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Drizzle
drizzle drizzle!
This is the easiest way of all to enjoy your oil - use it
instead of butter in sandwiches or just on its own on fresh
bread or rolls. Drizzle it on steamed vegetables, fresh
pasta, your poached egg on toast - experiment. It is bursting
with flavour and will simply enhance so many things.
Dress salads
We love making interesting dressings, but mostly we just
pour this fresh oil on salads with balsamic or red wine
vinegar.
Tomato oil
A snack our children love. Cut one or two sweet ripe tomatoes
through the middle and use a course grater, pushing the
tomato through until you are just left with the skin. Discard
the skin and put the pulp in a small bowl. Crush a small
clove of garlic and mix in, then double the volume with
this oil, season then whisk with a fork. Vary amount of
garlic, oil and seasoning according to taste. Spoon on to
bread and spread - great on its own or with cheese, ham,
salad etc. It will keep in the fridge for a few days where
the children know where to find it. Very yummy, simple and
healthy.
Parsley oil
We also eat this most days. Pick and wash a small bunch
of flat-leaf parsley. Using a hand blender and tall container
put in parsley, a small clove of garlic (optional) and then
about 200ml of oil. Whizz until parsley and garlic are blended
with the oil. Add seasoning if you wish, but we suggest
you try it without first. This fresh oil has a slight peppery
accent.
Also try using other fresh herbs - like basil, oregano etc.
This dressing will keep for several days in the cool, and
our children love it too.
Final tip - We also
use both tomato and parsley oil to dress grilled fish, new
potatoes, steamed vegetables, soup, casseroles, pasta etc
- a lovely finishing touch - or just spoon on to fresh bread.
Better still dunk your bread in it!
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