Ingredients that are only ever prepared one way

[Shalmanese]

A discussion on ortolans had me thinking, I've only ever seen one recipe for ortolan, the one where they drown them in brandy and then roast them and eat them under a hanker chief.

What other ingredients are there where, 90+% of the time, they're only eaten in one type of preparation? And for those, do actual variation recipes exist?

I would love to see alternative recipes for ortolan.

[ElsieD]

Did you know they are a protected species in Europe?

[Shalmanese]

I do. And on the note of protected species, shark fin & birds nest are also always prepared as soup.

[Shalmanese]

Is there any other use for arborio rice other than risotto?

[TongoRad]

Is there any other use for arborio rice other than risotto?

It makes a hell of a rice pudding.

[vice]

I use it for paella when I don't have Valencia around.

[andiesenji]

Is there any other use for arborio rice other than risotto?

I cook it until very creamy then into a blender (or my Thermomix, in which the rice or risotto has been cooked) to make a savory or sweet rice "cream" that can be used as a sauce, either savory or sweet, as a base for a cream soup or as a substitute for cream gravy - especially good over pork chops.

Edited August 22, 2010 by andiesenji (log)

[Kat Tanaka Okopnik]

Actually, bird's nest is also used as a dessert along with hasma.

[percival]

Hot vit lon/balut or fertilized ducks eggs. Hard boil em, eat with Vietnamese coriander.