Using coconut cream to make an alfredo sauce is one of my favorite tricks, which I learned from the chef Brian Lumley when we lived in Jamaica. It's rare that we get prosciutto here in Suva, so when I saw it at a store a couple weekends ago, we stocked up. I used a few… Continue reading Coconut Alfredo Pappardelle with Prosciutto
Ah, pappardelle. My favorite noodle. I love the texture, and the relatively large width of the noodle enables them to absorb flavors well. We've still got leftovers from the lovo our gardener prepared this past weekend, and I stirred them into a pasta dish with the same flavor base as the Fijian butter chicken I… Continue reading Pappardelle with Fijian Smoked Chicken
This isn't your typical butter chicken. Butter chicken is usually swimming in butter and cream. This is a Fijian butter chicken. What makes it Fijian? It incorporates chicken lovo. Lovo is a traditional Fijian cooking technique that involves steam-smoking food in an earthen oven. Our gardener did a lovo for us this past weekend, and… Continue reading Fijian Butter Chicken
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