Misarana by Eddie Scott

Author:Eddie Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Quarto Group
Published: 2024-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

WEEKEND BLOW-OUTS

I will spend the whole week collecting recipe ideas and the weekend is my time to put them into action. A labour of love: I want to make things that take all day to cook; only then am I satisfied. I find immense pleasure in taking the time to carefully prepare something, leisurely tending the dish in between cups of coffee, flicking through books and intermittently watching classic Peter Sellers films. The smells develop from the kitchen, changing every hour, and fills the whole house with life. I take pleasure in boring tasks such as stirring a pot over the course of a few hours, taking in its transformation. I’ve always had extravagant projects in mind. When I was 12, I taught myself how to make croissants. I spent the days before preparing myself: I raided my parents’ collection of vintage cookbooks and compiled every recipe I could find which mentioned the word croissant, working out every process in detail. The weekend came and I spent almost 24 hours immersing myself in the never-ending process of making, laminating, shaping, proving and baking the magical dough into the perfect croissant.

This is the type of cook I am. It may be mad, but the weekend is really the only time we have to engage in these types of experiments. I will meticulously plan each detail and formality of my weekend meal and go out in search of the best ingredients – and wines to match the food – and it’s the only time in the week that I’ll religiously enjoy a cheese course. Polished wine glasses and cutlery, cloth napkins and a smart shirt – this is what a proper weekend means to me: a no holds barred, slap-up meal, a proper blow-out!

Take Aslam’s fish for example. I love to draw comparisons between the great cuisines of India and France and there are many more similarities than you might at first imagine. I’ve always found beurre blanc sauce magnificent: a piece of fish, poached or grilled to perfection, served with the most luxurious, glossy sauce, made almost entirely from butter, but with a hint of acidity from white wine and zesty lemon. The butter is held and hidden within the sauce by emulsification, which creates the most magical sauce ever!

Fly 10 hours east and we reach the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. The bustling street beside the great mosque is named ‘Matia Mahal’, which is home to some Delhi street-food gems! Aslam’s is a restaurant which has become SO popular, that they now have two locations right opposite each other in the same street. They are constantly packed full of diners, many of whom have travelled halfway across India to taste their delights. Just two dishes are served: chicken or fish – marinated in spice, then grilled on a white-hot inferno of charcoal embers, right on the street for all to watch. It’s real drama to feel the heat and take in the wafts of smoke. After grilling, the meat or

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