Posts tagged with "sides"

Hispi cabbage left undisturbed on hot carbon steel turns sweet and deeply caramelised. With the half-round griddle in your kettle barbecue, cabbage, asparagus and potatoes cook together while the grate stays free.

Vegetable skewers cook evenly when every side sits flat against hot carbon steel. On the griddle nothing drops into the coals, and the wooden skewers stay out of the flames.

A free-form focaccia on a preheated baking steel gets a crisp, golden underside without a tin. The steel gives strong bottom heat from the first second, so the wet dough rises instead of spreading.

Raw diced potatoes turn crisp outside and soft inside when they lie in a single layer and fry at a steady pace. A wide carbon steel pan gives them room and an even frying surface.

Homemade red cabbage with apple, cinnamon and cloves that tastes better every day. In an enamel saucepan the vinegar and blackcurrant can simmer for a long time without affecting flavour or colour.

Thin slices of beetroot and sweet potato set in a spiral and roasted until the edges colour. The carbon steel pan goes straight into the oven and on to the table.

Green asparagus fried whole in a hot carbon steel pan until charred in spots but still crisp. Ready in ten minutes and good with almost anything.

Potatoes boiled with dill stalks, steamed dry and tossed in butter and fresh dill. A simple side that is at its best in a roomy enamel saucepan with a lid.

Mushrooms, red pepper and green asparagus fried over the embers with garlic and thyme. The carbon steel pan copes with an open fire and gives the vegetables charred edges.

A proper tomato sauce needs only onion, garlic, olive oil, good tinned tomatoes and half an hour of simmering. The enamel copes with the acidity, so the sauce can cook for as long as it needs.

A creamy potato gratin of thinly sliced potatoes, cream, garlic and mature cheese. In the enamelled steel oven dish it bakes evenly and goes straight to the table.

Butternut squash wedges roasted with chilli and thyme, crisp kale, toasted pumpkin seeds and lemon yoghurt. It is all made in an enamel oven dish that goes straight to the table.