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Farro Risotto (Farrotto) with Radicchio and Bacon

Farro Risotto (Farrotto) with Radicchio and Bacon David, 14 Feb This dish came together rather serendipitously on a Sunday afternoon. I was up to my elbows testing recipes and was looking for something savory for dinner that didn’t require too much prep, or dishes afterward. I’d brought home some colorful radicchio from the market, I had some bacon (don’t I always?), and there was a packet dried mushrooms in a kitchen drawer. So I gathered everything up and searched through my grains, to see what was in there. I eat a ton of pasta, specifically whole grain pasta, which I can’t resist, especially if there’s garlic or radicchio involved. (And bacon, of course.) But in between a few bags of pasta was a small sack of petit épeautre (wheat berries) and a similar-sized bag of something unlabeled, which I was sure was farro. Whatever it was, the two bags came out to about 1 cup, which was just the right amount to make a wheat berry risotto, or farrotto. Continue Reading Farro Risotto (Farrotto) with Radicchio and Bacon...

How to have a cool time in this summer madness.

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Chill Thrill February is known as a hot sticky month, and it has certainly lived up to that these past few weeks in Auckland. It’s been meltingly, swelteringly moist and clammy, with thick wet air that clings to everything. It makes paper wrinkle, your hair go limp and your mascara run. Hang a towel out on the line after a shower, and bring it in wetter than when you hung it out. Yeah Yeah. We are all so over it. BUT there is one perfect dish to bring relief and make you feel human again, albeit briefly: Gazpacho! Just saying the name makes me do a little jig with excitement! Yes, a bowl of icy, truly icy – stick it in the freezer type of icy – gazpacho is summer’s antidote to stinking hot weather. I can’t emphasise enough the word ICY ‘cause a warm gazpacho is like a hot hug on a sticky day. Nope. No good. Who wants that? Chill it down in the freezer until it’s got icy shards forming on the sides of the container, serve to waiting mouths, then you'll discover its magic. Gazpacho And this version is easy and quick with minimum faffing about, though you might like to make a tray of crunchy croutons. They’re a great contrast to a smooth gazpacho like this one (there are many versions), and they are a good way of using up drying crusts of sourdough bread. Garlic Croûtons Looking for something a bit fancy-pants to serve friends coming around? Check out my summer-autumnal salmon salad (it’ll do nicely in both seasons). It’s pretty as a picture, loaded with vegetables and full of goodness, and to top it off it has a drizzle or two of low-fat yoghurt sauce. The sauce is pretty awesome in its own right. It’s flavoured with dill. Yes, yes, I know, not everyone likes dill. If you don’t like it, leave it out, and maybe replace it with something tamer like chives and parsley, (or coriander/cilantro if you like it). But the thing about dill – it’s a pungent little herb for sure – it deals to the rich taste of salmon like no other flavour. Check it out. Dill Hot-smoked Salmon Salad with Beets, Potatoes & Yoghurt Dill Sauce The yoghurt dill sauce works a treat on a whole heap of other dishes, too, and what I love about it is its fresh clean flavour. Garlic gives it pungency … the trick is to make sure you are buying New Zealand garlic if you are in this country, as it is in season, and it is plump, juicy and hasn’t yet started to form the green sprout. Yoghurt Dill Sauce There are a few tips to cooking beetroot, and the easiest method is to stick it in a pot and cook gently until tender. How do you tell if one is tender? If you prick beetroot with a fork during cooking it bleeds out of the colour. Have a look at the pic and see how easy it is to tell whether a beet is good to go, or whether it needs a bit more cooking. Here's a quick way to pickle them. Pickled Beets Well that’s it for this week. What I suggest is that you make a big fat batch of gazpacho, stick it in the freezer for an hour and scoff it outside this evening before the mozzies arrive. You can always comment at the end of a recipe to let me know your thoughts. I mostly reply (though not to rude ones! HaHa!) Julie

The top-rated cookbooks of 2017

I thought you may be interested in our Best of the Best roundup which we compiled from 350 best cookbooks of 2017 lists. The top-rated cookbook worldwide was Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh. When you have a moment, please explore the other cookbooks that made the list. I know you have produced a best cookbooks list in previous years but I was unable to find one from you this year. If I missed it, please send me a link and I will add it to the roundup.

 

In addition to the worldwide top 15, we compiled lists from reviewers in Canada, UK/Ireland, Australia/NZ and specialist lists for Vegetarian/Vegan, Drinks, and Memoirs/Books about food. We also have provided a list of the top selling cookbooks of 2017 from cookbook stores around the world.

 

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Jane

 

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