Showing posts with label couscous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label couscous. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Got my cooking mojo back.

I hosted Mothers Group last week which gave my Ottolenghi cooking skills a damn fine workout/rejuvenation. Did a couple of trusty old favs + one newie to get the juices flowing. Have never made brioche before so gave these pizzas a good crack and damn fine they were too. This is the 2nd recipe of his that require oven drying tomatoes and i think i now have them down pat. The combo of the sweet onions and the tangy tomatoes was delicious. As per usual, i picked a colourful menu and the most fiddly i could find. 16 hours straight on Monday (thank god for the baby carrier) and another four hours of prep beforehand. I felt alive again!

 
Radish and broad bean salad with green tahini recipe
Green couscous recipe
Brioche pizzas with oven-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives and caramelized onion.
Recipe here.
Roast butternut pumpkin recipe here.
 

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Feeling hot hot HOT.

Barley, couscous, squid and cauliflower salad. 
Gourmet Traveller, August 2011, p109
Char-grilled lamb with green chilli and sesame sauce.
Gourmet Traveller, August 2011, p117.