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Doesn’t food taste better when it looks pretty? I certainly believe so. I completely wrecked my fried egg the other day, had a complete tantrum about it and ended up literally flinging everything onto the plate – I was so mad about it looking crappy that I’m convinced I didn’t enjoy it as much.
This homemade gazpacho is one of my favourite pretty looking dishes I’ve made in recent weeks – the colours are just so summery and inviting. Plus it’s very tasty and with this current heat wave I could eat bowlfuls of this chilled soup. There was some interest on my Instagram about the recipe for it, so here it is.
I have been wanting to make and devour this meal ever since I spied it. What would we do without Nigel Slater? This recipe was found in his book Tender, which is fabulous, and everyone should read it.
We had rain yesterday and this morning, but by the time we got home from work it was hot and sunny again. A perfect excuse to use the barbeque, if only to chargrill some courgettes.
The green lentils are boiled until cooked, then mixed into a dressing of red wine vinegar and sherry vinegar (I substituted sherry for cider as this is what I had), olive oil, finely chopped garlic, sliced spring onions, salt and pepper.
For the courgettes, you slice them thinly (I used a selection of green and yellow), pop them in a colander and sprinkle with salt. You leave them for at least half an hour, then wash them and pat them dry.
Chargrill them, then toss them in extra virgin olive oil, finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
And finely, the ham. This was excellent quality, acorn-fed Spanish ham. That’s it. You don’t do anything to it, just lay out the slices on your plate, or tear them up a bit.
Altogether on a plate this is a beautiful combination of tastes and textures. Eaten outside it is, of course, all the better.
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