[We cook blanched cauliflower and we flavor with the smoked trout. We add parsley, caper, garlic, tomato confit, and of course being an African restaurant, chili flakes goes everywhere, green olive oil, and mash it together.]
I am genuinely giddy that I get to eat some tomato confit for dinner. Like, it’s just lightly salted tomatoes slow cooked in olive oil with garlic, thyme, rosemary, and lemon zest (maybe a bit of crushed red chili pepper to zhuzh it up a bit), but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t make my day every time I make it
oooh great question! ty for asking. (not counting family recipes) my top five is:
gabe erales' coconut veracruz (bc i like feeling like a top chef)
justine doiron's chickpea soup with parsley oil (the color!)
ottolenghi's smashed cucumber salad (highly recommend ottolenghi test kitchen in all things but its cucumber time rn so)
tofu katsu/schnitzel/any thin cutlet of tofu breaded and fried (you can make it vegan by using nooch in the breading or do parmesean. i do it with a v european sauce- white wine butter capers etc)
im a big sandwich guy so meike peter's sardine and lemon sandwich with pesto and cherry tomatoes (preserved lemon is my shit)
[We add parsley, caper, garlic, tomato confit, and of course being an African restaurant, chili flakes goes everywhere, green olive oil, and mash it together.]
Every now and then I get it in my mind that I absolutely /have/ to do a thing, but once that one specific thing is done I lose energy to do anything else, which is why all I ate yesterday was a plate confit cherry tomatoes and half a roasted chicken
I needed to know what confit tomatoes tasted like (they are heavenly btw), but once that was done I had no drive whatsoever to make something that went with it and just cut up a Kroger chicken and called it a day