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Recipe Baskets with vegetables on spinach splash – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

400 g broccoli
160 g boiled chickpeas
150 g late red Treviso chicory
125 g spinach
70 g flour plus a little
40 g variegated radicchio heart
1 egg white
chili pepper
extra virgin olive oil
salt
pepper

Duration: 1 h

Level: Middle

Dose: 6 people

For the recipe of baskets with vegetables on a "splash" of spinach, blend the chickpeas by adding a little water, pass them through a sieve, add them to the flour and egg white, season with salt and pepper and mix until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Flour the work surface, lie down on the dough and work it to obtain a sheet of about 3-4 mm thick. Divide the dough into six discs (ø 12 cm).

Brush 6 round molds (ø 10 cm) with extra virgin olive oil, cover them with the 6 puff disks and bake them in a fan oven at 180 ° C for 12 '. Keep some spinach leaves aside, choosing from the most tender, blanch the others in boiling salted water for 2 ', then dip them in water and ice; drain them without squeezing them and blend them with 20 g of oil, a pinch of salt and a mince of pepper (spinach cream).

Peel and divide the broccoli into small florets; sauté them in a pan with a tablespoon of oil, a pinch of salt and one of chili pepper for 5 ', then add a little water and let them soften for another 5'. Wash and peel the red radicchio, removing the outer leaves, then cut it into strips; cut the variegated radicchio heart into strips, add the spinach leaves kept aside and the sautéed broccoli florets, season with a drizzle of raw oil and a pinch of salt. Sprinkle a generous spoonful of spinach cream in the center of each plate, lay a basket on top of each plate, fill each basket with vegetables and serve.

Ham with Red Eye Gravy – Something From Nothing is Something

In this age of cutting back on fat whenever and wherever we
can (and by “we” I mean “you”), we forget that throughout most of history, this
was the complete opposite. Fat was a concentrated, powerful fuel that literally
kept people going, and this red eye gravy is a little taste of those times.

The challenge in tough times is to make those greasy pan
drippings more palatable, more interesting, and more delicious. It’s not like
families struggling through the depression had pots of demiglace reducing on
the stove, or bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon sitting around to deglaze their
cast iron skillets – heck, they probably didn’t even have a decent Merlot. So
they used what they had; like a splash of leftover coffee.

Is this a recipe that would have been developed based solely
on how awesome it tastes? Probably not, but that’s not to say it isn’t still
very tasty. It is. The way the bitter coffee marries with the sweet, smoky fat
is far from unpleasant, and infinitely better than simply pouring the pan
drippings over your food.

By the way, the name apparently comes from the fact that
when the sauce is poured in a bowl and brought to the table, the fat and coffee
separate, it takes on the appearance of a big, reddish eye. Of course there’s
another legend about how General Andrew Jackson told a hung-over cook to make a
gravy for his ham that was as red as his bloodshot eyes.

I’m pretty sure whoever made up that story also had very red
eyes, but not from whiskey. Anyway, like I said in the video, I did this as
more of a culinary experiment than a “you have to try this” recipe, but
regardless, I think it’s an interesting dish, and one I’d be interested in
hearing about if you do try. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 2 portions:

1/2 cup of chopped fatty ham scraps

1 tbsp vegetable oil

4 thick slices of ham

1 tsp flour

about 2/3 cup black coffee

black pepper and cayenne to taste

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Gordon Ramsay’s Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb ? F Word Series One

Gordon Ramsay made this tasty looking rack of lamb on the first episode of the first season of The F Word^[1]. Like many of Gordon’s recipes, the primary herb ingredients are rosemary, thyme and garlic. This is sure to be a scrumptious meal for fans of Chef Ramsay’s cooking.

Ingredients for the Lamb:

2 large racks of Lamb cut in half with 3 bones per serving
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil

Ingredients for the Crust:

4 slices of stale bread made into crumbs.
7 Tbs. grated parmesan (roughly 1/2 a cup)
Sprig parsley
Sprig thyme
Sprig coriander
Sprig rosemary
2 tablespoons English mustard (or sub with dijon)
splash of olive oil

Preparing the Lamb:

Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. It should actually be 392 degrees, but don’t worry about getting that technical unless you have a digital oven.

Place lamb on cutting board fat side up. Lightly score the fat layer with a sharp knife. Next, generously sprinkle the lamb with salt and pepper. Mop up the excess seasoning with the rack of lamb, ensuring it’s thoroughly coated.

Heat some olive oil in an oven safe pan. Seal the lamb by holding each side in the oil long enough to develop color (careful not to burn your hands). Gordon Ramsay says, “it’s simple mathematics, no color, equals no taste”. Quite simple indeed! Make sure you brown that lamb.

Transfer the pan with the lamb into the oven and bake for 7-8 minutes. Prepare the crust while the lamb is cooking.

Preparing the Crust:

Place all of the ingredients for the crust except the mustard into a blender and pulse several times until it looks nice and green. Make sure you don’t over do it with the olive oil, just a splash.

Pour the mixture into a deep dish (bowl or plate) and set aside.

Putting it All Together:

Remove the lamb from the oven and brush generously with mustard. Dip the lamb into the crust mixture coating it completely. Dip several times to ensure an even coating. Allow meat to rest for a bit.

Place it back into the oven for 3-4 minutes when you’re ready to serve.

Gordon serves the lamb with potatoes boulangère and courgettes provençal, but you can serve with anything you find fitting. I’ll gladly post the recipe for the side dishes if someone wants it. Just ask for it in a comment.

Let me know how this recipe turns out for you.

EDIT: I’ve added one of the side dishes, Gordon Ramsay’s Potatoes Boulangère^[2]. I will add the other soon and update this post with it’s link.

References

^{^} F Word (www.amazon.com)
^{^} Gordon Ramsay’s Potatoes Boulangère (gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)