Showing posts with label Paula Wolfert.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paula Wolfert.. Show all posts

25 June 2017

Pomegranate glazed Pork Skewers with Burhan’s Onion and Parsley Salad / Espetadas de Porco marinadas em Melaço de Romã e Salada de Cebola Roxa e Salsa.


This is the recipe Deborah chose as the second recipe challenge of the month for the Rainydaybites Cookbook Club.
Shame that I had no time to participate in the first recipe challenge of the month, which was a super gorgeous walnut roll cake but, for this second one, I made sure I wouldn't miss it.
As I told you here, this month we're cooking from Paula Wolfert books.
This recipe is from a book that I don't have, "Unforgettable: The Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert’s Renegade Life" but Deborah told me that I could find the recipe here at the Food and Wine website and I'm very glad I made it because it's truly delicious and the contrasting flavours are absolutely incredible.

22 June 2017

Fish Soup Basquaise / Sopa de Peixe Basca.


This month we are cooking from Paula Wolfert cook books for the Rainydaybites Cookbook Club.
The book Deborah chose was the "Unforgettable" but as it is a very difficult book to find, Deborah allowed us to cook from any of Paula's books.
I'm cooking from Paula Wolfert "The Cooking of South West France" book and this recipe is actually my first one for this month's cookbook club.
I can only compare Paula Wolfert book with Julia Child or Elizabeth David books, which, in my opinion, should be mandatory books for anyone that claims their love for cooking.
More than cooking books, they are reading books that show us their passion and deep knowledge for the cuisine and ingredients of the regions they're writing and cooking from.
To write this book, Paula Wolfert spent five years researching, investigating ingredients, origins of recipes and variations in techniques.
This recipe, a fish soup, not just is easy to make, but it's also fabulous and full of flavour.
According to the author, this soup is a modern interpretation of the classic onion and pepper fish soup of Bayonne.