Pumpkin surprise

“I won’t transform myself, but cut me like a cake…

…and enjoy the colorful bits ! “.
That’s not a dessert. That’s savory. Well sweet too. Comfort treat.

Those fun little pumpkins have the ideal size for a meal.

A big hole waiting to be filled. The walls are thin enough to cook quickly and smoothly. The skin can be eaten. Con-ve-nient !

Random mix : azuki beans, corn kernels, okra, red chili, sesame, mint, cumin, paprika, black pepper and salt.

I steamed the empty squash and added the filling just to reheat.

One more slice…

Minute papillote ! Summer day camembert.

Our July 2012 Daring Cooks’ host was Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie! Sarah challenges us to learn a new cooking technique called “Cooking En Papillote” which is French and translates to “cooking in parchment”.

Snobbish cultural minute :
Unlike what English speakers believe, the word does not mean “in parchment”. Papillote comes from “papillon” (=butterfly). A papillote is something like a butterfly. There is verb too, papilloter (to “papillote”) usually meaning to sparkle and shine like butterfly wings.

That does not affect the recipes at all. I know, I know…

There will be 2 other new recipes (to be posted soon, visit again):

Steamed crystal papillote
Pêcher mignon en papillon

And there were old ones :
Papillote de poisson vanillée – vanilla cream fish papillote
Surprise present in the plate : papillote de poisson

So, take a small camembert. Wrap it in foil. Heat it about 20 minutes on a barbecue, a plancha or in a oven. Be careful from 10 to 15 minutes as it may burst if it’s over-cooked.

Remark : Yes, my camembert looks weird. But it’s normal for Japan. It’s a green olive camembert. That’s not a great invention, but that’s perfect to play with that type of preparations.

Prepare a green sauce in a juicer :

Prepare sticks of bread (semi-stale), toast and rub with garlic.

Bring onto the table the hot papillote, the sauce and the bread sticks.
Cut the top skin of the cheese with a knife, open a big hole and pour some sauce on it.

Dig into with the bread sticks.

Arlequin sandwitch (with black magic)

Or haunted Pisa tower sand ? Well, it colorful like a Harlequin in black mask :

C’est une tuerie… That’s how I made it :

A little slower ?

First slice in 3 a bun of “black rice bread”.

The first and second floors share the same carpet of tomato paste.

1F : olives, dry herbs, corn, green chili. Then lotus roots that will bring a super crunchy feel. Then a few drops of olive oil and a little parmesan cheese.