Good things
I said a while back that I was finally going to shift my longstanding menu planning game to include a veganish week (it's now veganish week then veggie, then poultry/fish, followed by a week of anything goes). I'm not wild about the rhetoric of veganity, but undeniably plant-based eating has upsides, and I had found my veggie week cooking getting very focused around cheese and eggs. This is mainly to re-frame on a more plant-based approach, though bits of dairy seasoning are still fine. I cooked three main meals this week, and they were all very good, and very different.
Ottolenghi tomatoes with ginger and garlic
Incredibly simple but so delicious. This is really, really good at room temp as well as warm. I served with rice.
You will need some chunky tomatoes, sliced thickly and laid on an ovenproof tray. Then take manymany cloves of garlic (I used seven) and 3-4cm of fresh ginger. Slice the former, matchstick the latter, put then in a pan with a big glug of tasty oil (seriously, there's no other fat or vice in this, and you need several tbsps of oil), and some coriander stalks. Heat them very them gently for about 5 minutes. Then spoon 2 tbsps of the infused oil over the sliced tomatoes. Put under a hot grill for 10 minutes (or a hot oven for 20, as I did, is fine). Then tip the rest of the oil, and all the garlic, ginger and coriander, plus some extra coriander over the tomatoes. Leave for 10 minutes to steep.
Nigel Slater mushrooms and peas on toast
Two pans for this midweek quick dinner. In one, fry some mixed mumshrooms in oil (and butter unless you're actually vegan). Season well. In the other, cook some frozen peas briefly. Then blitz them with a handful of rocket, lots of tarragon leaves, big squeeze of lemon, seasoning. Use them under the mushrooms as a spread on some tasty toast.
Larder farinata
This is one of the things you can do with gram flour batter, which needs a bit of standing time but is very simple to make. 125g gram flour mixed with 250g warm water, some oil and salt will do for 2 pancakes for a snacky meal. Stand for an hour at least (I did one overnight, and it was fine, just needed stirring).
Farinata is a fried dish, and you need a big frying pan, plenty of oil, heat it fairly high, pour in half the batter. Add several rings of raw onion on top, lots of black pepper too. Fry about 2-3 minutes on either side. It'll be a puffy pancake, fairly thick, crispy on the outside, the onion sweet and yielding but not soft. Scatter over more salt and lots of lemon. Repeat for your other half batter. Serve with a sharp salad (mine was mostly tomato with some leftover coriander and tarragon). I would not call this healthy, but it's delicious.
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Ottolenghi tomatoes with ginger and garlic
Incredibly simple but so delicious. This is really, really good at room temp as well as warm. I served with rice.
You will need some chunky tomatoes, sliced thickly and laid on an ovenproof tray. Then take manymany cloves of garlic (I used seven) and 3-4cm of fresh ginger. Slice the former, matchstick the latter, put then in a pan with a big glug of tasty oil (seriously, there's no other fat or vice in this, and you need several tbsps of oil), and some coriander stalks. Heat them very them gently for about 5 minutes. Then spoon 2 tbsps of the infused oil over the sliced tomatoes. Put under a hot grill for 10 minutes (or a hot oven for 20, as I did, is fine). Then tip the rest of the oil, and all the garlic, ginger and coriander, plus some extra coriander over the tomatoes. Leave for 10 minutes to steep.
Nigel Slater mushrooms and peas on toast
Two pans for this midweek quick dinner. In one, fry some mixed mumshrooms in oil (and butter unless you're actually vegan). Season well. In the other, cook some frozen peas briefly. Then blitz them with a handful of rocket, lots of tarragon leaves, big squeeze of lemon, seasoning. Use them under the mushrooms as a spread on some tasty toast.
Larder farinata
This is one of the things you can do with gram flour batter, which needs a bit of standing time but is very simple to make. 125g gram flour mixed with 250g warm water, some oil and salt will do for 2 pancakes for a snacky meal. Stand for an hour at least (I did one overnight, and it was fine, just needed stirring).
Farinata is a fried dish, and you need a big frying pan, plenty of oil, heat it fairly high, pour in half the batter. Add several rings of raw onion on top, lots of black pepper too. Fry about 2-3 minutes on either side. It'll be a puffy pancake, fairly thick, crispy on the outside, the onion sweet and yielding but not soft. Scatter over more salt and lots of lemon. Repeat for your other half batter. Serve with a sharp salad (mine was mostly tomato with some leftover coriander and tarragon). I would not call this healthy, but it's delicious.
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