Recipes Tagged ‘garlic’
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 | No Comments
preparation: 15 min | cooking: 15 min | difficulty: ★★★★★

© 2010 Tony El Batal
serving portion: 4 persons
ingredients
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- 500 g dandelion leaf
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- 4 large onions, sliced
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- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
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- 100 ml olive oil
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- 100 ml lemon juice
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- 1 tsp salt
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directions
- Clean and wash the dandelion, cook in boiling water with a little salt and baking soda.
- Remove from water; let cool by pouring cold water; then squeeze and coarsely chop the dandelion.
- In a skillet add oil and cook onions until translucent then remove half of them and set aside; continue frying the other half until caramelized; then keep aside to garnish.
- In the same skillet fry garlic and the cooked onions you removed earlier cook until golden; add the dandelion and salt; cook for 10-15 minutes on medium heat and keep stirring until most of the moisture has evaporated; turn off the heat and add the lemon juice; let cool.
- Serve the dandelion cold and garnish with the caramelized onions.
Tags: dandelion leaf, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, onions
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | No Comments
preparation: 15min | cooking: 30min | difficulty: ★★★★★

© 2010 Tony El Batal
serving portion: 5 persons
ingredients
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- 500g carrots
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- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
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- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
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- 1 large onion, chopped
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- 1 L vegetable stock
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- juice of 1/2 a lemon
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- salt to taste
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directions
- Wash the carrots then peel and slice them into circular disks.
- Heat the sesame oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook garlic and onions until translucent; Add the stock and carrots and bring to a boil; Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until the carrots are tender.
- Puree the mixture with a hand blender then pour the lemon juice and salt to taste.
- Garnish with poppy seeds or with a drizzle of sesame oil.
tips
- Serve with french bread.
Tags: carrot, garlic, lemon, onion, sesame oil, vegetable stock
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment
preparation: 20min | difficulty: ★★★★★

© 2010 Tony El Batal
serving portion: 4 persons
ingredients
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- 1 large handful washed basil
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- 1 clove garlic
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- 30g pine nuts
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- 60g parmesan, grated
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- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
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- salt to taste
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directions
- Using the food processor chop basil, garlic and pine nuts.
- Move this mixture to a bowl; Add the Parmesan and salt.
- Shorten the mixture by pouring the oil gradually and stirring carefully until you get a cream.
tips
- Best accompanied with pasta.
- This sauce also works well with chicken, fish filet and sandwich spread.
- Preparing previous batches of pesto sauce and keeping it in the fridge will allow you to prepare a last minute meal
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- You can use double portion of the Parmesan if Pecorino is not available.
reference
- Translated from “La Sante sur la Table”.
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Tags: basil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, parmesan, pine nuts
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