With the sauteed cauliflower, I made a warm salad by toasting coarse bread crumbs and crushed coriander in a skillet and tossing them with the cauliflower, chopped parsley, anchovy, olives and capers.
Finish with parsley, lemon juice and coarse salt; serve on toast.
1 1/2 pounds lean pork butt 1 pound boneless veal shoulder 1/2 pound pork back fat 1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper (medium grind) 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher or coarse salt 1 teaspoon toasted and crushed caraway seed 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon sugar 1/3 cup heavy cream About 3 feet prepared hog casing.
FLORENCE FABRICANT Time: 1 hour 2 pounds fresh fava beans, shelled 1 fennel bulb 6 1/2 ounces aged Italian pecorino 4 tablespoons pear vinegar or balsamic vinegar 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 firm but ripe Bartlett or Anjou pears Juice of 1/2 lemon 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts Coarse sea salt 4 small sprigs tarragon.
The thick toast was the same agreeably coarse-grained country bread served along with our starters.
They should be very coarse, ideally homemade, and if they're toasted in olive oil in a separate skillet before you toss them in, so much the better.
2 cloves of garlic, very fresh 4 cups (packed) of fresh basil leaves (preferably Genoa) 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt 2 tablespoons of oven toasted pine nuts (some contest this inclusion, but I like them) 3 tablespoons of Pecorino cheese, not too strong 3 tablespoons of grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese 1 cup of olive oil.
But, then, we are dealing with a character who expresses the daring rudeness of her newfound sexual liberation by eating a full English breakfast (all that dangerously greasy bacon!) and who later, in a cafe in an upmarket furniture store, reveals the untamed physical beast roaring within her by longing for "coarse" food -- sausages, baked beans on white toast.
1/4 cup lightly toasted unsalted peanuts 2 teaspoons coriander seeds 2 teaspoons caraway seeds 2 teaspoons lightly toasted dill seeds (optional) 1 tablespoon lightly toasted sesame seeds 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons sumac 1.
There are a few ingredients outside of the standard baking arsenal that I turn to when I'm making something really special – a spoonful of coarse black pepper in a lemon drizzle, coriander seeds – toasted and ground – in the melting crumb of a spiced apple cake, a dash of balsamic to sharpen the bittersweet clout of a good chocolate cake.
