Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Winter Panzanella

It has been a terribly long time since the last post, but I'm back on the horse again! 

Paul and I were looking for some winter dinner inspiration, and I found a recipe for a delicious sounding winter panzanella. Paul loves Brussels sprouts, I love butternut squash -- seemed like a good choice. 

We didn't have sherry vinegar, so we made a concoction of sherry and white wine vinegar to soak the red onions, which I'm not sure came out the way it should have. I also totally spaced on using the gray salt, and instead used regular salt with the onions. Oops. I thought there were too many raw onions (and raw onion taste) -- maybe flavor was dulled by using the wrong salt and the lack of sherry vinegar? 

Enjoying the winter colors (and our new camera which captures them quite well)!

Overall, I think it turned out pretty good. As the author of the post (and others) commented, you certainly use a lot of dishes! I would definitely roast both the squash and the croutons together in the future. I'd also do less red onion -- while pretty, I don't need much raw onion to give me that onion-ey taste. Paul and I also thought the addition of chick peas or cannellini beans would be good in the future. Lastly, I'd actually use sherry vinegar instead of whatever crazy mixture we made in hopes of getting the correct flavor next time!