Originally published September 29 2005
Olive oil packs a healthy, flavorful punch
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Olive oil can add flavor and nutritional value to your favorite dishes, and The Washington Times offers recipes that specifically call for the use of this healthy oil.
For end-of-summer dishes, moving into fall, or for any time of year, plenty of home cooks and professional chefs keep olive oil at hand as they cook nowadays.
This staple of Mediterranean countries and their cuisines is a well-regarded ingredient both for the way it adds to dishes' flavor and texture, and for its nutritional values.
Here are a couple of original recipes from noted chefs that suggest novel ways to use olive oil in your own cooking repertoire.
Both of the recipes were created for olive oils from Spain.
Chef Dean Fearing of the highly praised Mansion on Turtle Creek restaurant in Dallas has worked out a recipe for a potato and watercress soup with a few stylish but easy extra touches.
The versatile soup can fill the bill as a first course, or as a light lunch with crusty bread and a salad.
It's served warm for days when soup once again sounds like a welcome idea.
From Wylie Dufresne, chef and co-owner of New York City's WD-50 restaurant, comes a recipe for a creamy dressing he describes as olive oil-avocado creme.
"We served a version of the creme with a cold rabbit sausage at the restaurant, but it can be used in place of mayonnaise, on sandwiches or bruschetta, as a pasta sauce, or as a side with any cold meat or seafood," he says, adding that it's delicious with shrimp.
Mr. Dufresne likes a fruity olive oil for this recipe, but thinks it also works well with the fresher, greener and peppery oils too.
He suggests using vitamin C powder in the creme's preparation to keep the avocado from turning brown (the powder is available at health food stores).
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