March 2012
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Thursday dinner: Gnocchi, prawns, spinach, tomato
Gnocchi with prawns and spinach. Gently cook some finely-chopped garlic in plenty of olive oil, without browning. Add defrosted frozen chopped spinach and continue to cook. Add a dollop of tomato sauce (I used Loyd Grossman brand). Add cooked peeled king prawns, season to taste, and heat through. Serve with cooked gnocchi (I used ready-made ones).
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Tuesday dinner: Black beans, chorizo, red peppers,...
Black bean, red pepper, and chorizo stew. Render fat from cubed chorizo, add chopped onion, soften. Add garlic purée and tomato purée, cook 2 minutes. Add cooked black beans with their cooking liquid, along with stoned quartered black olives, plenty of paprika, and a slosh of vegetable stock concentrate. Cook down until the liquid has reduced, then add chopped red peppers and broccoli florets,...
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Monday dinner: Artichoke hearts, broccoli,...
Gnocchi with broccoli pesto. Cook broccoli florets in boiling water until soft; chop very finely and reserve. Blanch chopped red pepper in the same water for a minute or two; remove and reserve. Cook gnocchi in the same water until done; drain. Mix chopped broccoli, blanched pepper, drained gnocchi, quartered canned artichoke hearts, a couple of spoonfuls of ready-made pesto, a glug of olive...
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Saturday dinner: Squid, tomatoes, peppers,...
Squid and tomato stew. Tomato sauce made with sautéed onions, garlic, tinned tomatoes, red wine, sugar to balance the sourness of the wine and tomatoes, little bit of African fish sauce to add spiciness, bit of soy sauce to add umami. Simmered some chopped aubergines and peppers in this, adding frozen squid rings a few minutes before they were done.
Served with plain polenta.
