12 May 2008

brique-à-brac


Today we made tapas partly from leftovers. I just love to have different things on my plate. The variety of textures, colors and tastes is what turns me on like a kid in a candy store!

Brique à l'aubergine:

  • left over cooked egg-plant-red onion- garlic-olive oil mix
  • and feta
  • roll in to the very thin pastry (called feuille de brique in France) I think it's what you use for baclava or other Greek dishes.
heat in a bit of olive oil until golden brown

Oeuf de caille-Chorizo on toast:
  • First you fry the chorizo slices in a dry pan, put aside.
  • We use a Dutch "poffertjes pan" to fry these little eggs in, so they stay in a rounded shape
  • Make thin toasts and dress them with the chorizo and eggs

Red pepper-goat cheese-feta spread:
I wanted to stuff the canned red peppers, but they turned out to be hugh and not the small ones i was expecting. So to big to stuff with soft goat cheese.
  • So i diced the peppers and mushed them with
  • some left over feta and soft goat cheese
  • herbes de provence.

Caviar d'Aubergine:
  • 1 eggplant cooked in the oven the day before.
  • mixed with garlic
  • olive oil
  • lemon juice
  • salt and pepper

Tomato salad with olive oil and spring onions

Fresh crusty bread

Wine was out, we had emptied the bottle while cooking (:

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