https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Mon, 20 May 2024 19:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-126214 Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:49 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-126214 […] the latter being something I decline to use – see here, towards the bottom). I had made some limequat marmalade the other day which I thought would pair nicely with this, and it did. I promised the last time I […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-58611 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:10:01 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-58611 […] ice by proposing a menu that combined elements from Navarra, Spain – Friday being the start of the San Fermín festival, the annual bull versus drunk idiot race – and Japan – the annual Tanabata star festival, […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-842 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:20:12 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060708/running-of-the-bulls#comment-842 […] She’d been here for the encierro dinner and had really enjoyed the piquillo pepper soup. For lunch, we decided to lighten it up a bit, but stay in the same vein. I went with a cold roasted pepper and garlic soup – very simply a mix of two oven roasted red peppers, a rocotto, and a head of garlic (90 minutes at 200°F), a bit of chopped pancetta, and about a quart and a half of herb stock – all simmered together for about half an hour and then pureed and strained. Finished it off with a half cup of light sour cream. I delivered it in a couple of containers along with a packet of fresh chopped chives to sprinkle on top. Skipping the main course a moment, she asked if I’d duplicate the manchego cheese tart from the same dinner – easy enough, I just made a smaller one, cutting all the ingredients to 2/3 of the recipe I have on the page for that dinner. I still had one more small jar of the limquat marmalade, so the topping was already taken care of. […]

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