Ep 179: Yotam Ottolenghi
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
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It's Like a Cheese Nutmeg Simulina Under the Grill
My mother on my father's side, she was Italian. They came to Israel just before the Second World War but they felt like they've never left Italy. She used to make Simulina and Yaki which is essentially is cooked down Simulina,. And then you kind of, like, cookies you cut circles with when you spread it out. So for a very long time, I try to make it like she does. But not as good as the way she used to do it. You should be able to recreate it perfectly - it's just whether it's the environment or the way you remember it tasting. It's like having something on holiday and then coming home and saying,
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