日曜日なので、穏やかな内容を書いています。
料理は好きですが調理師免許は持っていません。
一人暮らしがとても向いていたと自負していますので、長い間、基礎的な料理は好きだが、応用の料理は不得意である、と考えていました。
ですが気が付くと、ある程度の材料で独自の料理が作れるようになっていました。
それで日曜版の皆さんとよく料理の話をしていますので、何処か遠い国からやって来たような、1Cabinにありそうな季節によって上品な絵画的なプリント生地のクロスが掛かり、ガラスの花瓶に1輪の花が入っているテーブルに合う、そういう料理のお話をしたくて、文化料理頁(ぶんかりょうりぺーじ)というカテゴリを始めます。
第一回は "イタリアン粥(かゆ)" です。
此れはお米のお粥をトマト缶で赫く染めて煮て、鶏肉のぶつ切りを入れ、洋風の味付けをして、お皿によそってから粉チーズと緑のタバスコか赤のタバスコを掛けて頂く料理です。
合わせる飲み物は、やはりコンビニエンスストアで取り扱っているワイン、白ならすっきりフルーティな味。赤なら軽くて同様に果物の味が強く出ているものが合うと思います。
実はトラムでご協力頂いたYuuさんから、気さくな値段のテーブルワインの赤は、デキャンタと言って、大ぶりのガラスのピッチャー、無ければコーヒーを落とすフラスコに瓶から移して、3時間常温で置いておくと、味がまろやかに深くなるそうと教えていただいています。
コンビニワインで赤を買ったのに、少しカジュアルな渋みが出過ぎていたり、味のコントラストが強くて尖りすぎていたら、デキャンタをして飲んでみてください。
私はコンビニワインはローソンがお気に入りです。
イタリアン粥(かゆ)
材料
米 2合
コンソメキューブ 4ケ
水 2リットル
鶏肉ぶつ切り 1パック
トマト缶 1ケ
大蒜(にんにくチューブ) 15センチ(2プッシュ)
大蒜(にんにく) 3欠片
塩麹 小匙1/2 無ければ塩 小匙1/2
黒胡椒 大匙1/2
食事の時用
1杯目
粉チーズ(マイルドがベター)
タバスコ緑
2杯目用
粉チーズ
タバスコ赤
1 水2リットルを鍋に入れ コンソメキューブ4ケと米2合、鶏肉を全部入れ、強火に掛ける。米が水を吸って膨れるので、鍋は中ずん胴タイプが望ましい。なければカレーを作る鍋が適している
2 沸騰して鶏肉のアクが出て来たら、デートル(お玉のこと)ですくって捨てる
3 火を中弱火にし、残りの調味料を全部入れ、15分タイマーを掛け、蓋を10センチずらしたまま乗せ、吹き溢れるようであればさらに火を弱めて15分煮る
4 味を見て塩味が足りない様なら、塩を1つまみか2つまみ足す
5 皿によそった後、粉チーズを大匙1を目安に掛け、その上にタバスコの緑を5回振り掛ける
2杯目は、粉チーズを同量掛けた後、赤いタバスコを1回振り掛ける
此のお粥は、或るお休みの日に洋風お粥が食べたくなったので、 家にストックしてあったトマト缶と大蒜と鶏肉で作りました。
洋風お粥と言えば私はフランス料理の牛乳粥を連想するのですが、その日はミルク味が重いように感じたので。
こちらも週末を過ごす、ウィークエンド・ロール・ミールとして二日分持ちますので、夜の気温が25度前後から真冬の始まりまで、皆さんが過ごす1Cabinのお部屋のテーブルに合うと思います。
Enamel
Prof.O. です。
この料理はとてもエスニックな味わいとイタリアンな味わいが合流しています。
僕は以前イタリアの舗上で窓を見上げ、美しい花柄のカーテンが旗めいて居るのを見掛けました。
明日は何の日なのだろう、とふと思いました。
変ですね。
明日も唯の1日なのに。
きっと寄る辺無い気持ちだったのでしょうね。
それから夜が来て、気持ちが持ち直し、明るいテーブルに着きました。
そんな料理です。楽しんで召し上がって下さい。
Prof.O.
それでは素敵な日曜日をお過ごし下さい。
追伸
セブンイレブンにはピザの1カットから売っていますよ。
レジカウンターの真ん中にあるフードケースの中をご確認下さい。
20260823 18:12 追伸を追加しました。
Since it’s Sunday, I’m writing something gentle.
I like cooking, but I don’t have a culinary license.
I pride myself on being well-suited to living alone, so for a long time, I thought I enjoyed basic cooking but wasn’t good at more advanced dishes.
But before I knew it, I’d become able to create my own dishes using just a few ingredients.
Since I often talk about cooking with everyone on the Sunday edition, I’d like to share recipes that would fit perfectly on a table draped with a seasonal, elegant, painterly print tablecloth—the kind you might find in a 1Cabin, as if it came from some faraway country—with a single flower in a glass vase. With that in mind, I’m launching a new category called “Cultural Cuisine.”
The first installment is “Italian Rice Porridge.”
This dish involves simmering rice porridge in canned tomatoes until it turns a deep red, adding chunks of chicken, seasoning it in a Western style, serving it on a plate, and then topping it with grated cheese and either green or red Tabasco sauce.
As for drinks to pair with it, I’d recommend wine from a convenience store—if it’s white, something crisp and fruity; if it’s red, something light with a similarly strong fruity flavor.
Actually, Yuu—who helped out with the tram segment—told me that for an affordably priced red table wine, you should decant it: pour it from the bottle into a large glass pitcher (or, if you don’t have one, a coffee flask) and let it sit at room temperature for three hours. This will mellow the flavor and add depth.
If you’ve bought a red wine from a convenience store and find it has a bit too much casual astringency or the flavor is too sharp and harsh, try decanting it before drinking.
My favorite convenience store wine is from Lawson.
Italian-Style Rice Porridge
Ingredients
Rice: 2 go
Consommé cubes: 4
Water: 2 liters
Chicken chunks: 1 pack
Canned tomatoes: 1 can
Garlic (tube): 15 cm (2 squeezes)
Garlic (cloves): 3 cloves
Salted rice malt: 1/2 teaspoon (or 1/2 teaspoon salt if unavailable)
Black pepper: 1/2 tablespoon
For serving
First bowl
Grated cheese (mild is best)
Green Tabasco
For the second bowl
Grated cheese
Red Tabasco
1. Pour 2 liters of water into a pot. Add 4 consommé cubes, 2 go of rice, and all the chicken, then bring to a boil over high heat. Since the rice will absorb the water and expand, a medium-sized, deep pot is recommended. If you don’t have one, a pot used for making curry is suitable.
2. Once it comes to a boil and scum rises to the surface from the chicken, skim it off with a ladle and discard it.
3. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add all the remaining seasonings, set a timer for 15 minutes, and place the lid on with a 10-centimeter gap. If it looks like it might boil over, reduce the heat further and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Taste the dish; if it’s not salty enough, add one or two pinches of salt.
5. After serving onto plates, sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of grated cheese over each portion, then shake the green Tabasco sauce five times over the top.
For the second serving, sprinkle the same amount of grated cheese, then shake the red Tabasco sauce once over the top.
I like cooking, but I don’t have a culinary license.
I pride myself on being well-suited to living alone, so for a long time, I thought I enjoyed basic cooking but wasn’t good at more advanced dishes.
But before I knew it, I’d become able to create my own dishes using just a few ingredients.
Since I often talk about cooking with everyone on the Sunday edition, I’d like to share recipes that would fit perfectly on a table draped with a seasonal, elegant, painterly print tablecloth—the kind you might find in a 1Cabin, as if it came from some faraway country—with a single flower in a glass vase. With that in mind, I’m launching a new category called “Cultural Cuisine.”
The first installment is “Italian Rice Porridge.”
This dish involves simmering rice porridge in canned tomatoes until it turns a deep red, adding chunks of chicken, seasoning it in a Western style, serving it on a plate, and then topping it with grated cheese and either green or red Tabasco sauce.
As for drinks to pair with it, I’d recommend wine from a convenience store—if it’s white, something crisp and fruity; if it’s red, something light with a similarly strong fruity flavor.
Actually, Yuu—who helped out with the tram segment—told me that for an affordably priced red table wine, you should decant it: pour it from the bottle into a large glass pitcher (or, if you don’t have one, a coffee flask) and let it sit at room temperature for three hours. This will mellow the flavor and add depth.
If you’ve bought a red wine from a convenience store and find it has a bit too much casual astringency or the flavor is too sharp and harsh, try decanting it before drinking.
My favorite convenience store wine is from Lawson.
Italian-Style Rice Porridge
Ingredients
Rice: 2 go
Consommé cubes: 4
Water: 2 liters
Chicken chunks: 1 pack
Canned tomatoes: 1 can
Garlic (tube): 15 cm (2 squeezes)
Garlic (cloves): 3 cloves
Salted rice malt: 1/2 teaspoon (or 1/2 teaspoon salt if unavailable)
Black pepper: 1/2 tablespoon
For serving
First bowl
Grated cheese (mild is best)
Green Tabasco
For the second bowl
Grated cheese
Red Tabasco
1. Pour 2 liters of water into a pot. Add 4 consommé cubes, 2 go of rice, and all the chicken, then bring to a boil over high heat. Since the rice will absorb the water and expand, a medium-sized, deep pot is recommended. If you don’t have one, a pot used for making curry is suitable.
2. Once it comes to a boil and scum rises to the surface from the chicken, skim it off with a ladle and discard it.
3. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add all the remaining seasonings, set a timer for 15 minutes, and place the lid on with a 10-centimeter gap. If it looks like it might boil over, reduce the heat further and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Taste the dish; if it’s not salty enough, add one or two pinches of salt.
5. After serving onto plates, sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of grated cheese over each portion, then shake the green Tabasco sauce five times over the top.
For the second serving, sprinkle the same amount of grated cheese, then shake the red Tabasco sauce once over the top.
I made this porridge one day off when I felt like having Western-style porridge, using a can of tomatoes, garlic, and chicken that I had on hand.
When I think of Western-style porridge, I usually picture French milk porridge, but that day, the milky flavor felt a bit too heavy.
This dish also serves as a “Weekend Roll Meal” that lasts for two days, so I think it will go well on the tables in your 1Cabin rooms, from nights when the temperature is around 25 degrees until the start of midwinter.
Enamel
This is Prof. O.
This dish blends very ethnic flavors with Italian ones.
I once looked up at a shop window in Italy and saw beautiful floral curtains fluttering in the breeze.
I suddenly wondered, “What special day is tomorrow?”
It’s strange, isn’t it?
Tomorrow is just another ordinary day.
I suppose I must have been feeling a bit adrift at the time.
Then night fell, my spirits lifted, and I sat down at a brightly lit table.
That’s the kind of dish this is. Please enjoy it.
Prof. O.
When I think of Western-style porridge, I usually picture French milk porridge, but that day, the milky flavor felt a bit too heavy.
This dish also serves as a “Weekend Roll Meal” that lasts for two days, so I think it will go well on the tables in your 1Cabin rooms, from nights when the temperature is around 25 degrees until the start of midwinter.
Enamel
This is Prof. O.
This dish blends very ethnic flavors with Italian ones.
I once looked up at a shop window in Italy and saw beautiful floral curtains fluttering in the breeze.
I suddenly wondered, “What special day is tomorrow?”
It’s strange, isn’t it?
Tomorrow is just another ordinary day.
I suppose I must have been feeling a bit adrift at the time.
Then night fell, my spirits lifted, and I sat down at a brightly lit table.
That’s the kind of dish this is. Please enjoy it.
Prof. O.
Well then, have a wonderful Sunday.
Note:
7-Eleven sells pizza by the slice.
Please check the food display case in the middle of the checkout counter.
7-Eleven sells pizza by the slice.
Please check the food display case in the middle of the checkout counter.
20260823 18:12 Added a Note:











