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" Recipes can be incredibly vague where chillies are concerned. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Recipes
Where
Concerned
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" Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters. "
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" My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness. "
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Cheesy
Classic
" I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much. "
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Just
Own
Admit
" My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours. "
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" Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online. "
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Find
You
World
" Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard. "
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Orange
Magical
Blossom
" Turkish cuisine is, to my mind, one of the most exciting and accomplished in the world. "
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World
Most
Mind
" The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food. "
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Perfect
Natural
Food
" The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things. "
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Where
Knowledge
Things
" The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food. "
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Slow
Unique
Cooking
" Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations. "
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Personal
Different
Little
" I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Love
Result
Too Much
" There are tons of wonderful places to eat in London. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Places
London
Eat
" I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Pastry
Said
Years
" Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Red
Dark
Go
" Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweet
Only
Adulthood
" Panko are the elite of the breadcrumb world because they stay so crunchy and light. "
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Elite
Stay
Because
" Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Oil
Tokyo
Return
" I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly. "
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Find
More
Rice
" Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Thinly
Word
Cut
" I have yet to meet a carnivore who doesn't love a sausage roll. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sausage
Meet
Love
" Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Pasta
Rice
Italy
" For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Bird
Think
People
" Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes. "
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Used
Rice
Red
" Vegetarians in general don't like me. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
General
Me
Like
" Barley and mushroom is a soothing combination. It's mainly a textural thing, with the barley both gently breaking and enhancing the mushroomy gloopiness. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Breaking
Soothing
Both
" Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish. "
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Prepare
White
Hot
" Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices. "
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Like
Why
Rice
" I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour. "
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Complex
Animal
Create
" Scamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Smoked
Cheese
Italian