Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Assaf Ottolenghiis an Israeli-born British chef, recipe writer and restaurant owner...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth14 December 1968
CountryIsrael
cooking breakfast brunch
Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating.
syrup depth wonderful
Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge.
pasta cheese one-thing
Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
choices division vegetarian
You can be vegetarian and eat fish. Its your choice, just say: I am what I am. There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
essential needs roll room sure
When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.
butter orange root
There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
call dishes love oriental union
Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
civilized crush culture kitchen last sets
The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
cooked creates culinary food full lightly package paper parcel remarkable served steam table
Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
delicate dried great split texture
Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
versatile
Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.
bowls fit food stick
A food processor, or even one of those small bowls that fit on a stick blender, is a real treasure. No, that's not an overstatement.
domestic life recipes restaurant
Most of my recipes start life in the domestic kitchen, and even those that start out in the restaurant kitchen have to go through the domestic kitchen.
raw
Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic.