Mushy Pea Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes
Ever wondered what they ate in Europe before the potato? Pease porridge was one of the staples of the diet. Who doesn’t love a good pea soup with ham hock or sausage? Ever thought that mushy peas might make a fantastic pizza sauce? It does. We had a little pea soup left over from dinner last night so I thought I’d give it a shot. My pea soup was made with beef broth and lots of ginger, onions and garlic, and made a lovely bright green flavorful sauce.
This recipe also makes a great gluten and grain free thin crust pizza using almond flour, the recipe for the crust is from a fantastic cookbook I have just gotten: Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Raman Prasad.
Crust:
- 2 t olive oil
- 2 c (220g) almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 c (115g) dry curd cheese
- 1/4 t salt
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TAGS: british, England, Europe, GAPS, gluten-free, grain-free, Holland, mushy pea, pea, pease porridge, pizza, recipe, SCD, traditional, UK
Burmese Dining in London
I was very excited to get a message from a friend in London who was taking her man out for his birthday dinner to Mandalay, which is a very good Burmese restaurant in London, one of the few Burmese restaurants outside of Myanmar in the world. There is also a very good one in San Francisco and a couple in New York, if anyone else knows of any others, please let me know!
Burmese food is really it’s own thing and I highly recommend trying it out if you get a chance. Kat’s message follows:
I just got back from the restaurant and the food was fantastic! I had that coconut chicken noodle soup (Kaukswe) that you recommended and it was divine! It reminded me a bit of Penang Laksa only better ‘cus they use chicken breast which I prefer! So no bones or funny offal stuff that you sometimes get in noodle dishes. I had battered veg for starters a bit like tempura and some lovely chicken samosas. For dessert I had a tapioca pudding in coconut milk (a bit like Gula Melaka) and Jake had a lovely semolina cake (pictured above).
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TAGS: Burmese, England, London, Mandalay, Myanmar, restaurant, review, semolina
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