Sunday, May 16, 2010

fish sandwich

fish sandwich open

fish sandwich close up

With bacon and red bell pepper, and my own mustardy mayonnaise.

An entire red bell pepper was fried in olive oil. There was way more than I needed for two small sandwiches even though I kept nibbling it while I brought together the other elements. They were all cooked individually in the same pan; bread, bell pepper, bacon and fish. The bell pepper is my favorite part. From raw to all stages of being cooked even to its burned portions, it's wonderful. I intend to use it more.

This is the bread I made a few weeks ago. It's been in the refrigerator this whole time. I thought it was lost. It's made from commercial yeast and double the amount of whole wheat flour that bread bakers find reasonable. It's heavy and dense, closer to a brioche given its extra ingredients. It's also awesomely flavored with freshly milled wheat even though the bread is weeks old. Bread purists advise not to refrigerate bread, but in a climate arid as Denver there is little choice other than to consume it immediately. I pan fry it in olive oil /butter a bit heavily. (One of my sisters quietly graciously rejected it and with that I take no umbrage, rather what I feel is closer to pity. That her preference would be for commercialized ersatz foam-bread leaves me a little bit sad. )

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