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Chicken Paillard with Date Butter
Note: I have called for regular boneless skinless chicken breasts but if you can find thin sliced boneless skinless chicken breasts you will not need to halve them horizontally; you will just need to pound them. Also, this makes more butter than you will need for the recipe, but keep…
Episode 1306 Starts Airing Today!
I find myself in Barcelona with Matt Goulding of “Eat This, Not That” fame and more recently the documentary series, “Ominvore.” We make Gambas Al Ajillo, Iberico Pork with Romesco and Barcelona’s favorite nightly cocktail – Gin and Tonic. Plus I prepare Shrimp Fideo with Chorizo, like paella but with…
Shrimp Fideo
Start to finish: 1 hour 20 minutes Hands on time: 1 hour Servings: 4 1 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon minced garlic, divided Kosher salt 8 ounces fideos, spaghettini or thin spaghetti, broken into 1 to 2-inch lengths 6 ounces Spanish chorizo*,…
Romesco Sauce
2 medium or 1 large red bell pepper, roasted, peeled and seeded (note: this recipe definitely works with good jarred roasted peppers) 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling over the vegetables 4 Roma (plum) tomatoes 1 head garlic, separated into cloves 3 ñora peppers (or other dried sweet…
Gambas Al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)
Servings: 4 Note: we made a half batch on the show 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 4 to 6 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced Pinch red pepper flakes 1 pound medium raw shrimp, peeled and deveined 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup cava or other sparkling white wine Chopped flat…
All 6 Episodes of The Husband’s Podcast are Up!
The Husband recently launched a weekly podcast called “The Singer and the Song,” a very entertaining and educational delve into the relationship between a well-known composition and its various performers across genres and over the decades. Music history from a different point of view! And The Husband, an ex radio…
Milk Street Radio: The Vegan Nightmare – Do Vegetables Have Souls?
According to journalist Zoë Schlanger, your garden isn’t just full of plants that are alive, but plants that can think—like the rice plant, which recognizes its own family members. Schlanger takes us inside a hotbed of scientific controversy: the study of plant intelligence. Plus, the Washington Post’s Joe Yonan masters the…
Episode 1305: Cooking in an Olive Grove in Mallorca
I make escalivada and dirty rice with a local chef, Joan Abrams, while surrounded by ancient olive trees and a herd of sheep. https://saramoulton.com/show/saras-weeknight-meals-season-13/episode-1305-olive-mallorca-a-wood-fired-feast/
Arroz Brut (Dirty Rice)
½ cup extra virgin olive oil 3 ½ pounds of boneless chicken thighs and pork ribs, cut into small portions (Note: don’t use the breast meat) 2 chicken livers 1 tablespoon salt plus extra for seasoning ½ teaspoon pepper 2 medium onions, chopped 1 garlic clove A hefty pinch each…
Escalivada
2 eggplant 2 large red bell peppers 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil ½ tablespoon of salt Pinch of pepper 2 cloves of garlic Preheat the oven to 350 F. On a rimmed sheet pan toss the eggplant and the red bell peppers with half the olive oil. Bake the vegetables…