Food

I have a box of tomatoes from my local international shop in Barking and I’m looking for suggestions! Any ideas beyond the obvious?

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Panzanella whilst the weather’s still good

On a similar tip, Gazpacho.

Salad cut up into cubes with mozzarella, a decent sourdough cut up, basil, red onion, tonnes of olive oil and salt. Even better the next day

I really enjoy this recipe for using lots of fresh tomatoes.

#GolfClubBar; any thoughts or recommendations for a ~£10 gift from Venice to get for a foodie (or Italy more generally).

Edit: to answer my own question and in case anyone else looks for something;

This place seemed very good. Reasonable prices and a great range of dried stuff and oils etc, and a couple of different fresh pastas as well (not very useful as gifts, but seems indicative of a quality establishment).

https://m.facebook.com/pastificiogiacomorizzo

Pasta Di Giacomo Rizzo
Salizada S. Giovanni Grisostomo, 5778, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy

butter dish

Chilli con carne with fresh toms instead of tinned. You need to put a cross in the bottom, let them simmer in boiling water for a bit then peel and roughly chop.

I have a recipe for a tomato risotto that involves making a tomato stock out of many peeled and deseeded tomatoes.

I made it once a long time ago. Took fucking ages.

The resulting risotto had the precise flavour of Heinz tomato soup, in rice form. Quite delicious, but a bit disconcerting.

As a culinary experience it has stuck with me for a long time. Take from that what you will.

I'll post a pic of the recipe if anyone wants it.

^ reminds me of https://www.raymondblanc.com/recipes/tomato-essence/

Yeah, I've had that at the Manoir. (Hello Golf Club). It's pretty awesome.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roast-tomatoes is obvious
Otherwise yeah do the tomato essence, clarify with agar agar #wankwank

Meera Sodha has a good rasam recipe which uses either four or six large fresh tomatoes (it's the one in Fresh India called Temple Tomato Rasam, not the pumpkin or red cabbage ones online). It's really easy to make and quite light.

I can't find that recipe online and I'm not at home, but Swasthi's Recipes are usually very good.

Sea bugs. So delicious.

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Any good dry pasta and vacuum packed cheese and/or cured meat will survive the trip nicely and make a nice gift

Thanks for all the tomato recipes! This evening was this👇! We’ll work through them with the £5 bargain box!

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Any must visit food places in Dallas Fort Worth?

Anyone got any recommendations for bulk (5l-ish) extra virgin olive oil, preferably in a recyclable container?

I've been looking for this too. Found a Spanish place but it was quite £ by the time shipping factored in. I'll dig it out later - might be a good forum group buy as quantity did make a difference.

Also interested if you can get a price

This stuff is great but at £10/litre there's not an obvious big bulk discount included
https://www.cheese-board.co.uk/product/3l-pdo-kalamata-extra-virgin-olive-oil/

these are the people i was thinking of:

https://www.aceitedelasvaldesas.com/en/comprar-aceite/

Olive oil has doubled in price since last year - I buy the boggo filipo Berio stuff (non-virgin, for cooking) in 5l tins, and it's gone from £25 to £50.

I can't pretend to know much about extra virgin oils, but this stuff is OK, and works out cheaper per litre than the big containers. And comes in a glass bottle.

Best £10 meal in the world tonight.

Taste of India Pure Vegetarian in East Ham.

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looking good