Perhaps surprisingly given that we’ve been deluged with guests for the last month, we haven’t actually cooked for them much, or at least, cooked anything we’d dare post. As anyone who’s been a host knows, having guests is an exhausting experience, but especially so when you’re playing the role of tour guide too, so here are two simple side dishes instead of something that required more lengthy preparation.
We ate them with some enormously meaty lamb rib chops and a fat lump of hanger steak that had both been rubbed with a chipotle-cumin-Mexican oregano mix. A hearty red Zinfandel accompanied it all fearlessly.
Purple Potatoes with Red Onion and Queso de Cotija
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1lb purple potatoes
- 1 red onion, finely sliced into rings
- 4 tbsp grated cotija
- 2 tbsp good olive oil
- 2tbsp chopped cilantro
- kosher salt to taste
Recipe
- Boil potatoes until they will easily fall off a knife poked into them
- Drain potatoes and while still hot, return to pot with onions, oil, cilantro and cheese.
- Mix ingredients well.
Pattypan Squash with Pumpkin Seeds (Pepitas)
Ingredients
- 1lb pattypan squash
- 1/2cup pumpkin seeds
- kosher salt
- Lots of fresh-ground black pepper
- 2tbsp unsalted butter
Recipe
- Toast pumpkin seeds in a dry pan until lightly browned, but no more. Reserve.
- Boil squash for five minutes or until tender (but not soft)
- Drain and, again, while still hot, return to pan with butter, pumpkin seeds, salt and pepper
- Combine ingredients well and serve on the side of plenty of red meat.
love the cotija and potatoes. makes me think….
I just knew it…Amy was a Donny Osmond fan. 😉
I love the cotija cheese addition. That is one of my favorite cheeses and I bet it went great with the potatoes.
I love purple potatoes because they’re always so pretty. And with cotija? YES!
This is such a special meal. I like those purple potatoes.
I love finishing touches and cilantro and pepitas are two of my favorites. Gives everything a little bit of a Latin twist.
thoses pattypan squashes are just fantastic, like little alien spaceships…..
both lovely and original as usual ( you do make me feel a bit boring.) you have also got me in the mood for fearless red wine and big pieces of red meat
Hope all is well and good in your new place – vast I hope.
Hmmm. Vast wouldn’t be the word I would use. But compared to the other place it is!
Delightful combination of exciting vegetables and excellent colour choice !
Cute pattypan squashes and dramatic purple potatoes make an irresistible side-dish… You got me drooling with envy and thinking about some other devilish match…
Great post !
Everything looks delicious!
Stunning pictures Chicos! With side dishes like this, who wants a first or a second? Absolutely delicious :D. Ain’t purple potatoes cool? I love them!!!
I remember eating your purple potatoes–but it was italian style WIT LOTSA GARLIC
Miamm, what a delicious meal. Very colorful s well.
Leftovers are impossible with something this good…
Pattypan squash – I have never heard of nor seen these adorable little guys. They made me laugh! And Zin is definitely the go-to wine for zesty food. Cool close-up shot of the purple spuds – I had no idea what they were and couldn’t wait to read your post to find out!
The potatoes are beautiful. The color is outstanding! Good idea to toss them with a little cotija, which is one of the fave cheeses right now. 🙂
What a colorful plate. Where these those “Russian Blue” potatoes or the Asian purple yams?
Hey marc! They were the russian blue potatoes. i’d love to get my hands on some of those asian purple yams… they are even more gorgeous than the russian ones!
Great interesting combinations! I’m really liking the pepitas with squash.
LL
wow!! looks amazing!
i love how salty cotija is