Enjoy your dinnertime.
Oh Gribiche! Pronounced ‘gree-beesh’, this classic French sauce is made by mashing a cooked egg yolk and mustard into a paste, then adding olive oil, capers, cornichons, parsley, tarragon, red wine vinegar, the cooked, diced egg white, and a squeeze of lemon. It is sublime. Braised endive is a great supporting vegetable, and it is also often served with asparagus. The sauce is so good, I swear you could simply go at it with a loaf of crusty bread…
So fragrant! And so pretty. Decided to add some star anise to an Elizabeth Falkner recipe for wine and cherries. These are from the great Penzey’s spice store, right here in Arlington, and online at http://www.penzeys.com
My favorite cheesecake recipe, cream cheese and eggs base, with sour cream and vanilla top layer. It hardly needs any topping but with cherries on hand, I thought they’d be a nice addition, with a little tweak. Cheesecake, cherries, wine, anise – all coming together quite nicely indeed.
Cherry splatter, but all for a good cause…
Radish, cucumber and corn here, but you could add peas, fava beans or whatever crunchy summer vegetable speaks to you. Tossed with vinaigrette of champagne vinegar, mustard, tarragon, minced shallot, salt and pepper. Enjoy!
On a plate? Really though, if you’ve not yet tried these little garlic shoots, buy some as soon as you spot them. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper, roast in the oven at 425F for 15min or so. They have the most delicate flavor of sweet roasted garlic, but in a fraction of the time of a full bulb. My new favorite summer snack.
You will want to drink this! Shucked corn, cilantro, jalapeño, lemon, butter, milk. Happy Summer.
On a recent trip to London and the Cotswolds, I was happy to be taken to the lovely Daylesford Organic Farm in Gloucestershire. This is one corner of their tempting, beautiful cheese room.
One of my favorite uses for carrots and tarragon is this quick, healthy soup. Short ingredient list: carrots, leeks, fennel, potatoes, tarragon, and vegetable stock.
Collier's Market