Grilled Pizza, Tofu Al Pastor and How to Grill the Perfect Steak
Reading for the weekend
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Is there any feeling worse than getting sick on holiday?
That was my reality last weekend during a visit to A Coruña in Northern Spain. What started as an epic trip exploring Galicia’s bonkers food and wine scene turned into a hasty retreat back to Porto thanks to me not being able to keep anything down for days.
Needless to say, recipe development has not been at the forefront of my mind this week.
Unless you want a recipe for dry toast.
Not to leave you empty-handed, I thought I would share some epic recipes and food stories I’ve recently discovered across the Substack universe.
There’s grilled pizza! Steak! Tofau Al Pastor! And a nifty way to use up dregs of whisky / cognac / rum / gin that I’m amazed I’ve never heard of before.
I’ll be back next week with some new recipes. See you then, friends.
Pizza on the BBQ
has upped my at-home pizza game no end. As the weather warms up, has a grilled pizza method that I am dying to try out.
Perfect steak
During my twenties, steak was a special occasion treat, like an anniversary or birthday. Which meant I’d only practice cooking it about three times a year.
Whether the cooking of that steak was good enough was down to luck as much as my skill, thanks to that lack of practice. I wish I knew
back then —his tips on cooking steak would have been invaluable.
Tofu Al Pastor
I mention
’s cooking to my husband so often, he knows who I mean when I simply say “Michelle wrote this the other day” or “Michelle had a recipe for that.”This tofu al pastor with adobo rice (I’m fast turning into tofu’s biggest fan these days) is next on my list.
Bonus: please read her essay on MSG, it’s such important work.
What to do with whisky dregs
has such a genius idea of what to do with whisky dregs, I’m amazed I’ve never heard of anyone else doing it.If you’re the explorative type in your spirits drinking, you could consider Henry’s approach — creating a house blend.
Thank you so much Charlie!!!
Thanks so much for this, really appreciate it, Charlie.