Ottolenghi Flavour

by Ixta Belfrage, Yotam Ottolenghi

recipes

Process - Charring

• Calvin's grilled peaches and runner beans 37
• Iceberg wedges with smoky aubergine cream 38
• Butter beans in smoked cascabel oil 41
• Herb and burnt aubergine soup 42
• Hispi cabbage with nam prik 44
• Steamed aubergines with charred chilli salsa 45
• Slow-cooked charred green beans 49

Process - Browning

• Hasselback beetroot with lime leaf butter 50
• Whole roasted celeriac three ways 54
• Roasted and pickled celeriac with sweet chilli dressing 55
• Cabbage 'tacos' with celeriac and date barbecue sauce 59
• Celeriac steaks with Café de Paris sauce 60
• Spiced plantain with coconut, apple and ginger salad 62
• Curry-crusted swede steaks 63
• Curried carrot mash with brown butter 67
• Barley. tomato and watercress stew 68
• Lime and coconut potato gratin 72
• Bkeila, potato and butter bean stew 75

Process - Infusing

• White bean mash with garlic aioli 76
• Hummus with lemon, fried garlic and chilli 79
• Melon and buffalo mozzarella salad with kasha and curry leaves 80
• Chilled avocado soup with crunchy garlic oil 82
• Pappa al pomodoro with lime and mustard seeds 85
• Black beans with coconut, chilli and lime 86
• Oven chips with curry leaf mayonnaise 89
• Chickpea pancakes with mango pickle yoghurt 91

Process - Ageing

• Sweet and sour sprouts with chestnuts and grapes 93
• Swede gnocchi with miso butter 94
• Potato and gochujang braised eggs 99
• The ultimate traybake ragù 101
• Asparagus and gochujang pancakes 102
• Za'atar cacio e pepe 104
• Spring vegetables in parmesan broth with charred lemon salsa 109
• Grilled figs with Shaoxing dressing 110
• Cucumber salad à la Xian impression 113

Pairing - Sweetness

• Sweet potato in tomato, lime and cardamom sauce 131
• Butternut, orange and sage galette 132
• Fusion caponata with silken tofu 135
• Esme's rough squash mash 136
• Giant couscous and pumpkin with tomato and star anise sauce 137
• One-pan orecchiette puttanesca 139
• Charred peppers and fresh corn polenta with soy-cured yolk 140
• Coconut and turmeric omelette feast with grapefruit dipping sauce 145
• Romano pepper schnitzels 146

Pairing - Fat

• Mafalda and roasted butternut in warm yoghurt sauce 151
• Stuffed aubergine in curry and coconut dal 152
• Aubergine dumplings alla parmigiana 156
• Cheese tamales with all (or some of) the trimmings 158
• Chilli oil,Salsa roja,Avocado salad 159
• Polenta with fresh corn and braised eggs 163
• Tomato salad with lime and cardamom yoghurt 164
• Kimchi and Gruyère rice fritters 166

Pairing - Acidity

• Asparagus salad with tamarind and lime 171
• Cardamom tofu with lime greens 172
• Braised greens with yoghurt 175
• Noor's black lime tofu 176
• Sticky rice balls in tamarind rasam broth 180
• Rainbow chard with tomatoes and green olives 183
• Tempura stems, leaves and herbs with tangerine dipping sauce 184
• Broccoli two ways with chilli and cumin 186
• Roasted carrot salad with chamoy 187
• Cucumber, za'atar and chopped lemon salad 191
• Mashed sweet potatoes with yoghurt and lime 192
• Chaat masala potatoes with yoghurt and tamarind 193

Pairing - Chilli heat

• Cabbage with ginger cream and numbing oil 196
• Saffron tagliatelle 198
• Saffron tagliatelle with ricotta and crispy chipotle shallots 199
• Udon noodles with fried tofu and blood orange nam jim 202
• Super-soft courgettes with harissa and lemon 204
• Cauliflower roasted in chilli butter 205
• Spicy berbere ratatouille with coconut salsa 209
• Portobello steaks and butter bean mash 210

Produce - Mushrooms

• Broccoli with mushroom ketchup and nori 227
• Spicy mushroom lasagne 228
• Noodle salad with mushroom and peanut laab 233
• Confit garlic hummus with grilled mushrooms 234
• Brown rice and shiitake congee 237
• Oyster mushroom tacos with all (or some of) the trimmings 238

Produce - Alliums

• Neil's grilled onions with green gazpacho 242
• Sweet and sour onion petals 245
• Olive oil flatbreads with three-garlic butter 246
• Aubergine with herbs and crispy garlic 251
• Dirty rice 252
• Fried onion rings with buttermilk and turmeric 255
• Leeks with miso and chive salsa 257
• Miso butter onions 258

Produce - Nuts and seeds

• Kohlrabi 'noodle' salad 260
• Radish and cucumber salad with Chipotle peanuts 263
• Corn ribs with black lime and pumpkin seed butter 264
• Tomato and plum salad with nori and sesame 267
• Tofu meatball korma 268
• Turnip cake with soy maple nuts 270
• Potato salad with Thai basil salsa 275
• Spicy roast potatoes with tahini and soy dressing 276

Produce - Sugar, fruit and booze

• Tangerine and ancho chilli flan 278
• Tapioca fritters with orange syrup and star anise 280
• Poached apricots with pistachio and amaretti mascarpone 282
• Watermelon and strawberry sorbet 283
• Coconut ice cream with lychee and passion fruit 286
• Max and flynn's lemon sorbet 289
• Crêpes with roasted bananas and Barbados cream 290
• Coffee and pandan puddings 291
• Berry platter with sheep's labneh and orange oil 295