Pre-chill fruit and generously scoop on a German mestemacher bread (buttered and mustarded), over the alfalfas sprouts and mint leaves. Season ("for toppings") with the "syrup" of red wine vinegar, salt and pepper, and olive oil - in that cascading order. This is a very green "sundae" treat "churned" into a savory meal. I had to pretend the chopsticks were vanilla-white chocolate wafer sticks to complete the ensemble.
Blended Affagato Coffee
Affagato is an Italian gelato dessert swimming in espresso shots (double or triple as you like). I'm keeping up with my "sorbet" theme on this post to formulate pleasure food and libations on hot summer days. In this "float" is auto-drip French Roast coffee frozen overnight in the pictured glass, and luckily the chocolate espresso bean I added last minute rose to the top. This morning it perfectly thawed to accommodate the combined milks of cashew and macadamia - and voila! - my dairy-free iced affagato (thanks to Sam Sifton's recent article about it for inspiration; also, I love Maui Coffee Roasters' blended cafe mocha, and this is my take on it).
I have a couple more simple condiments in the fridge I made this morning that's worth mentioning: pickled cucumbers and seasoned boiled onion and heirloom carrots. These "cold cuts" are easy to prepare and can be stored rendering their freshness for a few days to go with a toast (use cukes), or garnish around rice.
As languid a weekend can be in warm August as long this month drags outside when mynahs flourish loud in trees and jewelry artists soak in the sun, after my cooking is done I listen to old recordings on my phone — saved conversations from my past world travels (I listened again to a composer friend of mine from Berlin about his creative process and the conversion of music sounds from shapes abstract), laying on the couch relaxed. I'll watch the 1950's classic film, A Roman Holiday, with Gregory Peck and (introducing) Audrey Hepburn next.
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