{"id":62,"date":"2010-12-02T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.wordpress.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2012-01-16T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T01:29:40","slug":"recipe-1-summer-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Champagne Cocktail with Elderflower, Mint and Lychee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This delicious cocktail is a perfect summer evening drink. The contrast of the dry champagne and crisp mint with the sweet elderflower and lychee is truly delectable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Serve in a champagne glass \u2013 makes 6<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Champagne (or Prosseco)<\/p>\n<p>St Germain (a French liqueur of elderflower blossoms)<\/p>\n<p>6 fresh lychees \u2013 peeled and de-stoned (tinned is OK if you can\u2019t get fresh)<\/p>\n<p>Fresh mint leaves<\/p>\n<p>Fill three-quarters of the glass with champagne. Add 5-6 mint leaves (if you gently crush them in the palm of your hand it will release the flavour) and a lychee. Top glass off with St Germain. Give it a very quick stir and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenoustales.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/mg_5052.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"_MG_5052\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenoustales.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/mg_5052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mg_5052.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mg_5052-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mg_5052-428x300.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grilled Haloumi with Fresh Pear and Pomegranate Molasses<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is one of Medina\u2019s most popular dishes. The chef, Franco, fuses the tastes of Cyprus and the Middle East in this mouth-watering meal. Thick, creamy haloumi is complemented with fresh, tart green pear and decadent pomegranate molasses. This dish is sure to delight any palate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Serve on either a single platter or individual plates for your guests \u2013 serves 6<\/em><\/p>\n<p>250g haloumi<\/p>\n<p>Butter<\/p>\n<p>2 large,\u00a0firm green pears<\/p>\n<p>Pomegranate molasses<\/p>\n<p>3\u00a0handfuls of baby rocket leaves, rinsed and dried<\/p>\n<p>Extra virgin olive oil<\/p>\n<p>Sea salt and cracked black pepper<\/p>\n<p>Place rocket on a plate and lightly dress with extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Finely slice pear and put to one side. Cut haloumi into slices (approx. 2cm thick). Heat a heavy, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter with a little olive oil, to prevent butter from burning. When sizzling, place slices of haloumi in a single layer and cook until each side is golden brown. Repeat if all the haloumi does not fits in one pan.<\/p>\n<p>Once the haloumi is cooked, turn off the heat and quickly toss\u00a0pear through. Transfer the pear and haloumi onto the bed of rocket. Drizzle generously with pomegranate molasses. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This delicious cocktail is a perfect summer evening drink. The contrast of the dry champagne and crisp mint with the sweet elderflower and lychee is truly delectable. Serve in a champagne glass \u2013 makes 6 Champagne (or Prosseco) St Germain (a French liqueur of elderflower blossoms) 6 fresh lychees \u2013 peeled and de-stoned (tinned is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ravenoustales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}