Entries Tagged as 'potatoes'

when life gives you duck fat…

March 17th, 2008 · 20 Comments

make fries…
but please note that
if you were heston blumenthal* - world renowned, 3 michelin starred chef of ‘the fat duck‘ you would do this:
Heston Blumenthal’s Triple Cooked Chips

put a pot of water on to a bare boil
cut the potatoes into 1/2 inch strips
simmer until just cooked through - you don’t want them to fall apart
remove […]

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Tags: duck · potatoes

potato-zucchini cake with pan seared scallops and white truffle oil

November 4th, 2007 · 12 Comments

we love scallops.  and i love truffled anything.  so i was wondering if the two could hang together in the same way that ‘fennel pollen and pork‘ seem to do so well.  the answer, i am happy to say is a big, luscious mouthful of yesssss.
‘whole foods‘ had the most beautiful scallops i’d seen in awhile.  huge […]

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Tags: potatoes · seafood

3 greens, sweet potato and chorizo stew

October 29th, 2007 · 9 Comments

eating down the house.  continued…
i read a fair few blogs and am constantly inspired by these people who understand food so well.  it certainly makes cooking easier on me.  tonight i riffed off one of my all-time fave blogs, smitten kitchen and enlisted a touch of help from minimally invasive (orange zest/pimenton = wow).
i bought one […]

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Tags: greens · pork · potatoes

a dinner in three salts

July 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

here was sunday night’s dinner which was actually quite wonderful despite the photo. 
the potatoes were  csa yukons - small one’s - boiled and then flattened and then put in a hot pan with some olive oil for about 3 minutes a side as recently seen in the ny times mag ‘potato tostones’ recipe.  i sprinkled […]

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Tags: beef · potatoes · salad · tomatoes