Yotam Ottolenghi’s favorite flavor ingredients

The London chef-restaurateur and cookbook author says these pantry components can enhance even the simplest recipes. Read more: wapo.st/2K76RUW. Subscribe to The Washington Post on KZbin: bit.ly/2qiJ4dy
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[@joyaustin6581]

I love being able to use full array of spices and introduction to spices I’m not familiar with

[@sarat8577]

I use Sumac and smoked paprika instead red chili in my Pakistani recipes because my girls can’t do red chili . Sooooo soooo good

[@gardeloni]

Im so happy to have see an Israeli cook. The combinations of ingredients are delicious! The best food I ever eat was in Israel. For example Djagnoon, Hamim, the Yemenate, i just love it. There is not one restaurant in The Netherlads how sell this food. I will Follow you and hope to see one of those dishes one day.

[@followp]

There is a cookbook by ottolenghi called „Jerusalem“, it’s the best cook book I ever had. You should check it out.

[@hmmcinerney]

Israeli food is really Palestinian, which Mr Ottolenghi acknowledges.

[@followp]

hmmcinerney lol well it’s really well described in his book and you are not fully correct, let’s leave it at that.

[@hmmcinerney]

Peter B. Since Israel was only ‘founded’ - let’s leave it at that - after WW2 and this is an old cuisine it did not spring fully formed from the Zionist cause.. After all cultural appropriation is a time honoured Colonial tradition. I like and respect Mr Ottolenghi and believe he’s well aware of where the food comes from and it’s not the infant Israel.

[@followp]

hmmcinerney See that’s exactly what I was saying and why the book is called Jerusalem and not Israel. It captures all of the different influences very well and doesn’t claim to be the origin of any of those. Yet and still there are way more influences than just Palestinian ones.... and cuisine and foodies shouldn’t care about politics... it’s all about the flavors.

[@Locomaid]

Black garlic is still hard to find in Berlin. Keeping an eye out for it because I want to try it!

[@MrMrluc]

make it yourself! there are bon appetite videos on it as well. don't need that much for it

[@nico53laval]

You can buy it online pretty cheap, for example from a producer called Knoblack.

[@TheNinnyfee]

Apart from the wonderful tips of Mr Ottolenghi: shoutout to all tall people with average height kitchens that always make you bend down! :)

[@annemendoza5080]

True! also made me think, i want an oven placed just at that level! :-)

[@fraserhenderson7839]

I have some shopping to do. The fries are enticing.

[@dimitribackwell5794]

Labelled it Jerusalem but really it’s for cooking Middle Eastern ...🎶

[@wikum3]

Haven’t even heard of most of these before!

[@CocinaConHassna]

I love it!!

[@perkelele]

Is it me or does that man look like Alan Rick man?

[@pyroicarus1203]

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[@upendasana7857]

I really don't get what this whole Yotam craze is about,what the big deal,he does middle eastern food but loads of places in London do middles eastern food

[@llewmills6406]

You won't find any Ottolenghi recipes in a Traditional Middle Eastern Restaurant. If anything he is Middle Eastern Fusion, but really, like most of the great chefs, he transcends any one single cuisine. Check Simple out. The recipes are really delicious!

[@DaveWhoa]

MSG

[@lucybellescott7531]

what is the MSG

[@ladyfaith9347]

Lucy Belle Scott. mono sodium glutamate ... it’s what’s used in Chinese takeaway food .... it’s chemically enhanced taste powder ... nasty stuff

[@DaveWhoa]

only fructose, glucose and water are less toxic than MSG, it's not that bad. It's not "chemically enhanced taste powder", it occurs in nature - you can find it in tomatoes, grapes, mushrooms...

[@moldypizza]

Suzi Neale Lol MSG is fine. The only reason it’s demonized is because of old racist junk science.

[@lucybellescott7531]

What I meant was what was he talking about that was MSG. I quit eating Chinese for that reason years ago.

[@mercedesramos4203]

I love your recepies but my god stop smaking here in holland its verry bad mannered not eating with nife and fork smaking or taking with your moouth full ,i hope you take notice of the smaking as you taste something thank you its just an tip

[@agathamijares]

What is smaking?

[@yannazosmer751]

there are many cultures in the world, and each eats however they want to. table manners are not universal

[@joyaustin6581]

@@yannazosmer751 I don’t like slurping but am aware that it’s a compliment in some regions