Store cupboard
Food stand-bys to make campfire cooking easier
Just Pitched Spanish tortilla
Serves 4
I have been making this tortilla for years, it is a real store cupboard recipe. Waxy potatoes are a must, floury ones like King Edwards will fall apart and leave you with just oniony mashed potatoes. Older new potatoes are ideal, as they are waxy, but less work than new potatoes because...
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Salsa romesco
Prepare this at home before the trip and spoon it into a jar to save you having to pestle and mortar until you are blue in the face outside the tent. If you store this red sauce in a sterilized jar, it can keep for ages. Salsa romesco is mildly spicy and tangy...
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Pesto
Serves 4 with pasta
The pesto revolution arrived in my world (or more accurately Math’s world) in the early 1990s when we were both at university. When I visited him in his scabby house, he used to cook it for me with mushrooms. It was either that or the other pasta dish he invented –...
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Store cupboard essentials
Here are a few things I make before I go camping, so that I always have a quick lunch to hand or a tasty easy way to spice up barbecued meat.
- Pesto
- Salsa romesco
These are labour-saving stand-bys that I then load into Lock-and-Lock airtight storage containers to save me pestling, mortaring and grinding in...
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Garlic and ginger paste
Make this at home and use in curries, Moroccan and Chinese dishes.
Ingredients
Equal quantities of garlic and ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
Water
1 tbs vegetable oil
Method
Finely chop the garlic and ginger, use a mezzaluna or a food processor, add a splash of water. Store in a jar for a week or two, covered with oil.
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