{"id":4875,"date":"2015-08-06T01:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T01:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2015-08-06T01:21:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T01:21:48","slug":"shishito-tomato-and-herb-frittata-peaches-gelato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=4875","title":{"rendered":"shishito; tomato and herb frittata; peaches, gelato"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All of\u00a0these three [very different] courses were entirely vegetarian.<\/p>\n

I’d call each of\u00a0them a succ\u00e8s d’estime <\/em>(there were only the two of us to bear witness, so I can’t make say there was\u00a0any more general acclaim). \u00a0Most of the credit goes to the freshness and quality of the ingredients, and the simplicity of the treatments.<\/p>\n

The frittata involved a little more procedure than the other two courses, which helps to explain how I slipped up at one point,\u00a0failing to execute one step at the point when it was indicated. I think however that I made a recovery which might have actually improved a\u00a0recipe<\/a>\u00a0with which I was already taking some liberties with its\u00a0prescribed herbs;. \u00a0It certainly made it appear more complex – and more colorful as well: \u00a0The instructions were to introduce\u00a0into the bowl of whipped eggs, just before\u00a0they were\u00a0poured into the pan, the\u00a0portion (half) of the tomatoes which had been chopped and mixed with garlic, but I missed my cue. \u00a0I had no choice at that moment but to spread them on top of the large slices of tomato which I had already spread\u00a0on top of the eggs once they had begun to cook.<\/p>\n

Thinking that the hot broiler might do terrible things to the\u00a0small pieces of tomato and garlic lying on top of the frittata-to-be, I reached for my container of\u00a0homemade breadcrumbs and sprinkled some on top, just before slipping the pan under the broiler.<\/p>\n

It seemed to work,\u00a0although I’m not sure the breading precaution was at all necessary.<\/p>\n

The frittata was incredibly juicy and delicious; I think it might well\u00a0have been the best one I’ve ever made.<\/p>\n

The dessert was determined pretty much by the perfect ripeness of some white peaches (my favorite) which I had kept on the windowsill for two days,\u00a0and some additional tasty delights I had on hand. \u00a0I hadn’t thought of it as quite as Spanish-ish as the rest of the meal, but, looking back at the ingredients,\u00a0I think I might be allowed to\u00a0push the attribution<\/p>\n

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