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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Bumper Vegetable Prep. Roasted vegetables, plantains with spaghetti squash, soups, hommus, desserts

Well, the weather is beautiful today, mid 80f's and a nice cool breeze and I have been in the kitchen for the past 6 hours conjuring up my deliveries for tomorrow..I have widened my area of clients and now have folks in West Hollywood and Orange County ( due south of Los Angeles) enjoying my dishes regularly. Enjoy the photos of the prep..the full menu is on yesterday's Chinatown blog, and hello to the folks in China, Turkey, South Korea, USA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belize, Canada, Israel, Malta and Ecuador..who have viewed my blog this week!

The carrot and orange soup, simmering

The Minestrone base before adding some roasted beets and whole wheat pasta

The cucumber-mint soup to be finished off with coconut milk and fresh mint..serve this one cool

The  ripe plantains after blanching in boiling water to ease of peeling

Blanched curly kale, to be simmered with celery, onion, garlic and own dried tomatoes for the Tortas tomorrow

The Minestrone with beet and pasta

The plantains before adding to the cumin scented sauce for the squash and corn tortillas

Minestrone with beets and whole wheat pasta

The carrot-orange and cucumber-mint soups, both blended and finished with coconut milk

This delicious mix is for the corn tortillas and cheese..no heat from spice but a lot of flavor



The roasted vegetables for the rustic tart..tomatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, onions, zucchini, bell peppers, and tomorrow I will add cheese and black olives


Own dried tomatoes ( Italian Heirloom from last summer) for the kale with tortas

The roasted vegetables will now "marinate" overnight

Baked spaghetti squash..just scrape with a fork and the squash comes out in strands

The filling for the tortillas, and this will come with a fresh tomato-cilantro salsa... plantains, spaghetti squash, red beans, sweetcorn, onions,grape tomatoes,  garlic, cumin.

Bread for a pudding for a Prince..butter sugar and grated nutmeg..sandwiched together, cubed and dried overnight..tomorrow cover in egg custard and bake

Caraway, masa, wholewheat bread dough for the tortas

Whole wheat poppy seed "brioche" pastry for the rustic roasted vegetable tarts..contains yeast

Brioche pastry knocked back and then divided and stored in fridge overnight to retard the proof

The first prove of the torta dough


Previous 2 the shaping of the torta dough before 2nd proving

oatmeal, fresh orange and raisin cookies

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