river&ravey

A glimpse of the world through our eyes. Filled with food, friends and hopefully some useful stuff too!

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Guacamole (a river special)

I am not exaggerating when I tell you that river is famous here in the Dominican Republic (and probably a host of other countries as well) for her guacamole. This recipe is seriously delicious and I promise you it will become your new mission in life to have this with every meal. People may even find you with your head in the fridge, a spoon in your mouth and a slightly guilty (it’s guacamole not crack...come on people) look on your face at being caught.

The recipe is in Spanish, river’s mother tongue, I’m sure you’ll figure it out!

ingredientes 1 aguacate 1 tomate 1 cebolla 1-2 ajos a tu gusto Cilantro 1 lima sal pimienta

materiales/herramientas necesarios bol tenedor tabla para cortar cuchillo

preparación

1. trocear bien fino, cuanto más pequeño trocees mejor, lacebolla, ajos, cilantro y tomate; ponerlo en el bol. 2. cortar el aguacate por la mitad y conservar la semilla en el bol. Con el cuchillo realizar cortes transversales y longitudinales en la carne del aguacate y con la ayuda del tenedor retirar la cáscara para que el aguacate caiga en el bol ya troceado. 3. añadir el jugo de la lima, puedes usar el mismo tenedor, cortando la lima por la mitad y pinchando el centro de la lima con el tenedor exprimir el jugo en el bol. 4. usar el tenedor para que la mezcla tome la consistencia de un puree. 5. el Guacamole está listo para servir! Puedes servirlo como un entrante a compartir con algún chip crujiente, como ensalada o acompañando algún plato de carne. 6. estupendo para complementar tacos, burritos o nachos.

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Passionfruit Mojito (river & ravey original)

So here is our attempt to recreate the delicious mojitos we had at Onnos. Enjoy!

ingredients passionfruit white rum a few sprigs of mint brown sugar soda water

tools preferably a pestle and mortar but a fork or spoon will work cups of your choice (fancy not fancy go wild...I mean we’re talking about cups here) instructions 1. break the passionfruit in half and scoop the insides into a cup (we were lazy and did the drinks one at a time. You can throw the ingredients into a blender if you have one). 2. using the fork squish the passionfruit as much as possible  3. pour in the rum (use your own judgment but watch out when making others drinks they may like it stronger or weaker. I am known as a heavy handed pourer...) 4. add the sugar and soda water. 5. rip up the mint and give it all a stir and it’s bottoms up!

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The Eli special (An Eli original)

There’s nothing better than heading to a BBQ. Well, maybe one thing. Going to a BBQ and being introduced to a badass new recipe. I am highly allergic to pineapple but this dish was so mouth-wateringly delicious I was incredibly tempted to grab my epi pen and just tuck in. I mean, I was surrounded by medical professionals but alas, river decided it was best that she taste tested this one.  ingredients 1 pineapple  1 onion a handful of cilantro

tools chopping board sharp knife bowl preparation 1. chop everything up into chunks  2. mix in the bowl 3. tuck in options: river suggested adding a squeeze of lime. If you are allergic to lime throw in some apple cider vinegar. This goes great with tacos of all kinds but river is convinced that this recipe was destined for fish tacos.

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Onnos - The night of the mojito

river decided we needed to expand our horizons, both location and drinks wise. So we adventured to Onnos. This is a great place to relax, there is a bar at the back that ends right on the beach. You can dangle your toes in the sand, people watch and sip a nice cool drink. Do I really need to say anymore?

I (ravey) am usually a bartender’s worst nightmare. When it comes to cocktails I am pretty much allergic to everything that makes them well...cocktails. Limes, lemons, chocolate, pineapple...the list is so long I am going to stop. But at Onnos it looks like they cater for everyone. We had choices. Excellent! We all went for mojitos and tried the whole range from strawberry to passionfruit to the classic (I avoided this one). They were delicious, the atmosphere was great - definitely a recommended hang out spot.

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Go with the flow

river & ravey was born from a friendship forged during an adventure. The idea behind river & ravey is to catalogue and  to capture the adventure of “drifting” around the world, growing and evolving as people and to share these adventures with you. We love travelling and meeting new people, learning from different cultures, and tasting new flavours. When river and I sat down to talk about what this blog was going to be, it was impossible to reduce it down to one manageable beast. Manageable beast, you say? Umm explain yourself. Yeah, people’s interests are more complicated than a sentence. Earth shattering knowledge I am laying on you here. I know…  So you know what? We’re not going to even try to tame the beast. All you’re going to find here is raw and unadulterated passion for the joy of trying something new. We will be taking random turns, exploring different ideas. Maybe they work out, maybe they don’t, but we are going to enjoy them none-the-less. Follow us as we try new things and maybe along the way you will be inspired to try new things with us.

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