5 Minute Food Fix

Simon's Creamy Bean Gratin

METHOD:
2 tins of white beans, drained well, or 300g flageolet beans soaked overnight then cooked for 30-40 mins the drained and dried out well

In a bowl, mix together these things:
8 anchovy fillets
4 tbs garlic oil (from last episode)
1 head of garlic (from last episode)
300ml cream
salt, pepper and a light grind of nutmeg
splash of milk

In a gratin dish (smallish, around 25cm), lay out the beans then top with the creamy mixture and some sprigs of rosemary.

Optional: Top with gruyere cheese.

Bake for 15 mins and use the broiler if the top isn't going all bubbly and brown.
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Simon has taken the news that Yumi started introducing a tiny bit of her digestive nemesis - GARLIC - into her diet, and he's run with it.

Inspired by the recipe from Gizzi Erskine's seminal cookbook, SLOW, Simon has a way to do garlic that is pretty magical and also, supremely easy.

Tumble 4-5 whole bulbs of garlic with the tops sliced off into a tiny saucepan.
Cover it with good quality olive oil.
Add herbs like rosemary, thyme to the oil IF YOU WANT.
Gently and slowly cook until bubbles are forming around the bulbs - for 20-30 mins. Strictly DO NOT BOIL.
Remove the garlic cloves. They are available to be used as a condiment, smooshed onto toast, blended through a salad dressing or part of a bean gratin.
The oil, once cooled, can be used to flavour anything at all ...with fewer digestive complaints!

And NO, Simon did *not* provide the show notes he said he would. However, we will do a whole episode on the Bean Gratin he mentions. Next! On your 5 Minute Food Fix. xxx

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What do Ottolenghi and Hetty McKinnon have in common?
(Besides best-selling cookbooks?)

They both embrace fancying up seeds and nuts to devastatingly good effect in a salad.

How can we replicate it?
And what hack does Yumi have on days when you just haven't got the energy?

(PS. This is not a sponsored episode, just a really good hack that you can get from the shops!)
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There's a cult TV show that half the world knows about and is OBSESSED by, and the other half has no idea whatsoever.

That show is Heated Rivalry and Yumi counts herself as completely, 100% indoctrinated into the cult of Shane and Ilya.

In today's episode, Yumi discovers that Simon has actually watched it as well !! and nearly implodes in delight. She also has a TUNA MELT recipe (IYKYK) that looks a lot like this one, with a few variations.

TUNA SALAD FOR TUNA MELT
1 well-drained 425g tin tuna
2 celery sticks, diced
freshly chopped parsley, 1/4 cup
3 gherkin pickles, finely chopped, or 10 cornichons
1/2 cup of good mayonnaise, to taste (add more or less depending on how you like it)
salt, pepper, chilli flakes

METHOD
Assemble and mix the tuna salad. (This can be made ahead until your "boring" hot boyfriend comes over.)
Turn on the grill or sandwich press.
Spoon it out onto good quality sourdough bread.
Top with 2 slices of American cheese or grated tasty.
Pop under the grill until melted.
Top with another piece of bread, press it down, then return the whole thing to the grill until toasted. Flip to toast the other side.
Serve immediately. With ginger ale.
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Much to Yumi's jealousy... Simon has discovered that his kids actually quite like soup - and a sophisticated one at that!
On this episode you'll also hear about the super-easy stock that Yumi has been making now that she has hardly any freezer space.

SOUR LENTIL SOUP - ADAS BIL HAMOD
200g brown of green lentils
cover with salted water then boil up for 20 mins until cooked but still with a bit of bite and shape
drain them off
in a big pot heat 3tbs olive oil, 2 chopped onions and 5 garlic cloves, 1.5tbs cumin seeds and the peel of a lemon.
Cook down gently and consistently for at least 15 minutes, stirring until soft and golden.
Add in 3 chopped waxy potatoes.
Throw in the lentils then the chopped hard stalks of some chard.
Add a litre of stock and 800ml water.
Bring to a simmer, pop the lid on the pot and simmer for 20 mins.
When ready to serve, stir through the leaves of the chard or some baby spinach and the juice of 3 lemons.
Finish with a dash of olive oil, coriander and/or chopped washed coriander.

Also if you're interested, here is a good online recipe

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