It is the turn of France and Nigeria in today's cook off as the temperature rises in Brazil, so it does in the Sixty6 cook off blogs.
Here we look at how the national dishes of the teams involved in this year's World Cup and how would they fare if the 90 minutes rested on culinary shoulders. All the cook off blogs are in celebration of the launch of Sixty6 Magazine's The Unofficial World Cup Cookbook - an eBook available from Smashwords and the Unofficial World Cup Cookbook site found at www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk and coming very soon to Kindle and Google Books.
So back then to France against Nigeria, which means Tapenade versus Suya.
The Line Ups - France
We could have chosen an array of dishes for the French chapter of the cookbook, however we chose Tapenade in the end in keeping with the simplicity of the dishes, which means more time for the football fan to watch the game. Tapenade of course is the olive based spread to plaster all over a rustic baguette - a healthy version of a match day treat if you like.
The Line Ups - Nigeria
A common theme in the book we found was many national dishes tend to resemble a kebab for some reason. The suya is one of these dishes and fighting the corner for the African version the popular meat dish, perhaps akin to a kofte or shish.
The Cook Off
The two dishes eye each other up as the game is underway, the French tapenade tip toeing around the spicy meat from Africa. Finally the suya makes it move, attacking from the front in all its glory. The French spread though is a subtle yet savvy little number and with the inclusion of a selection of anchovies in the starting line up (which will please one Eric Cantona with his trawler speech and all that) they have the intelligence to stifle any offensive from the Nigerians and their cayenne pepper, spreading themselves like a boa constrictor all over the cubes of meat, with baguettes on the bench not required.
Verdict: France 3 Nigeria 0
Headlines: "A serenade of tapenade for the French"
For the entire range of World Cup recipes see the Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook.
www.sixty6magazine.co.uk
Here we look at how the national dishes of the teams involved in this year's World Cup and how would they fare if the 90 minutes rested on culinary shoulders. All the cook off blogs are in celebration of the launch of Sixty6 Magazine's The Unofficial World Cup Cookbook - an eBook available from Smashwords and the Unofficial World Cup Cookbook site found at www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk and coming very soon to Kindle and Google Books.
So back then to France against Nigeria, which means Tapenade versus Suya.
COOK OFF NO.7 TAPENADE V SUYA
We could have chosen an array of dishes for the French chapter of the cookbook, however we chose Tapenade in the end in keeping with the simplicity of the dishes, which means more time for the football fan to watch the game. Tapenade of course is the olive based spread to plaster all over a rustic baguette - a healthy version of a match day treat if you like.
The Line Ups - Nigeria
A common theme in the book we found was many national dishes tend to resemble a kebab for some reason. The suya is one of these dishes and fighting the corner for the African version the popular meat dish, perhaps akin to a kofte or shish.
The Cook Off
The two dishes eye each other up as the game is underway, the French tapenade tip toeing around the spicy meat from Africa. Finally the suya makes it move, attacking from the front in all its glory. The French spread though is a subtle yet savvy little number and with the inclusion of a selection of anchovies in the starting line up (which will please one Eric Cantona with his trawler speech and all that) they have the intelligence to stifle any offensive from the Nigerians and their cayenne pepper, spreading themselves like a boa constrictor all over the cubes of meat, with baguettes on the bench not required.
Verdict: France 3 Nigeria 0
Headlines: "A serenade of tapenade for the French"
www.sixty6magazine.co.uk
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