The Wrath of Grapes; Grape Expectations; You Ungrapeful Bastard
Grapes four ways
Never stop playing with your food! This is one of my favorite kitchen creativity games. Take a single ingredient, and cut it as many ways as you can think of, then observe the way the cuts and textures change your perception. Then take it a step further and let those new perceptions suggest simple flavor pairings.
These enormous, nearly black seedless grapes gave me all sorts of ideas.
- Peeled and rolled in crispy crumbled rice crackers, Hawaiian black salt
- Sliced so thin they are transparent, with fennel pollen and lemon zest
- Peeled and cut into irregular “icebergs” with cilantro/pepita pesto
- Fileted with sunflower butter
- (below) Tops and bottoms removed, thinly sliced vertically, again with the cilantro/pepita pesto
Serve chilled.
Grapes with cilantro/pepita pesto
You’re so creative! The food looks awesome, too. 😉
I like the way you think. Very interesting perspective project. Thank you
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Brilliant!
Fascinating food study! I’ll have to give this a try with some of the random fruits or veggies in my kitchen. I like the “icebergs” 🙂
Those are beautiful–I love seeing things like this, where a humble, simple and affordable ingredient is transformed. Which was your favorite? 🙂
How do you get them so thin?? Great photo and fun idea!
Thanks Kelly! I think my favorite was the bottom picture, the 2nd variation with the pesto. The pic doesn't show it so well, but the light coming through the grapes was pretty.
@deana – Just a very sharp knife! But a mandoline would work too if you are careful.