In our small town in Chile, most people still shop the old-fashioned way. We buy produce at the produce market, meat at the butcher, bread at the bakery, and fish at the fishmonger. We do have modern supermarkets, and I really appreciate the Jumbo up in Los Andes (Italian pasta! Cheddar cheese! Arborio, Thai, and [...]
30
Sep
2009
Poached fish fillets with orange sauce
I have been really busy for the last couple of weeks with my day job, so I haven’t had time to post here. I also haven’t had a lot of time to cook. I used to get through times like these on salad, yoghurt, and rice, but that isn’t really an option when there’s a [...]
08
Mar
2009
Merquén tartar sauce
Merquén (or merkén) is a spice powcer that has become popular in Chilean cooking in the last several years. It is a traditional ingredient in Mapuche cooking, but has only recently debuted on the broader Chilean food scene. It is made from the dried, smoked cacho de cabra pepper, which is quite hot. Cacho de [...]
12
Jan
2009
Cilantro pesto for fish
Saturday is fish day at our house, as that’s the day our local fishmonger has fresh fish. We don’t get a huge variety here, but there is usually a choice of Chilean salmon (farmed—ugh—so we’re off that), corvina (not, as many believe, Chilean sea bass; it’s actually a local variety officially know as—wait for it—corvina), [...]