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Serves 4-6
Shaved Brussels Sprout with Camellia Oil, Lemon and Pecorino
STEP
- Rinse the sprouts, then part dry with kitchen roll.
- Remove any bad outer leaves then cut the sprouts in half, lengthways.
- Very thinly slice them the sprouts crossways, transferring to a large, shallow serving bowl as you go.
- Drizzle the oil over the sprouts, sprinkle with salt and toss well.
- Add the lemon juice and pepper and toss again.
- Lay the cheese on the top of the salad and serve immediately
INGREDIENTS
450g Brussels sprouts
5 tbsp Camellia Oil
½ tsp Salt
3½ tbsp Fresh lemon juice
½ - 1 tsp Whole black peppercorns, crushed
115g Pecorino cheese, grated or shaved
Serves 4
Patats a lo pobre
This Spanish classic is the perfect accompaniment to any meat or fish dish.
STEP
- Thinly slice the onion; and peel and cut potatoes into 1cm slices; deseed and thinly slice the green pepper.
- Mix the onion, potatoes and pepper, season with the salt, pepper and vinegar.
- Heat the camellia oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the vegetable mixture.
- Cook for about 20 minutes, turning over occasionally. The vegetables should be soft but not too crispy.
INGREDIENTS
1 Large onion
4 Medium potatoes, such as maris piper or red king Edwards
1 Large green pepper
2 tbsp Sherry vinegar
200ml Camellia oil
Salt and Black pepper
SERVES 2-3
ITALIAN BISCOTTI
Most typical Italian biscotti are made with butter but this recipe uses camellia oil instead, creating a lighter, slightly different flavor. Now a better and healthier reason to love it.
STEP
- Mix together the camellia oil, sugars, vanilla and lemon zest. Add the eggs and milk, mix well
- Add the sifted flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda, and let the dough rest for 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven 340ºF (170ºC)
- Roll the dough into small balls, flatten slightly them bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown
INGREDIENTS
230ml Camellia oil
170g Caster sugar
130g Demerara sugar
1 Vanilla pod
1 Lemon zest
2 Eggs
1 tbsp Milk
330g Plain flour, sifted
1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
SERVES 3-4
FOUDJOU
There is a range of wonderful French cheese spreads, made at home and kept for spreading on croûtes. They are basically "potted" cheeses. This is lovely with a tomato or lentil salad. You need a soft goat's cheese without a rind, and a strong hard goat's cheese.
STEP
- Mash the soft cheese in a bowl.
- Finely grate the hard cheese and add to the soft with the thyme.
- Mash with the alcohol and half of oil.
- Season.
- Pack into a small sterilized jar
- Pour the rest of the oil on top and seal.
- Refrigerate for two weeks before eating, and return to room temperature to serve.
INGREDIENTS
Fills 1 x 225g jar
150g Soft goat's cheese
90g Hard goat's cheese
2 tsp Thyme leaves
1 tbsp Brandy or eau de vie
2 tbsp Camellia oil
How to Know If Your Edible Oil Goes Bad?
Before consuming your edible oil, you would want to know if it is low-quality product or if is still good to go even before it hits its expiration date.
High Quality Edible Oil
❖ Yellow
❖ Smooth
❖ Transparent
❖ Very few suspended particles
❖ Very few impurities
How to Judge Quality of Oil
❖ Packing: for new oil, check if information is complete, if packing has well and tight seal
❖ Color: normally, edible oil is canary yellow, yellow or claybank in color; check if color is abnormal from common seen color.
❖ Liquid: observe oil through nature light or sun, and carefully judge if oil is opaque or transparent.
❖ Sediment: there shall be very few or no suspended particles in high quality edible oil; settle the oil in glass bottle for few hours, and observe if bottom of bottle has any sediment.