Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
a Move over Meata was the headline in theA NY Times Weekend.A MasterChef UK winner Mat Follas uses his considerable culinary skills and understanding of flavour to create a collectionA of wow-factor vegetable recipesA for vegans, vegetarians and non-veggies alike.
More than ever before modern chefs use interesting new cooking techniques and ingredientsA to boost texture, add depth ofA flavourA and make so much more of humbleA carrots, kale and cauliflower. Vegetable dishes are now storming the menus at some of the worlda s best restaurants where chefs are treating fresh vegetable produce with the reverence it deserves and turning ingredients that used to be reserved for side dishes into centrepieces. Organized by type of produce, there are recipes for root veg, alliums and bulbs, potatoes and squash, legumes and pods, sweet vegetables, shoots and stems, mushroom and funghi, as well as basic recipes for a well-stocked chef's storecupboard. Choose from Smoked Parsnips with Blue Cheese, Cauliflower &A Truffle Pate, Red Cabbage &A Burnt Aubergine Baba Ganoush, Kale Gnocchi, Kimchi, Spring Pistou Soup, A Nettle &A Wild Garlic SoupA with Gruyere Toasts, Red Onion Tarte Tatin, Pea Panna Cotta, Pizza Bianca, Spaghetti Puttanesca, Artichoke Frittata, Champagne Mushrooms, Fennel &A Roast Tomato Lasagne or a selectionA of versatile sauces, ketchups, chutneys, pickles, pestos and oils. Whether you want a revitalizing juice to start the day, a quick summer salad, a slow-roasted winter bake or to preserve an abundance of seasonal produce, you'll find plenty of fresh inspiration here."