I live in Italy, I cook wherever you want, and every month I look forward to the arrival of the new deliciousnederland magazine to be inspired. The december edition is full of great ideas for Christmas cooking, or winter cooking in general. Working with pastry, especially puff pastry, to wrap up food in a special … More Something special
The body guard of the house, our French bulldog Pillo, is really ill. We brought him to a wonderful animal clinic in Pistoia, 1h40mins drive from Siena. For his recovery he needs to eat, and most important of all, he needs to know that we haven’t abandoned him. It’s a question of organization to prepare … More Pasta with Sicilian meat balls and courgettes are a delight in your mouth after a few hours drive
Certain tools are so nice to have, but often end up in a corner of your kitchen without being used frequently. In our rather small kitchen in Siena all our kitchen tools are really visible, and thus much easier not to be forgotten. Today it’s time for the Portugese cataplana. Chop 400 grams of paksoi, … More Be inventive with kitchen tools
It’s cold outside. Let’s heat our internal system ;-). Arrabiata is on our menu list for this week, but is already on the blog in the most traditional way. Thus? Chop 4 garlic cloves, 1 red onion and 4 cm of fresh ginger. Fry in a drizzle of arachid oil. Add 1 table spoon of … More Time for a real spicy dish
For 2p, mix 2 chopped sweet potatoes, 3 chopped normal potatoes and 1 chopped little taste pumpkin of 800 grams, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 4 garlic cloves unpeeled, 3 bay leaves and a drizzle of olive oil in a large flat oven dish and bake for 40 mins at 180°. Remove the oven dish … More In a cold season, warm colors on your plate
Start with the tikka masala. Fry 1 chopped red onion, 2 chopped spicy peppers, 3 chopped garlic cloves. Add 1 tea spoon of coriander powder, 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 2 table spoons of garam masala. Bake shortly and add 2 cans of peeled tomatoes. Simmer for 30-40 mins. Add 200 ml of coconut milk … More Surf and turf in a tikka masala
For 2p roll balls of 400 grams of mixed sausage meat and chicken meat, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of the coriander oil (blogpost), pepper and salt. Bake in the oven at 180°. Clean and cut 1 small cauliflower in little roses. Mix all this with 1 table spoon of coriander oil, 2 … More Cauliflower, ovenbaked tomatoes and meatballs
For 2p marinate 250 grams of chicken filet in a mixture of 1 chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 1 table spoon of coriander, 1 teaspoon of turmeric, 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon of sweet paprika powder, 1 teaspoon of ras el hanout, the juice of 1 lemon … More Dates, perfect in sweet and spicy recipes
Originally this recipe is made with ham, but for non-meat-eaters smoked salmon is a delicious and perfect alternative. For 2p boil 6 chicory stumps (almost 1kilo) until al dente. Drain thoroughly (a few hours in advance), put some weight on the chicory to press out most of the liquid) and keep 300 ml of the … More This is Belgian, chicory in the oven with a cheesy sauce
We need fat in our daily menu, and mainly good fat, fat to protect us against cardiovascular events. Fat fish, prepared in an healthy way, is a perfect deliverer of this good fat. Above all, is it so cheap. The mackerel family is not so very attractive to grill or bake in the house because … More Mackerel, so cheap and so much of ‘good fat’
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