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Tuesday

17Feb2009

roasted aubergine and chilli linguine

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 21:03

i had a few aubergines leftover from my halloumi and aubergine parcels. i roasted these for baba ganoush but, when it came to it, after a crazy busy day and a damp journey home, i had a real pasta craving. but no inspiration.

my problem was no tomatoes which is, to me, an obvious partner for aubergine. so, having googled and read through various tomatoey aubergine recipes, i came up with this combination which actually worked really well.

the resulting dish has wonderfully gentle flavours – just the thing for a gloomy london evening. the slow-cooked garlic, slightly smoky aubergine and rich parmesan contrast really nicely with the freshness and zing of chilli and lemon.

i’m sending this over to wiffy at noob cook who is this week’s host for presto pasta nights.

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Sunday

15Feb2009

aubergine parcels of halloumi and rocket with roast garlic and shallot raita

Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 21:48

so, sticking with the purple love theme, onto aubergines!

i loved this dennis cotter recipe for aubergine parcels of halloumi and rocket with roast garlic and shallot raita. the raita, which also contained lime, chives and mustard seeds, was my favourite part of the dish and i was glad i made extra as i’ve been using it as a dip all week.

this is the first thing i’ve cooked from wild garlic, gooseberries ...and me. all recipes are vegetarian and i think it’s going to be great for thinking about certain ingredients in different ways - adding mustard seeds to the raita really makes it special and there is no way i could have come up with that on my own.

this is the kind of cookery book i really love – the unusual aspects of a recipe mean i often can’t quite imagine what the result will taste like so i have to cook it!

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Wednesday

12Sep2007

ready, steady, paperchef!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 19:38

paperchef is a longstanding food blogging event, hosted by owen from tomatilla, which is similar to the british tv show ready steady cook.

a selection of ingredients is provided which you must use (or have a good reason for substituting something similar) and a time within which you have to create a suitable dish.

this month’s ingredients are:

smoked fish
aubergine
chile peppers
something that symbolises home

despite being in the middle of a desperate rush to use up everything that could go off before heading off on holiday i decided to get involved.

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Sunday

28Jan2007

warm lamb and aubergine salad with pomegranate

Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 16:15

one of the things i love about weekends is that you have time to cook things slowly and over long periods of time.

shoulder of lamb is a cut of meat that i want to use more often . it’s good value for money and the meat tastes fantastic, especially if you cook it long and slow. i did a version of this lamb and aubergine ragu using lamb shoulder (which was cooked using the method detailed below) and it was fabulous.

however, despite the chilly weather i wanted to do something lighter this time and was inspired by the nigella lawson recipe for shredded lamb salad with mint and pomegranate (where i discovered this method of cooking shoulder of lamb).

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a weekend of food

Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 21:36

somehow this last weekend felt like the first proper weekend of the year. there was no need to recover from the first week back at work (a new job for me so all the new girl stuff to work out well) and no more dealing with the dregs of holiday food. a fully stocked fridge-freezer and cupboards bursting at the seams makes 2007 feel like it’s up and running.

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