we cook with atleast 4-5 cloves of garlic every night. really. i just like to punch the food with as much taste as possible. i think i also use so much because my turkish father mehmet ali eats raw garlic cloves by the handful. cooking with it makes me think of him and remember istanbul. he eats it by the handful for the medicinal purposes.
but lately, just as much as loving the garlic, we have loved the shallots.
shallots have a mild taste that combines the flavor of a sweet onion with a touch of garlic. i used to only occassionally buy them in place of onions, mainly because the local grocery store doesn't always have them, and when they do, they are a fortune.
brother and lk introduced us to one of the asian markets nearby. she sells a half-dozen for a dollar-ish!
they are dainty and pretty and bulb-y and such a delightful substitute for an onion.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
garlic on ice cream and shallots on cereal
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The Whit and I like to plop a couple of whole bulbs of garlic on the grill ,pour a little olive oil over it and roast them until they're nice and squishy...
Squeeze them out onto a plate, mash them up with parmesean and olive oil and then go to dipping with Pita bread. Its soooo good.
Shallots are so mild and tastey compared to their more flashy cousin the onion.
Carrie - We are in town for the holiday and weekend. I'm sure we will be boating. That's what you all need - a boat! I need some girls out there... I get bored at times!
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