Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Claires pistachio and white bean salad

Drain sun dried tomato strips and rinse the oil off them
Tear up basil leaves and double the amount of baby spinach
Drain and rinse brine from cannellini beans
Dice finely Spanish onion
Chop pistachio kernels (unsalted)
Throw all the above in a bowl dressed with favourite vinegar based dressing

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Larb

Chillies
Ginger
Lemon grass
Garlic
Fry in peanut oil
Cook Chicken mince AND pork mince in the above
Squeeze lime juice into a bowl
Add a bit of fish sauce and sesame seed oil and whip with a fork into an emulsion
Add to meat
Shred Vietnamese mint and Thai basil and throw onto meat
Throw on coriander leaves, some desiccated peanuts, and bits of red onion