delectabilia
Mostly healthy - Always delectable
Known as “entrée” in North America, the main course is the focus of the meal, the gastronomic climax – more complex and substantial than what precedes or follows it.
A dish of potato, rice, and tomato sauce doesn’t sound anywhere near as impressive as this potato risotto al salto with roasted tomato sauce turned out to be. Pan-frying leftover potato risotto transformed it from something good to something outstanding.
With two of the worlds healthiest foods together in one delicious stew, there is no excuse not to try this. Nutrient-dense and probiotic-rich kimchi works together with fibre and protein-loaded beans to create a truly nutritious and delicious kimchi stew.
Packages of tasty, succulent duck breast, these duck dumplings are served in a mushroom and smoky bacon consommé. The consommé may look unassuming, but its intensity and clarity of flavour will take you by surprise.
Miso shines a light on the earthy sweetness of the pumpkin, bringing to life this delectable pumpkin miso soup. The chorizo drizzle adds a sparkle that only spicy chorizo can.
This hearty curry soup with its satisfyingly chewy udon noodles and the tasty, succulent duck is a dish that will leave you feeling content.
These black and white beans exhibit an earthiness complemented by a vegetarian broth infused with the heavenly spices and aromatics that make Vietnamese phở so distinctive.
A variation on oyakodon, this tanindon or donburi (rice bowl), tops the rice with salmon and green onion lightly poached in seasoned dashi stock. This, in turn, is topped with a raw egg yolk.
The star of this dish is the cauliflower purée. While the teriyaki salmon and pickled vegetables are truly delicious in their own right, it is the purée that harmonizes these diverse flavours into a dish worthy of a very special occasion.
Chazuke, meaning tea over rice, is comfort food in Japan. Here we swap out the white rice for tasty mixed rice and stir through savoury miso cured salmon.
Phở has taken its rightful place as one of the great soups of the world. However, if you are avoiding beef, what do you do? This duck phở will more than satisfy you, bringing the wonderful flavour of duck to this aromatic broth.
Using one of the most succulent and tasty cuts of lamb, this marinated rack of lamb is paired with creamy herbed parmesan polenta and a delectable gravy.
Medicinal herbs add an unusual complexity to the rich dark broth of pork and chicken bones and braised duck. This Vietnamese duck noodle soup really does make you feel better.
Runny egg yolk sauce sounds like decadence. When poured over crispy fried tofu, we achieve equilibrium – life in balance.
A hearty chowder with layers of flavour built upon the charred corn and miso.
Inspired by delicious mapo tofu, this mapo beans dish adds sweet and nutty notes by substituting the tofu for speckled calico lima beans: a distinctly different flavor, texture, and nutrition profile.
