Dishes featuring fresh oregano
I have a lovely, large oregano plant and am looking for ideas-appetizers, sauces, whatever. All suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
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I have a lovely, large oregano plant and am looking for ideas-appetizers, sauces, whatever. All suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
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Salsa verde - good with any kind of grilled meat, fish or vegetable. And I really love roasted red/yellow peppers, marinated in good olive oil, garlic and oregano - with some crumbled feta or griddled haloumi, a fantastic appetizer.
Also, make pickled red onions: Warm the vinegar + water solution with the sprigs of oregano in the bottom of the jar; when doing this (I like this iteration for tacos), I also crush and wrap in a cheesecloth bundle a teaspoon or so of cumin seeds, three or four allspice berries, and some peppercorns; that bundle goes into the brine with the sprigs. Then I add the sliced onions, heat in the microwave for 45 seconds at 80% and let them sit for at least a few hours. A full day is better.
Fresh oregano is also wonderful in a frittata or omelet with artichoke hearts + feta. ;o)
Or stuff some springs and lemon slices into a whole branzino and grill. Also nice on swordfish. I like it with fresh squeezed orange juice and olive oil in a salad dressing too. Make oregano butter or freeze some mixed with oil in an ice cube tray.
Oregano is also good, chopped, in meatballs; and with ground beef + cumin + a dollop/good squeeze of tomato paste, for tacos (I add finely chopped cilantro stems as well; the cilantro leaves go onto the taco with the other fillings).
If your plant doesn't thrive all year, don't forget to dry some for the winter months, toward the end of the season. ;o)
Worked into bread or rolls, before second rise.
With two or three other soft-leaf herbs and used in quantity in green salad (about 2:1 lettuce:herbs by volume).