Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Assaf Ottolenghiis an Israeli-born British chef, recipe writer and restaurant owner...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth14 December 1968
CountryIsrael
family food later life point until vocation
Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
actively compares meals
Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
addition freshness gives normally
The addition of vinaigrette to freshly roasted vegetables gives them a freshness and juiciness they don't normally have; the acidity brings out new shades of flavour, too.
match nutty
Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.
simply
Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
almost gone sloppy
Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
butter ideal mix olive potatoes
Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil.
melt
Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish.
cook desserts father main people serve
When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
brown former outer rice therefore
The difference between brown and white rice is that the former is not milled. With the outer bran and germ intact, the rice is therefore chewier and nuttier.
good lightly salad sauce served sharp
Salbitxada is a sharp and lightly sweet Catalan sauce that's traditionally served with calcots - spring or salad onions, grilled whole, make a good substitute.
homes quite spends
Polenta is one of those ingredients that in many homes spends its days at the back of the kitchen cupboard, on the 'no one knows quite what to do with it' shelf.
flesh guarantees hot moderately panic prepare sauce usual
Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish.