What would the two J's do if they had just taught all day and didn't have what they wanted to make for dinner? Probably not what I'm doing. :) Sitting here in a coffeehouse eating a bagel and drinking ice water. :)
So the artichoke experiment went really well as far as the cooking and the taste go. I chose against my own preferences, not to make the vegan dipping sauce, but I made the traditional one, the lemon butter, and my roommates loved it. They lapped it up like hungry puppies. It basically consists of exactly what Julia's recipe calls for: butter, salt, white pepper and lemon juice.
Ingredients:
1/4 of a cup of lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
dash of white pepper
1 stick of butter cut into 8 pieces.
-Boil the lemon juice, with salt and pepper down to only on tablespoon.
-Remove from heat.
-Add two pieces of butter and whisk until its all melted.
-Add the rest of the butter and whisk until it is all melted.
Use this as a dipping sauce for the artichokes.
In the next two days I'm going to make a vegan equivalent and tell you about it. I know it will be awesome!
Look for me to switch gears to raw in the near future!
Peace,
Bev
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Hey Bev! I so enjoy your blog postings! Maybe they should have waited for You to do your bit and they could have called it "Julie, Julia & Bev"! Or had 2 versions of the movie. The carnivore version, Julie & Julia, and the vegetarian version, Beverly & Julia!!
ReplyDeleteI'll wait to hear what you come up with for the dipping sauce. I usually like melted butter with olive oil, lemon & garlic. Or a garlic/lemon infused mayo/aoli would be good too!
We made a good veg dish last night. Its actually from the Barefoot Contessa. Its bow tie pasta with broccoli and pine nuts.
You cook the broccoli 1st till done, then set aside. You then cook the pasta in the same water. Mean time, you toast some pine nuts in a bare pan till lightly browned. When the pasta is done, combine it with the broccoli and pine nuts. In a separate pan melt butter, olive oil, the zest and juice of 1 lemon, and throw in some red pepper flakes if so desired. You could also sauté in some shallots and garlic. Pour that mixture over the pasta, broccoli and pine nuts and gently combine. Top with parmesian (sp?) cheese. Good!
Look forward to the next blog,
Love & OXOX,
Chris
Thanks, Chris! Excellent comments!!
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