A Book of Mediterranean Food

the potatoes, salt, pepper, and bay leaf, and simmer for 5 minutes. Barely cover the potatoes with boiling water, and simmer ano ...

potatoes like chips, with the result that the whole of the Eighth Army grew to detest these vegetables, and it is true that they ...

casserole with butter, salt, pepper, and parsley. Cover them with milk. When they are cooked bind the sauce with the yolk of an ...

In the big markets of Marseille and Toulon there are always one or two stalls selling cooked food, such as socca and panisse (di ...

same way. BEIGNETS D’AUBERGINES (2) Boil 3 or 4 large aubergines in a little water. When they are soft peel them and put them th ...

out all the flesh without breaking the skins. Chop the flesh finely and add (for 10 aubergines) about ½ lb of lean minced lamb, ...

gentle oven for 10 minutes. AUBERGINE DOLMAS (a Turkish and Middle Eastern dish) 8 small round aubergines (or 4 large ones), a c ...

flesh. Cut this into dice and mix it with the prepared stuffing. Fill the aubergines with the stuffing (not too full), put the t ...

AÏGROISSADE TOULONNAISE Make an aïoli (see p. 188). Cook a mixture of vegetables – green beans, artichokes, dried haricots, chic ...

salt and pepper. Peel the tomatoes and cut the unpeeled aubergines into squares. Slice the onions and pimentos. Put the onions i ...

POIREAUX À LA PROVENÇALE 3 lb leeks, ½ lb tomatoes, 1 dozen black olives, 2 tablespoons olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, 1 dessertsp ...

This is excellent cold as a salad. POIS CHICHES (Chick Peas) These are the garbanzos of Spain, where they figure in a great many ...

they are cooking do not stir them or let them stop gently boiling or they will never get soft. They will take about 6 hours to c ...

are used in the kitchen. An absolutely delicious vegetable. Cut the fennel root-stems, outer leaves discarded, in half and throw ...

FÈVES AU LARD Throw young broad beans into boiling water. When cooked, fry some chopped bacon, add a little flour and some of th ...

little of the water in which the beans have cooked. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, stir in a very little cornflour, h ...

them in half and blanch them. Prepare the following stuffing: chopped mushrooms and shallots cooked a few moments in butter, to ...

CAVOLFIORE AL STRACINATI Cavolfiore is the Italian for cauliflower and stracinati means, literally, ‘pulled’. Half cook a caulif ...

tablespoons of olive oil. As soon as the onions start to brown, add a sherry glass of port, one of vinegar, 2 tablespoons of bro ...

kitchen and chooses one’s meal from the pans arrayed on the stove. It is impossible to describe the effect of the marvellous sme ...