I will be travelling again and I have not even finished writing about the food and produce I experienced during my last overseas trip: Nottingham and environs- London – Oxford – Sicily – Rome – Berlin.
I have written a little about Nottingham and of the last trip to Sicily but nothing about the other cities. Time passes far too quickly.
I ate very well in several restaurants in the UK especially in London including Ottolenghi’s NOPI and surprisingly in Gee’s Restaurant and Bar in Oxford….those are artichokes with stems in the large plate and in the pan are salted Samphire – a succulent, vibrant green vegetable.
But one of the places I wanted to promote is the Borough Market in London for its range of quality produce.
Here are some photos of some of the mushrooms:
Even dried mushrooms:
The range of vegetables, fish, small goods, bread and cheese were fabulous, too many photos to include in this post, but the game really impressed me. Here are just a few photos – there were two refrigerated window display cases full of game meat and excellent produce made with game.
I could not resist. I bought some pigeon breasts and in the Airbnb I cooked them using minimalist equipment and ingredients. …and they were good.
Here they are and the accompanying photos illustrate how I cooked them.
Marinated them with bay and rosemary, extra virgin olive oil and a little good quality balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.
I bought prosciutto and softened it in a little extra virgin olive oil in a small pan.
I removed the prosciutto and used the same small pan( that is all there was…no lid either) to sauté the pigeon.
Added some white wine, bought it to the boil and cooked it for about 1 minute.
Removed the pigeon and evaporated the wine and juices to make a glaze.
Presented them on tender green beans but also had a range of side vegetables.
