The name of these empanadas, like so many things, just sounds better in Spanish.
Empanadas de Pollo, Puerro, y Pimiento--it's almost like a tongue twister school kids would recite for better diction. (Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. Con un pico pica papas Pepe Pecas. Pepe Pecas picks potatoes with a pick. With a pick picks potatoes Pepe Pecas.)
Or it could be a phrase learned on a Spanish language cd--I can almost hear the velvet-voiced narrator say it: "Listen and repeat: Empanadas de Pollo, Puerro y Pimiento."
Continue reading "Chicken, Leek and Green Pepper Empanadas--Empanadas de Pollo, Puerro y Pimiento" »
It's nearing the the end of the month again, and you know what that means in Argentina--time to turn your kitchen into a ñoqui-making factory! If you haven't yet been charmed by Argentineans way of eating gnocchi every month, this might be your chance to embrace the 'Ñoquis del 29' tradition, because the gnocchi are out of this world--sweet potato and ricotta gnocchi with chopped fresh basil.
Continue reading "Ñoquis de Batata y Albahaca--Sweet Potato and Basil Gnocchi" »
In Bowen, my in-laws have the typical outdoor parilla--a sort of brick grill that's a must-have in any Argentinean backyard. But they also have a wood-fire clay oven, which is the ideal place to bake bread or grill pizza. Guillermo and I attended a Pizza on the Grill class taught by my friend Shellie, a chef and creator of the KitchenCue videos. Just watching her make it was enough to convince me that I could do it, too. (Actually, I must--otherwise, I would be doing a serious injustice to my tastebuds.)
After Shellie's class, Guillermo was telling me about the pizzas they used to make in that clay oven with such longing in his voice, I thought he needed grilled pizza--clay oven or not! Well, summer is nearing its twilight and we just finally got around to putting some dough on the grill. You can bet it won't be so long until the next time--grilled pizza is delicious, fast, economical and easy. There's nothing like the taste of that crisp, crusty dough.
Continue reading "Fire-Grilled Pizza Fugazza--Fugazza a la Parilla" »
Saturday mornings during the summer, Guillermo and I like to go to our local farmer's market to buy super-fresh seasonal goods. In Bowen, they do that, too--only it's a pair of Russian ladies who set up card tables neatly covered in tablecloths and sell goods they make themselves.They set up this 'farmer's market' in a shelter that's usually used as the bus stop (hence the brick) which they cover with a tarp to protect from the sun.
Continue reading "Bowen "Farmers Market"--Mercadito en Bowen" »
