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On this week's Why We Cook, Erica shares a brief history of Ratatouille, Panzanella and Gazpacho with a step by step guide to perfecting the three dishes.
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Seasonal Cooking: Summer Produce (9:58)
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gazpacho, cooking, instruction, summer produce, zucchini, pureed vs. chunky, good venue for overripe tomatoes, sweet corn, gazpacho's culinary cousins, Spanish gazpacho, Whole Foods, only buy fresh tomatoes when they're in season, Andalucia, gazpacho definition: leftovers, evolved into a vegetable soup, build to taste, white gazpacho, almonds, bread, olive oil, vinegar, first step: peel and seed tomatoes and dice, tomato concasse, origins in Southern Spain, classic accompaniment to gazpacho is an array of garnishes,The Andalucian Gazpacho: A Breakdown (8:32)
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Roberta's rooftop garden, be sure to remove seeds and skin from tomato for gazpacho, good white bread, 1lb peeled seeded tomatoes, 1lb cucumber seeded and diced, greenbell peppers seeded, 2-4 cloves of garlic peeled smashed, put in blender determine texture, stir in sherry vinegar and salt, balance, add water or tomato juice or V8, chill as long as possible before serving, gazpacho has cousins in panzanella and ratatouille, dishes born of mid summer zucchini and cucumber bounty, Tuscany: bread-centric cuisine, Tuscans created a whole cuisine around leftover bread, bruschetta, crostini, Panzanella: crusty Tuscan baguette, five ripe tomatoes, red onion, cucumber peeled and seeded, basil, 1/4 cup olive oil, red wine vinegar, ratatouille, Provencal dish,The Real Ratatouille (11:30)
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Why We Cook Facebook page!, ratatouille, lemons, garlic, wide shallow pan, heat with olive oil on bottom, add peppers, stagger addition of ingredients, add zucchini and tomatoes, add herbs in whole sprig form and salt, heat for 20 mins, water starts to evaporate and sugar begins to caramelize, cook until tomatoes form a darkened ring around rim of pot, tomato caramel, oil separates and floats to top, true slow food, Ratatouille the movie, flavors develop as the dish is cooled, hunt for ingredients at farmer's market, buy farm direct!, add eggplant and cook longest and until soft and caramelized, diced up green and red peppers,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
