on home made tortillas

pan fried eel + salad

flour dusted eel, fried in the pan with a mixed salad with pickled shallots + a dijon + mayonnaise spiked vinaigrette. pureed jerusalem artichoke on the side

saturday [food roundup]

2011-02-05T17:00:00.006+01:00

last week's market haul

wild salmon from the baltic sea

garlic prawns with smoked paprika + parsley

panfried wild baltic salmon + salad

a mixed green salad with a evoo, raspberry vinegar, dijon + sage honey dressing

the rest of the week was a 7 day cleanse, so no noteworthy food to report.

saturday [food roundup]

2011-01-29T14:00:00.009+01:00

the market haul

wild salmon from the baltic sea

roast chicken and lamb's lettuce

pan fried wild salmon with a radicchio + sauteed brussels sprout salad

spaghetti with the leftover wild salmon in a cream, shallot, garlic, parsley + parmesan sauce

leftover chicken sandwich

shredded and refried on organic sourdough with avocado + parmesan, lightly grilled in the oven

saturday [food roundup]

2011-01-22T14:00:00.005+01:00

the market haul

bread and eggs

european perch

salted and stuffed with lemons to be oven baked

baked

baked perch with salad

a mixed salad with grated carrot, avocado, toasted sunflower seeds, golden raisins and a crème fraîche dressing

breakfast

chilli + coriander spiked potato latkes with smoked salmon, crème fraîche + a poached egg, with a scattering of fresh coriander, lime pickled + salted avocado + fresh jalapeño on top

saturday [food roundup]

2011-01-15T16:00:00.000+01:00

the market haul

citrus, avocado + rye bread

trout, salad + parsley

eggs, radicchio, cabbage + local wild boar fillet from brandenburg

prawns

fried egg, smoked goose breast + a multigrain english muffin

grated potato pancakes, smoked bacon lardons + maple syrup with earl grey tea

baked trout with parsley + lemon

filleting

baked trout with radicchio + potato parmesan mash

extra tomatoey mexican rice, sauteed prawns, avocado, fresh jalapeños, lime + crème fraîche.

pan seared + roasted wild boar fillet with creamy, pecorino laced polenta

saturday [food roundup]

2011-01-08T17:00:00.011+01:00

There was no market haul this week as new years day fell on a saturday

poached eggs with irish breakfast tea

on rye sourdough with smoked salmon

we made a pot of home made baked beans for robert

the end of our salmon row on rice + corn wafers with a little butter + sea salt

thomas keller's roast chicken with a take on the zuni cafe's bread salad

the salad used variegata radicchio, golden sultanas, shallots + a not so stale white bread

the chicken was the best chicken we've roasted so far. the breasts were still juicy + just cooked through and the thighs were falling off the bone.

kale chips

tomato soup using canned san marzano red + yellow tomatoes + crispy kale chips

chicken noodle salad

I used the leftover chicken breast meat from our roast chicken shredding the meat + gently warming it, crsiping up the skin separately. into the salad went some grated carrot and shavings of the last of our radicchio, as well as vermicelli noodles, cooked in a bath of boiling water, some golden sultanas and some sunflower seeds. the dressing was a combination of fish sauce, lime, rice vinegar, sugar + a little sesame oil.

robert's mum gave us some wild boar meat. it was already cut into chunks and clearly meant to be for a stew. I slowly cooked down some carrots + parsnips with some shallots in a little oil, before adding the meat. I let the meat brown gently with a mixture of spices before adding the leftover duck broth from our roast duck and let it braise away super gently for the better half of a day, adding more liquid as necessary in the form of leftover duck gravy, water, or some red wine. I let the meat cook until it was falling apart and super soft and the sauce was thick which rich flavour. then left it until ready to use, which i decided would be in the form of pasta.

the broken down meat had turned into a ragù of sorts, which i gently rewarmed as the pasta cooked away. the two were stirred gently together with a little pasta water once the shells were al dente and were served with a little crème fraîche for balance against the intense meat stew.

a new year + a year in market hauls

2011-01-01T14:00:00.014+01:00

january 02 [week 53]

january 09 [week o1]

january 16 [week 02]

january 23 [week 03]

january 30 [week 04]

february 06 [week 05]

february 13 [week 06]

february 20 [week 07]

february 27 [week 08]

march 06 [week 09]

march 13 [week 10]

march 20 [week 11]

march 27 [week 12]

april 10 [week 14]

april 17 [week 15]

april 24 [week 16]

may 08 [week 18]

may 15 [week 19]

may 22 [week 20]

may 29 [week 21]

june 05 [week 22]

june 19 [week 24]

june 26 [week 25]

july 03 [week 26]

july 17 [week 28]

july 24 [week 29]

august 03 [week 31]

august 07 [week 31]

august 28 [week 34]

september 04 [week 35]

september 18 [week 37]

september 25 [week 38]

october 02 [week 39]

october 09 [week 40]

october 23 [week 42]

october 30 [week 43]

november 06 [week 44]

november 13 [week 45]

november 20 [week 46]

november 27 [week 47]

december 04 [week 48]

december 11 [week 49]

december 18 [week 50]

december 29 [week 52]

saturday [food roundup]

2011-01-01T13:00:00.018+01:00

the [midweek] market haul

variegata radicchio

salmon trout

chicken

wild salmon

chervil

an indoor picnic of smoked goose breast, chunky pork terrine brought back from a recent trip to london, l'affiné au chablis cheese from germain framgerie in france + fresh olive + vegetable ciabatta

fresh red snapper + scallops

the scallops

pan seared in butter + eaten on fresh ciabatta with home made mayonnaise + oak salad leaves

the snapper, stuffed + ready for it's last smothering of herbs + spices before being baked

the baked snapper with oak salad in a dressing from the baked fish broth + himalayan brown basmati rice

the red snapper was oven baked with shallots, ginger, galangal, lemongrass, coriander + chile with a soy sauce, rice vinegar + sesame broth

salmon roe

eaten with organic rye sourdough + home made mayonnaise

a very small [1.5kg] jung female duck, roasted

with sweet potato puree, a pan sauce with red wine + a stock made from the duck trimmings, + a salad with a dressing utilising this pan sauce with evoo + red wine vinegar

penang curry laksa with vermicelli noodles, bean shoots, chiles, spring onions, fresh coriander, lime + wild scottish salmon

the salmon, finely sliced, raw, to be cooked in the soup

the normandy

peking duck pancakes

home made chinese pancakes with the leftover refried duck breast + trimmings, lebanese cucumber + spring onion slices + a home made hoisin + leftover duck sauce

these pancakes were crazy good + so so easy.

new years eve lunch:

smoked salmon on rye sourdough with home made mayonnaise + chervil.

new years eve dinner:

pan fried salmon trout [lachsforelle] fish burgers on organic oven rolls [it's all we could find when we realised we had no burger rolls], variegata radicchio leaves, chervil + home made tartare sauce [home made mayonnaise, minced shallots, capers + cornichons, slt, pepper + lemon juice], alongside oven roasted potatoes with extra tartare sauce to dip into.

happ new year!

saturday [food roundup]

2010-12-25T17:00:00.012+01:00

the market haul

coriander + prawns

clementines, smoked pork, roast beef, bockwurst + wiener würstchen

highland pork

buffalo leberwurst

catfish

dulce de leche with vanilla

pan fried catfish with salad + home made mayonnaise.

drunk with a 2009 domaine des salices sauvignon.

the catfish was rubbed in a marinade of olive oil, dried thyme, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, pickled jalapeño, tabasco, salt + pepper before being seared in the skillet.

and was eaten alongside a salad of winter purslane, coriander, pickled jalapeño, with a dressing from the marinade for the catfish with the addition of evoo + lime

poached eggs on ciabatta with avocado, rare roast beef, coriander + sumac

norwegian smoked salmon with lime, clementine + sea salt cured avocado, home made mayonnaise, coriander leaves + sumac

pan roasted highland pork with a radicchio + caramelised brussels sprout salad, mashed potatoes + a bourbon pan sauce

the radicchio + brussels sprout salad

mashed potatoes with parmesan

the highland pork was very much like lamb: tender, juicy + sweet + could be eaten rare

prawn quesadilla with my first ever attempt at flour tortillas, with homemade mayonnaise, coriander, pickled jalapeños + chile threads.

unorthodox to the max + i forgot the cheese, which is half of a quesadilla anyway (quesadilla coming from cheese + tortilla), but it was nonetheless, very very tasty. + i was very chuffed with the tortillas as a first attempt.

as my batch yielded 8 tortillas, they were to be had over the next couple of days.

here we had them refried with slithers of leftover highland roast pork, avocado, coriander, pickled jalapeño + quick pickled shallots + gratings of gruyere.

and later with a combination of sauteed leftover vegetables

shallots, leeks + cabbage with gruyere + appenzeller: europe meets tex mex.

saturday [food roundup]

2010-12-18T18:00:00.007+01:00

the market haul

mac & cheese with a radicchio + sauteed kale salad

using a mix of parmesan, pecorino, gruyere + appenzeller with fresh bread crumbs dried thyme + rosemary, parmesan + pecorino + smoked paprika topping

fish burgers

grilled arctic char with home made mayonnaise, radicchio + a cornichon, caper, shallot + dill salsa burger, with oven roasted potatoes + cornichons on the side

quesadillas

with fresh prawns, pickled jalapeño, radicchio, cornichon, caper + shallot salsa, fresh dill + gruyere cheese + a radicchio + dill salad on the side.

borrachos

with pinto beans, smoked pork belly + belgian kasteel bruin-brune beer.

roasted duck leg pizza

shredded, with home made tomato sauce, fresh kale, buffalo mozzarella + an egg

borrachos revisited with a grilled cheese sandwich + fresh lime

roasted duck leg pasta with braised carrots + jerusalem artichoke

saturday [food roundup]

2010-12-11T14:00:00.005+01:00

the market haul

mussels

duck legs

savoy cabbage

celeriac, jerusalem artichoke and potatoes

steamed mussels in beer with roasted potatoes + home made tartar sauce

oven roasted duck leg shredded through rucola salad with sliced shallots

with a dressing of evoo, lemon juice and pan gravy

roasted duck leg risotto

with carrots, celeriac, jerusalem artichoke and red wine

saturday [food roundup]

2010-12-04T15:00:00.002+01:00

the market haul

artichokes and oranges

sea bass

smoked rabbit

pan fried sea bass fillets on a bed of roasted brussels sprout + rucola salad

a kind of carbonara

slow roasted buffalo with pan roasted potatoes, red onion confit, steamed artichokes + pan gravy

the pan gravy

the potatoes

the artichoke

the meat

grated carrot + rucola salad with shaved leftover roasted buffalo, raw sesame, pitted kalamata olives, golden sultanas, evoo, ginger oil, and cranberry balsamic.

oven roasted pumpkin and shallots with red rice + smoked halibut

softened sweetheart cabbage + crispy smoked pork belly spaghetti with parmesan

based on previous cabbage pastas

pan seared smoked rabbit's kidney

hunters stew with smoked rabbit, celeriac + cannellini bean puree + a rucola, shallot + cannellini bean salad

the rabbit, with evoo, white wine, garlic + parsley

saturday [food roundup]

2010-11-27T12:00:00.006+01:00

the market haul

mizuna and beetroot tops

rabbit livers

a little celeriac, sheeps milk brie + smoked halibut

brussels sprouts

pan seared squid salad with mizuna, beetroot tops + coriander and a shallot, ginger + chilli dressing

poached eggs on rye with gravlax

an open faced sandwich:

panfried rabbit livers dusted in potato flour with caramelised onions + mizuna salad leaves, on rye bread with home made mayonnaise + grain mustard

pheasant liver pate, gravlax, air dried ham, cornichons + rye bread

deconstructed steak sandwich

grilled entrecôte steak, red butter lettuce with pickled shallots + an apple cider + herb mustard vinaigrette, caramelised shallots and organic rye sourdough

saturday [food roundup]

2010-11-20T15:00:00.008+01:00

the market haul

fresh kale

clementines

wild mussels from denmark

mussels in white wine, garlic, shallots, parsley + creme fraiche with oven roasted potatoes + home made mayonnaise

the potatoes

the mussels

a boiled egg, soldiers + a cup of tea

oven roasted wild boar with a fresh sauteed kale + pickeld shallot salad, + pan gravy

the salad

the meat

duck liver pate with cornichons + fresh bread

onions soup with sage, pecorino + worcestershire sauce

saturday [food roundup]

2010-11-13T15:00:00.010+01:00

the market haul

the pork kassler, wild boar bratwurst and prima donna cheese

walnuts + chestnuts

brussels sprouts + spinach

pan fried mackerel fillets with pickled shallots, oven roasted potatoes, fresh rucola + home made tartar sauce

fresh prawn pasta

sauteed shallots and garlic, white wine and prawns. the pasta and some of the cooking water were added to the pan when the pasta and the prawns were still slightly underdone and left to finish cooking and for the sauce to thicken and reduce. the fresh dill and pepper were stirred through at the end.

squid ink tagliatelle, crayfish and rucola pasta with shallots, garlic and lemon

wild boar bratwurst, fresh spinach + turnip soup with lashings of prima donna cheese

smoked pork steak (kassler) with puy lentils, sauteed brussels sprouts, and chopped treviso

the lentils were cooked with some shallots + garlic that had softened in some leftover rendered duck fat with the addition of smoked paprika. they were cooked in twice their volume of goose stock until cooked (around 30 minutes). i then strained and set them aside the lentils, and with the remaining cooking liquid (which was very little), i went about reducing and thickening it slightly, in order to dress the lentils later. i did this by adding a splash of vinegar + olive oil to the reduced cooking liquid and dressing the rewarmed lentils, sauteed brussels sprouts, and shredded treviso.

the pork kassler with seared on both sides until cooked through. it was rested slightly before we sliced it and placed it over the lentil mixture

german sekt with my home made quince syrup

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-11-06T17:00:00.012+01:00

the market haul

habanero chillis

kumquats: for marmelade

purple lamb's lettuce

smelts, from the elbe river

pan fried smelts with a purple lamb's lettuce + parsley salad with pickled shallots.

we also had the rest of the trout caviar

pan roasted venison on cauliflower puree with a pan sauce and a radicchio, witlof and parsley salad

cabbage pasta with bacon lardons, toasted pine nuts, parmesan and sage

poached quince with natural yoghurt and their poaching syrup

oven roasted carrot soup with toasted cumin, fresh ginger, lemon zest and parsley

pan seared calf livers with a radicchio, witlof and turnip salad

this was perfectly cook and amazing, however ugly it may look.

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-10-30T11:00:00.028+02:00

the market haul

chantarelle mushrooms

chestnuts

wild scottish salmon

potato fritters with coriander + chilli with smoked wild sockeye salmon, creme fraiche + a poached egg

pan seared wild scottish salmon on a bed of brown basmati with chilli, lime zest + coriander

spicy chorizo, chilli, + coriander omlette with an heirloom tomato, shallot, coriander + lime salsa

jerusalem artichoke soup

smoked wild sockeye salmon, creme fraiche + coriander on a whole wheat english muffin

freshly made oven roasted tomato on an english muffin

oven roasted smoked pork ribs (kassler) with pureed parsnip and a fig, sauteed radicchio and cress salad, with toasted pine nuts + pickled shallots and a sauteed shallot + fig dressing.

mushroom soup

with sauteed chantarelles and parsley, truffel oil and a radicchio + parsley salad

pan fried calves livers, trout caviar, red butter lettuce and pickled shallot salad with a dijon vinaigrette and fresh baguette

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-10-23T10:00:00.005+02:00

many versions of chicken soup were eaten this week.

i've established a good way of preparing the soup now.

i bring the whole washed and dried chicken and enough water to cover up to a boil with salt and chosen herbs, then turn it to a simmer and let it poach for around 30 - 40 minutes.

once cooked, i remove the chicken and remove the meat from the carcass, setting the meat aside for later and returning the carcass to the broth to continue cooking for anywhere between 1 - 4 hours.

once the broth is ready, i serve it with some of the perfectly poached chicken meat and any other condiments that take my fancy. this week it was sauteed leeks and carrots, pasta shells and soup pearls.

poach egg with hot smoked salmon, fresh spinach on organic multigrain bread

another smoked kassler with pureed and sauteed cauliflower

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-10-16T09:00:00.008+02:00

the market haul

the last of the heirloom tomatoes

sardines

sauteed prawns with chilli, garlic, ginger + lime zest

stuffed sardine with a sauteed radicchio + shallot salad, with rucola, pine nuts, parmesan + an apple cider vinaigrette.

the sardines were stuffed with fresh breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, chilli, lemon zest, salt + pepper + pan fried until golden brown + just cooked through.

accompanying the sardines was pureed cauliflower + glasses of federweißer

poached eggs + earl grey tea

smoked pork steak (kassler), pan fried with a sauteed radicchio, rucola + pine nut salad with parmesan, thyme + sauteed wild mushrooms: bay bolete, butter + birch.

because the meat is smoked and cured prior to cooking, it can consequently be cooked much less, like a steak, to rare, or medium rare. this particular cut, and probably also due to the curing process, yielded and incredibly moist + delicate end product.

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-10-09T18:00:00.010+02:00

the market haul

wild mushrooms: bay bolete, birch + butter mushrooms

cod fillet + carrots

heirloom tomatoes + figs

garlic prawns with sumac

pan fried cod fillet, pureed + sauteed carrots with a purple lambs lettuce + dill salad

an anchovy, caper + mustard emulsion with dill, for the fish

poached eggs + irish breakfast tea

we received some wild boar from robert's mother (precooked).

i rewarmed the meat and made a pan sauce from the liquid that came with it and my apricot chutney, which made for a very deep + complex, well balanced sauce.

we steamed an artichoke + i made a dipping sauce from some yoghurt, herbs, lemon juice + olive oil

finally, i pureed some broccoli and lay the meat atop it

figs, maple syrup, fresh thyme + fleur de sel

a poached egg

rabbit livers + pan sauce

on a bed of rucola and wild mushrooms: bay bolete, birch + butter mushrooms

rainbow chard pasta

smoked rabbit's heart, pan seared on organic rye sourdough

smoked rabbit (kassler) stew, based loosley on this

with purple beans, fresh artichoke hearts, pitted black olives, shallots + grain mustard, as well as the base ingredients for the stew

and the smoked rabbit, which was amazing

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-10-02T17:00:00.005+02:00

the market haul

yellow heirloom tomatoes + carrots

lemons + fresh halibut

heirloom tomatoes and sweet corn

mussels + oven fries with home made mayonnaise

from here

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-09-25T16:00:00.010+02:00

the market haul

heirloom tomatoes

zucchini flowers

wild mushrooms: bay bolete, butter + parasole mushrooms

wild salad

figs

female zucchini flowers with their baby zucchinis attached, stuffed with fresh ricotta and a mixture of basils and mints

smoked paprika garlic prawns in white wine

squid salad

with wild salad, coriander + chilli, + a caramelised shallot + fish sauce dressing

breakfast

scrambled eggs, caramelised onions and a weißwurst, unorthodoxly grilled.

twice cooked pork fillet, olive oil mashed potatoes, shredded fennel + a pan sauce with the addition of my apricot chutney, made from a glut from robert's mum's garden.

sauteed mushrooms with a breadcrumbed parasole mushroom, fresh ricotta + steamed artichoke

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-09-18T12:00:00.005+02:00

potato gnocchi with wild mushrooms: bay bolete + birch mushrooms

in a pan sauce of shallots, garlic, wine, sage + a little cream

grilled black angus steak burger with home made lime mayonnaise, fresh coriander, wild salad, heirloom tomatoes on fresh panne rustico rolls

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-09-11T12:00:00.002+02:00

the market haul

rabbit livers

beans

heirloom tomatoes

skate wing

shallots

courgettes + carrots

pan seared skate wing with pureed + sauteed carrots

pan fried rabbit livers with pan sauce + wild salad

+ caramelised onions

courgette + summer squash carbonara with fresh basils + parmesan

homemade vanilla + raspberry jam on a whole wheat english muffin with fresh ricotta

heirloom tomato salad with basil + fresh ricotta + grilled summer squash

grilled corn with smoked paprika + cheese

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-09-04T11:00:00.008+02:00

the market haul

heirloom tomatoes

cape gooseberries

artichokes + figs

grilled trout with a carrot wild salad leaf + fresh green olive salad with cranberry balsamic + a grilled zucchini flower

heirloom tomato + basil salad with grilled corn

organic white tuna belly, artichoke heart, borlotti bean + parsley salad

fresh potatoes from robert's mother, organic quarck with balcony herbs + linseed oil + a shaved courgette salad

heirloom tomatoes

smoked salmon trout frittata

and heirloom tomatoes

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-08-14T20:00:00.005+02:00

the market haul

heirloom tomatoes

raspberries + blackberries

perch

gluten free rice + corn crackers, home made mayonnaise, smoked eel, sorrel, opal basil + micro basil

garlic, ginger prawns with mixed herbs in broth

grilled perch, pureed + blanched peas, heirloom tomato, basil + ricotta salad + wild salad

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-08-07T19:00:00.005+02:00

the turkish market haul

green + black olives

mirabelle plums

gooseberries

fresh vanilla + golden sultanas

fresh river trout

fresh corn

mexican corn, grilled trout + wild salad

grilled black angus steak with a cannellini + green bean salad, various basils + a pistachio tapenade dressing, pistachio tapenade for the meat + caponata

smoky pork burgers with an egg

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-07-31T15:00:00.005+02:00

the market haul

duck breasts + smoked halibut, peas + salad

heirloom tomatoes, fresh garlic, blueberries, raspberries, fennel + cheese

okra, chanterelles, cherries, olives, prawns + avocado

gooseberries + skate wing

zucchini flowers

zucchini flowers stuffed with organic buffalo ricotta, a mix of basils + mints, evoo, seas salt + pepper.

garlic prawns with I forget what else. basil? smoked paprika?

pan seared skate wing, mixed potato salad + smashed freshly podded peas

homae made ginger beer cordial with gooseberries (just add mineral water).

tossed wild salad + heirloom tomatoes

pan seared buck breast with sauteed chanterelles and okra

goats cheese, gooseberries, rye sourdough

smoked halibut salad

rucola, smoked halibut, crispy potatoes, breakfast radishes, horseradish + creme fraiche dressing + a soft boiled egg.

wild mushroom risotto

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-07-24T14:00:00.008+02:00

the market haul

this stuff was all for robert's graduation celebration and alas, no photos were taken.

we had:

carrot dip

broad bean dip

beetroot dip

green bean pickle with italian cured meats (roast beef, bresaola, coppa)

balsamic onions + fresh green olives

marinated artichoke hearts

grilled courgettes

fresh baby heirloom tomatoes (the first of the season)

watermelon + goat's cheese salad with mint and kalamata olives

fresh melon, cherries + raspberries

fresh bread + taleggio with a swiss goat's cheese of which I forget the name

truffle capelletti with brown butter and sage

rock melon + serrano ham

black angus steak with field salad in a lemon dijon vinaigrette

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-07-10T15:00:00.002+02:00

the market haul

roast beef sandwich on organic rye, with wild salad, balsamic onions and fresh green olives.

this week was filled with too much work and not enough time at home.

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-07-03T17:39:00.001+02:00

the market haul

strawberries and cherries

peaches, beans, chives and salad

artichokes and radishes

eggs

breakfast radishes

prawns

eel

garlic and ginger prawns with white wine, fish cause, lime and cilantro

pan fried eel with blanched and sauteed broad beans and peas and green and purple basils

this was the first time we used fresh eel at home, and it most certainly won't be the last.

the texture and flavour is not at all what one might imagine.

i think that eel just might be able to do no wrong, it was so unexpectedly delicious and lovely.

fried eggs, avocado, organic rye and cold brewed iced coffee

steamed artichoke, smoked halibut, green olives, wild salad with a sherry vinaigrette and home made mayonnaise.

black rice risotto with freshly podded peas and crayfish

i used an organic black chinese rice, which took and incredibly long time to cook and used a lot of liquid, it was nutty and tasty, but i'd be interested to try this with a regular risotto rice and the addition of fresh squid ink.

the peas and crayfish were so great together, added right at the end of the cooking, as the pot was taken off the stove to rest.they were sweet and fresh and the textures worked well together.

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-06-26T16:00:00.007+02:00

the very small market haul

parsley

cherries

eggs, wild salad and prawns

strawberries and beetroot

garlic prawns with a white wine broth...

and a little parsley...

to be slurped, gobbled and dunked with fresh organic farmers bread

scrambled eggs

bresaola, coppa, green peppercorn pate, buffalo mozzarella, green olives, balsamic onions, mixed radishes

white bean, tuna and artichoke salad with red onion, extra virgin olive oil and lemon

based on this

this salad is so incredibly easy as the success of the salad is based on the best quality preserved goods, needing simply to be opened, drained and gently mixed together, with the editions of red onion, oil salt and lemon to round out the dish.

this was so amazingly good for the speed and ease in which it came together, this will most definitely become a regular in our kitchen.

saturday [belated food roundup]

2010-06-19T16:00:00.005+02:00

no market haul this week due to too little time to eat, even less time to cook and no time to shop.

breakfast

scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, goat's cheese, avocado, multigrain roll + irish breakfast tea

quick dinner: smoked halibut, mayonnaise and salad in pane rustico

french goat's cheese and bread

quick dinner no. 2: smoked salmon, schinken, green olives, balsamic onions, smoked cheese, rye crackers, red wine