OK I'm an omnivore but I'm totally obsessed with all sorts of food, from whole to junk and lots in between, including lots of vegan meals just by accident.
Just now I made Farinata, a Ligurian oven-cooked pancake, as a snack. There are other things made across Italy called farinata made of other things, but this one is a batter made from water and chickpea flour, baked with olive oil, a sprig of rosemary and sprinkled with salt.
It is literally the best thing I've eaten in ages. I'd forgotten about it but I just nailed it tonight. It's a snack really, although a south american version is eaten like pizza, apparently.
Seriously, if you're looking for something new to make, check out this recipe. It's amazing.
So, you whisk a batter of 3-1 ratio of water and gram flour by weight, + dash of oil and maybe rosemary, rest for 4hrs min, then stir again and pour into 2mm of very hot oil in a very hot iron skillet, and put in a very hot oven. Takes 15 mins. Take care with a pallet knife to loosen it off the iron after resting a bit. Chuck a bit of good salt on.
OK I'm an omnivore but I'm totally obsessed with all sorts of food, from whole to junk and lots in between, including lots of vegan meals just by accident.
Just now I made Farinata, a Ligurian oven-cooked pancake, as a snack. There are other things made across Italy called farinata made of other things, but this one is a batter made from water and chickpea flour, baked with olive oil, a sprig of rosemary and sprinkled with salt.
It is literally the best thing I've eaten in ages. I'd forgotten about it but I just nailed it tonight. It's a snack really, although a south american version is eaten like pizza, apparently.
Seriously, if you're looking for something new to make, check out this recipe. It's amazing.
So, you whisk a batter of 3-1 ratio of water and gram flour by weight, + dash of oil and maybe rosemary, rest for 4hrs min, then stir again and pour into 2mm of very hot oil in a very hot iron skillet, and put in a very hot oven. Takes 15 mins. Take care with a pallet knife to loosen it off the iron after resting a bit. Chuck a bit of good salt on.
Open some wine.