PLAYBOY SALAD

This salad was inspired by a recipe in Arto Paasilinna's Finnish novel Kymmenen riivinrautaa which unfortunately hasn't been published in English yet. The book revolves around a ladies man whose driver prepares food to please women at one point.




2 large avocados
1 large pear
250g cherry tomatoes
125-200g brie
1 portion (bag, punnet, etc.) lettuce, not iceberg.


The avocados, pear and tomatoes need to be perfectly ripe.


Wash and cut the ingredients and place everything in a bowl or on plates.




Remember to de-seed the pear like this.

FALAFEL

The blog was getting too meaty so here's my favourite vegetarian recipe. Serves two.


200g (or 250ml) soaked and boiled chickpeas
Small egg
3 tablespoons ground almonds (or fine breadcrumbs)
2 cloves garlic, or more
Half small onion
Plenty of herbs
Salt
Pepper

For the coating and frying:
Ground almonds (or breadcrumbs)
200ml oil, or more


Soak 100ml of dried chickpeas overnight. After boiling you'll have a total of 250ml of beans. Roughly mash them.






Chop the onion and garlic and add to the beans with the egg, ground almonds and spices.




Mix until the falafel is firm. It may be necessary to add more almond.




Form balls and coat them with some more ground almonds.




Fry the falafel in a large amount of oil until evenly brown. You can also deep-fry them but I think that's a waste of oil. Semi-deep-frying is enough for me. Don't use extra virgin olive oil because it burns very easily.




Serve with salad and tzatziki. This is also great with pitta bread, tzatziki and some fresh vegetables, maybe tomato and cucumber.