From clef to chef...

A Sensible Clef is not far from a sensible chef. So here is a recipe that I have been tinkering with over the past few weeks. Guaranteed to turn the most fearsome Philistine into a gentle viola player:

Cook up some brown rice. (Five parts water to two parts rice (so that the rice ends up quite soft.) Into the boiling water press 4 or 5 cloves of garlic and a tablespoon of curry powder. Chill the cooked rice for a few hours.

Into a cup of the cooked rice mix enough tahini to give the stuff a gooey consistency, added chopped scallions, chopped raw cashews, a dash of bread crumbs and a generous dash of hot smoked Spanish paprika. A dash of Marsala never hurts.

Form small patties and brown well in olive or safflower oil.

Serves enough to feed one Philistine or two viola players.


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