Recipe

Yes, these are the breads I am always raving about. The loaves of my childhood, but now home baked. In many different places on the site I elaborate on my true obsession for these loaves. And after several weeks of trial and error I am now very satisfied with the result. I did make my à la Damaris version with za’atar on the outside and some extra sesame. It’s Delicious with a capital D. It’s Smelling with a capital S. It’s just a feast. And that for someone who actually does not like bread at all …

The excuse to just hang out in the kitchen for a few hours. Usually on Sunday afternoons, by the way. Making tomato sauce for later this year. Slow cooking to the max. Sterilizing bottles. The promise that that delicious sauce will be in the pantry waiting for you. For that day where you do not know what to prepare. Or exactly know what you want to make. And you decide that this is the perfect occasion to open up this bottle or jar. Yes, that sounds like the perfect day.
It’s according to the recipe from the kitchen of our Italian friend Giancarlo from Napoli. It doesn’t get any more authentic. Nor classic. Typical à la Damaris.

Sweet and spicy at the same time, it’s a classic combination. A fatal attractive tasty combination. Because of the sweetness, the sharpness is actually even tastier, even more addictive. Dried figs, date syrup, cinnamon, cumin… together with the red peppers and the soothing effect of the bulgur are simply delicious. And i haven’t even mentioned the green asparagus that are lying there so beautifully on the bulgur. Eye-catching and together with the bulgur they are also mouth-watering.

We eat this together with one or more other vegetable dishes. The tomato itself is deliciously soft, but the rice is really the winner here. It has a great taste itself, but is also great together with another vegetable dish. The rice is so delicious that it deserves this special ‘packaging’. And… in the pan, most of the time there is some rice left that does not fit in the tomatoes… always a pleasant surprise the next day…