In keeping with the ultra-local theme of late, everything in this dinner was ours or from nearby (minus the standard exemptions.) I dug some red potatoes and steamed slices until just tender. I browned guanciale with onion and garlic, and layered potatoes with the soffrito in the iron skillet, then poured in 8 eggs beaten with thyme and rosemary. Fixed on the stove, and finished in the oven, it perfumed the entire house. While it was baking, I steamed sliced black radishes then tossed them with olive oil and rice vinegar, and washed and spun a salad.
I'm not usually a big fan of eggs for dinner, and this meal was honestly better suited to a Summer lunch- but I made it because I could; with eggs in the fridge, everything else was ours, and I didn't have to go to the store. And it worked out fine, and tasted good. But I've got a head full of ideas that are driving me insane, and with any luck I will find time in the coming days to work on some of these more interesting combinations. And make bread.
6 comments:
I can barely keep up with you. Although, a fritatta on a weeknight, I can do.
I love eggs! Don't knock the eggs! we do eggy dinners at least once a week 'cause they're cheap and quick. However it's never served with the beautiful garden bounty that yours is. It's always a raid of the cheese collection and whatever storebought veg is sitting around.
Now that looks like a calming dinner at the end of a frantically busy day - good luck with your show - do they have a website? And I'm still looking for photos of your labyrinth...
I love your creativity with things on hand. I hope you get enough studio time. I remember the pressure my sister felt when shows were looming.
Heather: My job has the advantage of (mostly) being 20 feet from my house.
Brittany: I don't knock the eggs. I just rap them gently on the cutting board, then open them over a bowl.
Zoomie: It was calming, and tasty.
Jen: I'll get it done. I always do. And nobody else ever knows all the things I would have done differently, given enough time.
It's very gratifying to eat the food that is in the house. No shopping. Just imagination.
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