SUMMER BALLERINA PASTA Courtesy of chef Oren Goldwasser, Pasta Fiori.✔ 500-600 gr. fresh basil “ballerina” pasta from Fiori ✔ 2 Tbsp. olive oil ✔ 2 cloves garlic, sliced ✔ 4 thin slices of chili pepper (red or green) ✔ Mixed mushrooms (from the Marina mushroom stall) ✔ Handful of parsley leaves ✔ 1 lemon ✔ Salt and pepper ✔ 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese ✔ 2 sage leavesBoil a pot full of water. Add a pinch of salt. When the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook for 2 minutes.Strain the pasta and save some of the cooking water.Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a large skillet.Sauté the garlic in the skillet and add chili, sage and mushroom. When golden, add 1⁄2 a ladle of the cooking water and season with salt and pepper. Pour the strained pasta into the skillet, add the Parmesan and mix until the sauce covers all the pasta.Divide into serving plates, grate a little lemon zest over each plate, drizzle a few drops of the best olive oil you have on each serving, and sprinkle some parsley leaves. Top with a few shavings of Parmesan cheese.CREAMY POLENTAThe Kitchen Market is an innovative restaurant on the second floor of the farmers’ market. Chef Yossi Shitrit serves modern international cuisine that is influenced by French cuisine but is much lighter and has many other influences from Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. The Kitchen Market is also home to courses in raw food and vegan cooking.Shitrit says polenta can accompany many dishes, including fish and vegetarian dishes.✔ 1 cup cornmeal✔ 1 cup milk ✔ 1 cup cream ✔ 1 clove garlic, minced ✔ Zest of 1 lemon ✔ Salt to taste ✔ 2 tsp. truffle oil (optional)Put all the ingredients in a pot and cook over low heat, mixing constantly until mixture becomes soft and creamy. Serve on a plate, topped with your choice of fish or vegetable stew.CRISPY POLENTAAdd 1⁄2 cup Parmesan cheese and 200 gr.butter to the basic cooked polenta. Spread on a baking sheet a couple of centimeters thick. Place in the refrigerator overnight.The next day, cut the cooled polenta into cubes or fingers and dip in flour, then egg and then bread crumbs. Fry on both sides until golden.OKRA WITH LABANEH AND CHICKPEAS Makes 4 Tapas in the Market is a fun-filled place located at the entrance of the farmers’ market. The fashionable tapas bar offers a wide selection of small dishes, some typically adapted from the Barcelona cuisine and others created by local chef Barak Aharoni.Diners are invited to sit around the open kitchen and enjoy watching the cooks prepare the delicious tapas or sit outside, enjoying the sea breeze. Aharoni is known for his fresh and robust Mediterranean cuisine. He likes to use seasonal produce purchased at the market and prepared in front of diners.In the following dish, he fries the fresh okra, giving it crispness and maintaining the vivid green color and fresh taste.✔ 2 Baladi eggplants ✔ 20 leaves of fresh mint ✔ 1⁄2 Tbsp. dried mint ✔ 1 garlic clove, minced ✔ 1 kg. labaneh ✔ 2 cups sour cream ✔ 1⁄2 cup cooked chickpeas ✔ 1⁄2 green chili, chopped, seeds removed ✔ 11⁄2 Tbsp. olive oil ✔ Salt ✔ 200 gr. okra ✔ 1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced ✔ 1 onion, sliced ✔ 1 tomato, chopped ✔ 10 fresh mint leaves, chopped ✔ 1⁄2 chili, seeds removed, thinly sliced (optional) ✔ Juice of 1⁄2 lemonRoast eggplant over open flame or in the oven. Roasting over open flame gives the eggplant a unique smoked taste, so try to use a grill or a gas-stove top. When ready, peel and remove the stem. For added smoked flavor, keep 1⁄2 of the burnt peel and chop separately.Coarsely chop the cooked eggplant.In a bowl, mix labaneh and sour cream.Add the cooked eggplant, burnt peel and chili. Add the minced garlic and both kinds of mint. Mix and add the chickpeas.Mix again. Add olive oil and salt and taste.Cook the okra carefully. Chop off the top of the okra stem, but not all of it.Heat an iron skillet and add 1-2 Tbsp.olive oil. In a bowl, mix okra, onion and zucchini and pour into the skillet. Toss.Keep cooking until browned slightly and tenderized but not too soft.In a separate bowl, mix together the chopped tomatoes, mint, chili, olive oil and lemon juice.Remove okra from heat and add to the tomato mixture. Season with salt.To serve: Arrange the eggplant-labaneh mixture on each plate and top with the okra. Drizzle a few drops of olive oil over each dish.Follow @JPost_Lifestyle
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SUMMER BALLERINA PASTA Courtesy of chef Oren Goldwasser, Pasta Fiori.✔ 500-600 gr. fresh basil “ballerina” pasta from Fiori ✔ 2 Tbsp. olive oil ✔ 2 cloves garlic, sliced ✔ 4 thin slices of chili pepper (red or green) ✔ Mixed mushrooms (from the Marina mushroom stall) ✔ Handful of parsley leaves ✔ 1 lemon ✔ Salt and pepper ✔ 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese ✔ 2 sage leavesBoil a pot full of water. Add a pinch of salt. When the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook for 2 minutes.Strain the pasta and save some of the cooking water.Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a large skillet.Sauté the garlic in the skillet and add chili, sage and mushroom. When golden, add 1⁄2 a ladle of the cooking water and season with salt and pepper. Pour the strained pasta into the skillet, add the Parmesan and mix until the sauce covers all the pasta.Divide into serving plates, grate a little lemon zest over each plate, drizzle a few drops of the best olive oil you have on each serving, and sprinkle some parsley leaves. Top with a few shavings of Parmesan cheese.CREAMY POLENTAThe Kitchen Market is an innovative restaurant on the second floor of the farmers’ market. Chef Yossi Shitrit serves modern international cuisine that is influenced by French cuisine but is much lighter and has many other influences from Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. The Kitchen Market is also home to courses in raw food and vegan cooking.Shitrit says polenta can accompany many dishes, including fish and vegetarian dishes.✔ 1 cup cornmeal✔ 1 cup milk ✔ 1 cup cream ✔ 1 clove garlic, minced ✔ Zest of 1 lemon ✔ Salt to taste ✔ 2 tsp. truffle oil (optional)Put all the ingredients in a pot and cook over low heat, mixing constantly until mixture becomes soft and creamy. Serve on a plate, topped with your choice of fish or vegetable stew.CRISPY POLENTAAdd 1⁄2 cup Parmesan cheese and 200 gr.butter to the basic cooked polenta. Spread on a baking sheet a couple of centimeters thick. Place in the refrigerator overnight.The next day, cut the cooled polenta into cubes or fingers and dip in flour, then egg and then bread crumbs. Fry on both sides until golden.OKRA WITH LABANEH AND CHICKPEAS Makes 4 Tapas in the Market is a fun-filled place located at the entrance of the farmers’ market. The fashionable tapas bar offers a wide selection of small dishes, some typically adapted from the Barcelona cuisine and others created by local chef Barak Aharoni.Diners are invited to sit around the open kitchen and enjoy watching the cooks prepare the delicious tapas or sit outside, enjoying the sea breeze. Aharoni is known for his fresh and robust Mediterranean cuisine. He likes to use seasonal produce purchased at the market and prepared in front of diners.In the following dish, he fries the fresh okra, giving it crispness and maintaining the vivid green color and fresh taste.✔ 2 Baladi eggplants ✔ 20 leaves of fresh mint ✔ 1⁄2 Tbsp. dried mint ✔ 1 garlic clove, minced ✔ 1 kg. labaneh ✔ 2 cups sour cream ✔ 1⁄2 cup cooked chickpeas ✔ 1⁄2 green chili, chopped, seeds removed ✔ 11⁄2 Tbsp. olive oil ✔ Salt ✔ 200 gr. okra ✔ 1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced ✔ 1 onion, sliced ✔ 1 tomato, chopped ✔ 10 fresh mint leaves, chopped ✔ 1⁄2 chili, seeds removed, thinly sliced (optional) ✔ Juice of 1⁄2 lemonRoast eggplant over open flame or in the oven. Roasting over open flame gives the eggplant a unique smoked taste, so try to use a grill or a gas-stove top. When ready, peel and remove the stem. For added smoked flavor, keep 1⁄2 of the burnt peel and chop separately.Coarsely chop the cooked eggplant.In a bowl, mix labaneh and sour cream.Add the cooked eggplant, burnt peel and chili. Add the minced garlic and both kinds of mint. Mix and add the chickpeas.Mix again. Add olive oil and salt and taste.Cook the okra carefully. Chop off the top of the okra stem, but not all of it.Heat an iron skillet and add 1-2 Tbsp.olive oil. In a bowl, mix okra, onion and zucchini and pour into the skillet. Toss.Keep cooking until browned slightly and tenderized but not too soft.In a separate bowl, mix together the chopped tomatoes, mint, chili, olive oil and lemon juice.Remove okra from heat and add to the tomato mixture. Season with salt.To serve: Arrange the eggplant-labaneh mixture on each plate and top with the okra. Drizzle a few drops of olive oil over each dish.Follow @JPost_Lifestyle