This is how we do it
Incredibles for Your Edibles
We share some inspiration, some ideas and tips for using the range of
Dorset Spice Shed products. As the song goes "this is how we do it"
Have some ideas to share? Send them to sheddies@dorsetspiceshed.com and don't forget to include an image or two.
Keep Summer Simple
Tomato & Mozzarella Salad
Simple salads are often the best Summer dishes when the
weather's warm and you don't want to be stuck in the kitchen. And you want them
to taste great with the minimum amount of prep. The combination of ripe
tomatoes and mozzarella is a real classic from Italy - cool fresh cheese and
rich, juicy tomatoes.
For us it's a salad that still needs a bit of perking up
before you serve and that's why we always reach for our
Everyday Umami
seasoning along with our best (we bought it on holiday!) olive oil and a really
good white balsamic vinegar. So few ingredients but so harmonious and
delicious. Everyday Umami with its combination of salt, herbes de Provence,
garlic, onion, black pepper and chilli is an amazing flavour-enhancer. It's our
own recipe and we called it Umami because it brightens up all kinds of
especially Mediterranean foods. You won't find mushrooms, seaweed or anchovies
in it - that's 'their' Umami not ours. Just a sprinkle and a few minutes
wait-time makes a simple salad - superlative...
Brunch Like a Viking
So you're a Viking and it's the Dark Ages and you've just landed on Portland in the year 787 before any of your other Scandi chums anywhere in England (as we call it now). Whatever the pillaging prospects you need a good breakfast (or brunch) to get you going but the local grub doesn't float your longship.
Luckily you've brought some eggs, some black pudding made with proper blood, you find mushrooms in the field, you've got some bread for toasting - and a tin of beans from the future. Best of all you've got supplies of your favourite seasoning - smokey salt with mystic Eastern spices like pepper, turmeric and something called curry. That's sorted then.
You fry the mushrooms and the black pudding over the fire on your shield, scramble the eggs in your helmet prepare to eat the beans cold (you're a warrior after all), toast the bread and hey - your best start to the day. Oh those eggs are so good!! That fave salt of ours is just so ridiculously tasty and perfect with eggs or cheesy baked potatoes, chips, mac 'n' cheese.... What? No-one's brought washing up liquid? Drat.
Spice up Your Wings
Looking for an excuse for a spicy Margarita sundowner? Well you'll need one or two to make the most of airfryer Jalapeno Lime chicken wings!
Served outdoors like this you could make like it's Marbella. So waddya need for this feast? Chicken wings and a shaker of our Wing Dust Jalapeno Lime will get the party started. Just airfry those wings until they're brown and well crispy on the outside (our bargain basement airfyer took 40 minutes at 200 with a few turns of the wings) then in the airfryer or on a roasting tin shake Wing Dust all over the wings, turn them with tongs, shake again, give them a final shake and they're mmmm sticky lime 'n' chilli delicious and ready to eat. We poshed up our petite feast with Padron peppers cooked on the griddle then salted while hot - just pick them up by the stalk and eat. Then we smashed an avo in the blender and mixed it with regular coleslaw and a splash of lime juice and a zoosh of cayenne pepper. Honestly we held off the margaritas till it all came together. FYI we bought ready made Spicy Margarita from Pimentae at our local Waitrose. Cos the rest was such haaaard work of course!