Yesterday, I dug out my holiday photos & remembered...
...the wonderful fish, the sublime olives & the beautiful, local wine in Cordoba (Montilla).
Black Rice with Calamari |
My top three favourite foods were;
The Moorish potatoes, basically sauté potatoes & a sauce that my taste buds told me was a mix of mayonnaise, turmeric, cumin, garlic & seasoning. Unfortunately the excitement that this dish inspired in me resulted in my inability to take a decent photograph of it. So instead I've substituted a photo of aubergines & honey...
I also became rather partial to the lettuce hearts with olive oil & lots of garlic. It is not only delicious but pretty thrifty & easy as well. (not a brilliant photo but you get the idea...)
My winner in the desert section, was without doubt, the 'fig thing'. Translated from menus as a fig biscuit served with frozen yoghurt, it was actually more like frozen fig ice-cream. It had chopped dried figs, crumbled biscuits, nuts, spices & honey (?) mixed in ice-cream & re-frozen. The accompanying frozen yoghurt was really sharp & 'live' tasting. It was an amazing combination! (I'd also like to try the frozen yoghurt with shredded mint & lemon balm leaves)
Not too sure about the red stuff though... |
7 comments:
I think I'd be rather partial to 'the fig thing too' so a recreation sounds like a very good idea :D
And the black rice with Calamari looks sublime!
They sound like warm weather foods - I do hope you have some!
The calamari looks delicious and yes to garlic, olive oil and lettuce so simple and yet so tasty especially with crispy calamari.
Aubergine with honey - that sounds really good. Also anything with "lots of garlic".
Let us know how the reconstruction goes!
Anything with figs gets my vote, mind you anything I haven't had to cook myself I will willingly devour. I love that certain foods evoke memories of certain holidays. We had amazing deep fried baby octopus in Portofino many years ago and I can still taste them now.
I'm having an Indian take away tonight!!
Oh gosh I could have any of those right now! I also read your herb post below. I have all sorts of herbs which I have started from cuttings. Let me know if you want anything (I can give you a list of what I have!) and I will have a go at posting them for you.
Moorish potatoes sound very aptly named! Yum!
CKx
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