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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Fish heads and tails
Yes I know I was about to write about tuna and it is coming. Soon. Very soon. A fish head the other day made me wonder how many fish heads and tails are thrown away every day in the world. It is such a waste of great food. In most fish, the end parts, head [...]
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Limpets – overlooked pedestrian food
Over the next week I will be posting about tuna belly, urchins and other well known delicacies. So I thought it would be appropriate to precede those posts with some perspective by this short post on a relatively forgotten pedestrian ingredient that merits a lot of interest, namely common limpets or patelles in French or [...]
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Figs – quick and simple
This is a recipe for my friend Marc. He is waiting for the secrets behind a chocolate dessert but I found such nice figs today. Maybe another time Marc, I might reveal the recipe for the chocolate dessert. It is a simple preparation that is quick to make. The idea is to play with the [...]
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Sourdough crackers with toro-spread
In a previous post I used sourdough crackers and here comes the recipe. Simply take a couple of spoons of an active sourdough starter and mix it with around 3 dl of water and 200 grams of whole meal spelt flour (T80 preferably). Let it ferment for a few hours in room temperature and for another [...]
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Octopus – Part 2 – Baby octopus
There are few produce that I have a constant eye on the lookout for like for baby octopus. Whenever great examples of them, yes still crawling or just fallen asleep, cross my path I grab them before thinking what to do with them or if they will fit into the meal in which they will [...]
Octopus – Part 1– tender or not and what is tender
Octopus has bad reputation for being a rubbery and tasteless produce. I concur that more often than not, octopus served in restaurants fit this description. Correctly prepared it is a fantastic and relatively inexpensive produce that should not be overlooked. There are many ideas on how to tenderize octopus. Before we go into that, I [...]
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The Lampuki is on its way
The fish that is most intimately connected with Malta for the Maltese is lampuki, or dolphin fish or dorado. It arrives in mid-August and disappears in December. It is a relatively cheap fish. These ones were approximately 25 centimeters long. Larger ones are fished at other times of the year. Lampuki is well suited to [...]
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Queen of the rocks leftovers
From the big dinner the other day there were some leftovers from the spiny lobster. It was a glorious 1,6 kilos female that was caught the same morning. Another time, I will write about these creatures more in detail and how to select them. I was pondering what to do with it. Other leftovers [...]
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Random notes from tuna land