8 oz (250 g) cucumber, seeded and sliced or 8 oz (250 g) mixed crisp vegetables (cucumber; water chestnuts; radishes), sliced 2 tablespoons sliced cooked shrimp, pork or crabmeat or ground dried shrimp ½ red Spanish onion, finely chopped Dressing 1-2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1-2 teaspoons sugar to taste Salt to taste ½ tablespoons [...]
7 oz (200 g) lean pork loin or butterfly chops ½ chicken breast, skinned 7 oz (200 g) cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined 5 small round radishes, trimmed and sliced thick 2 oz (50 g) mung-bean vermicelli, soaked in warm water until soft, drained and cut into bite-sized pieces 1 tablespoon chopped Chinese cloud-ear mushroom [...]
4 medium-sized garlic cloves 6 small fresh chilies or 1 ½ teaspoons ground chili flakes 3 cups (750 g) finely shredded green papaya ¼ cup (65 g) ground dried shrimp 8 firm cherry tomatoes, halved, or 2 medium tomatoes cut into wedges Dressing 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1-3 tablespoons fish sauce 1-2 tablespoons palm [...]
4lb (2 kg) mussels 2 cloves garlic, chopped 5 shallots. Finely sliced or 1 medium-sized onion, chopped 2-in (5-cm) piece fresh ginger root, peeled and finely shredded 2-3 medium-length chilies, finely sliced 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised and cut into bite-sized pieces 6 kaffir lime leaves, torn ½ cup (125 ml) water 1 tablespoon fish sauce [...]
Ingredients For the bulgur wheat salad * 250 g bulgur wheat, * 1 litres water, * 1 parsley, chopped * 1 mint, chopped * 100 g raisins, * 100 g pine kernels, toasted * 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, * 6 tbsp olive oil, * 1 orange, juice only For the pesto * 10 large [...]
Ingredients For the fish * 2 bream, fillets * 2 tbsp olive oil, * 1 cinnamon stick, * 2 tbsp almonds, * 1/2 lemon, juice only For the Genovese salad * 2-3 handfuls garlic, leaves * 3 tbsp pecorino cheese, * 1/2 lemon, juice only * 2-3 tbsp olive oil, * 1 small broad beans, [...]
Ingredients * 2 aubergines, * 0 salt, * 4 tbsp olive oil, * 3 scallops, * 1 handful of mint, torn For the salsa agrodolce: * 2 tbsp olive oil, * 100 g breadcrumbs, * 1 anchovies, * juice of 1 oranges, * 25 g dark chocolate, * 0.5 tsp sugar, * 50 g almonds, [...]
