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lemony spinach and goats cheese linguini

April 15, 2013 in recipes, very easy - 5 ingredients or less

Tags: goats cheese, lemon, linguini, spinach

Sometimes I wonder if I over-use certain ingredients on this blog. Like goats cheese. Drizzle and Dip is practically a shrine to the stuff, its hard to believe that about 10 years ago I couldn’t bear it.

Food is like love for me, when I fall in it, I often fall quite hard and get a bit carried away.

Goats cheese is one one of those things that I am head over heels in love with and any excuse I can find to use it I do. Like here:

You see what I mean?

If you read my stuff, you will also know I hate waste, and as a professional food stylist I often have a lot of leftover food from shoots which I always try to incorporate into a recipe here.

The lovely goats cheese in this recipe was from one of those shoots. It was imported from France and I had it in my freezer for ages so it needed to be used. By the way, in case you didn’t know, you can freeze cheese. It doesn’t always thaw back to its original texture (as in the case with harder cheese like Cheddar), but the taste is fine and I find it perfect to cook with it.

This is a fabulous one pot dish that can be whipped up in 20 minutes. You prepare all the greens while the pasta is on the go, and you use the same pot that the pasta was cooked in to make the sauce. I like to use wholewheat pasta as I have come to prefer its firmer texture and slightly nutty taste. Knowing that its also marginally better for me, also makes me happy.

Recipe | serves 2

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Serve straight away with a chilled Chardonnay or a crisp Sauvignon blanc.

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lemon and rocket risotto

March 4, 2013 in recipes, vegetarian

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Tags: lemon, risotto, rocket

One of my favourite dishes of last year was my lemony spinach carbonara. Packed with flavour, it makes a perfect vegetarian supper.

I adore the flavour of lemon with pasta so decided to knock up this quick risotto. I used rocket because I had two packets on hand that needed to be used up urgently, but spinach would work just as well.

The pepperyness of the rocket somehow mellows as it wilts into this dish so I could have used a bit more.

I don’t have much else to say about this delicious meal other than it needs a fair bit of grated Parmesan which gives it a lovely oozy cheesy texture. It also needs a fabulous glass of chilled white wine on the side.

I loved it with the Glen Carlou unwooded Chardonnay which is such a superb food wine. A few local wine gurus raved about it here and here.

Recipe | serves 2 | 25 minutes

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pan fried salmon with a lemony dill dressing

December 7, 2012 in recipes, very easy - 5 ingredients or less

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Tags: dill dressing, lemon, pan fried salmon

I adore salmon, partly because you don’t have to do much to it. Its perfect raw in a tartare or on its own as sashimi. When I cook it, I like to pan fry or grill it briefly, doing very little else.

I do like a sauce, and dill and salmon are a flavour match made in heaven. I made this light and delicious dressing to go with my pan fried salmon. Its packed with flavour and wonderful to serve with hot or cold fish. I love cold grilled salmon on an open sandwich or in a salad. You could also spread this dressing on a variety of canape bases and top with a small shard of fish. A perfect idea for the Christmas party season.

To cook your salmon, simply rub the fillet with olive oil and pan fry on both sides until golden and cooked through to your preference. I’m fond of keeping it a little pink and raw on the inside. I also always leave the skin on and cook that side a bit longer as I love crispy fish skin. Always remember when cooking fish that you cook presentation side down first (opposite to the skin side). Squeeze over fresh lemon juice to serve.

The flavours of this dressing develops with time, so if possible make this before.

Recipe for the dressing:

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Mix all of the above ingredients, and season to taste.

$lemony dill creme frache dressaing$

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home-made ice tea with ginger, mint and lemon

November 19, 2012 in recipes, very easy - 5 ingredients or less

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Tags: ginger, iced tea, lemon, mint

In summer I love to drink buckets of ice tea to break the monotony of all the water. I also attempt to avoid sugar in beverages, so by making my own ice tea, I control this. It also makes it so affordable and so very, very tasty.

This combination of flavours is one which friend of mine Laurence introduced me to, and it works out perfectly.

All you do is brew a strong jug of tea and then keep this in the fridge after its cooled. You then pour it over a glass filled with ice to dilute it and cool it down even further.

Oh and for the benefit of those in countries outside of South Africa who may not be aware of our wonderful Rooibos / Redbush tea, its a tea that has its origin in South Africa, and in the Western Cape to be precise (that’s where I live). Its packed with antioxidants and is 100% caffeine free, so its a herbal tea that can be consumed in a similar way to black tea.

I love to make iced tea using Rooibos / Redbush tea rather than black tea which I find quite bitter, but you can use whatever tea you prefer. I sometimes blend in about 25% green tea with the Rooibos, which then just ratchets up the health properties a notch, and I have totally acquired the taste for it.

To make a liter of strong iced tea.

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If you leave the mint, lemon rind and ginger in the tea, the flavour will strengthen. If you want to keep it quite mild, strain it out when you remove the tea bags. Either way works well. You can also muddle the aromatics slightly in the tea, bruising the ginger, mint and lemon, to further release their delicious oils.

Nothing quite beats a refreshing glass of icy cold iced tea in summer.

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Lemony spinach carbanara

May 3, 2012 in vegetarian

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Tags: carbonara, lemon, spinach

: lemon & spinach carbonara

This is a vegetarian twist on the classic Carbanara sauce. It contains only 5 ingredients, is very quick to make and is one of the most delicious pastas I’ve eaten in a while.

This is a perfect supper to whip up in 20 minutes and is packed with flavour. I like to use whole-wheat pasta as I enjoy the slightly nutty flavour, and its lower in GI than regular pasta.

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: so simple and so delicious

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warm new potato salad with mint, lemon and creme fraiche

November 29, 2011 in recipes, reviews, very easy - 5 ingredients or less, wine

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Tags: creme fraiche, lemon, mint, new potato salad

I stumbled accross these limited edition Pink Fir new potatoes in Woolies last week and was suddenly intrigued. As a person longing to live in a country with multiple potato cultivars, anything new tends to excite me. These are a little irregular in shape thus very appealing to me, and the descriptor on the pack said ‘a traditional potato variety with pink skin, creamy yellow and firm waxy flesh with a delicious nutty flavour’.

Sold!

As I tend to develop recipes based on what ingredients I have on hand, I wanted to try a minty, lemony creme fraiche dressing because I had all of these things in my fridge. I ate this warm with a grilled piece of salmon flaked over the top and it was ridiculously delicious to me.

I love my potato salad with spring onions and creme fraiche, to which I sometimes add smoked red bell pepper, but this recipe with the freshness of the mint and the lemon is definitely going to become part of a regular repetoir.

Its nice either either warm or cold and its the perfect accompaniment for freshly grilled fish or slow roasted lamb.

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