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rachelmanija Mar. 12th, 2019 12:41 pm)
rachelmanija Mar. 12th, 2019 12:41 pm)Yesterday I had this for dinner:
It's scallops, Chinese sausage, pea greens, and rice, from this Yotam Ottolenghi recipe, freely adapted as I didn't have all the ingredients. That was a mistake. His recipes are very precise and come out delicious if you do them exactly as written, which I didn't do. And while I can perfectly sear a scallop (yes, even a tiny bay scallop) normally I cook scallops extremely simply so I can focus my entire attention on getting the sear right. Instead, I was juggling multiple steps, and the sear suffered along with everything else. It wasn't terrible but it was nowhere near as delicious as you'd expect from the ingredients.
While I was at the Japanese grocery buying the ginger and pea greens for the scallops, I spotted the first sakura mochi of spring! Naturally I had to buy them. If rules would stop you from eating sakura mochi, you must break the rules.
It's scallops, Chinese sausage, pea greens, and rice, from this Yotam Ottolenghi recipe, freely adapted as I didn't have all the ingredients. That was a mistake. His recipes are very precise and come out delicious if you do them exactly as written, which I didn't do. And while I can perfectly sear a scallop (yes, even a tiny bay scallop) normally I cook scallops extremely simply so I can focus my entire attention on getting the sear right. Instead, I was juggling multiple steps, and the sear suffered along with everything else. It wasn't terrible but it was nowhere near as delicious as you'd expect from the ingredients.
While I was at the Japanese grocery buying the ginger and pea greens for the scallops, I spotted the first sakura mochi of spring! Naturally I had to buy them. If rules would stop you from eating sakura mochi, you must break the rules.
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