I’m back after a few days in Belgium. I always try hard to give ‘quality’ priority to ‘quantity’, but I will have to practice more. One of my daughters, Lisbet has a lovely appartment in Leuven which has become my ‘private Airbnb’. I love to visit local supermarkets and buying a few ingredients which I … More Family time in Belgium
Mackerel is a real cheap fish. Mackerel filets are perfect to store in the freezer. So if they are available I will always buy a portion for a later occasion. 300 grams is a perfect portion for 2p. This recipe, which I found in the Christmas edition of delicious.nl is goodloocking and tasty. Blanch 8 … More Mackerel in a coat
I don’t think I ever tasted black cabbage before we moved to Tuscany. It’s one of the protagonist of the famous ribollita, a traditional Tuscan soup. You can find my first cooking experiment with black cabbage at the beginning of the blog. It wasn’t really successful 🤓, too much and not enough cooked, it tasted … More It’s about time to give black cabbage a second chance
Cooking for 4p or 6p is often easier than for 2p. That’s why all in one dishes are a perfect solution. One of the other possibilities is preparing a side dish( with a little correction) for 4-6p as main coarse, as long as you have enough vegetables and some proteins (and/or carbs).Clean a small sized … More Side dish becomes main dish
Mousse au chocolat is a wonderful dessert but often too heavy after a whole dinner. The following recipe is awesome.For 4p, melt 120 grams of black chocolate au bain marie.Mix 1 egg and 1 egg white foamy. Batter 200 ml of cream firm.Mix the melted chocolate with the eggs. Add the cream and mix gently.Divide … More Chocolate and raspberry, the perfect couple
Miso is fermented soy paste. I buy it in Asian supermarkets (which are not available in the area).For 2p, mix 50 grams of miso with 1 table spoon of mirin, 1,5 teaspoon of sugar, 1 table spoon of apple vinegar, 1,5 teaspoon of butter and 1,5 teaspoon of sunflower oil. Add some water.Mix 400 grams … More Monkfish and oven roasted vegetables
Here in Italy polpo is a very common ingredient. I tend to buy them fresh and put them immediately in the freezer. A frozen polpo is more quickly tender by boiling. Put the frozen polpo( 700grams for 2p) in a large pan. Add 150 ml of white wine, 2 bay leaves, 2 stems of celery, … More Polpo, fresh or frozen
After rediscovering a cookbook with worldwide bread recipes, I decided to try some creativity in my homemade bread efforts. I normally use those readymade flour mixtures ( imported from Belgian, AVEVE all in👍, no I do not receive discount 😉). There are many varieties, but a Sunday morning breakfast with crispy little ‘pistolets’ will be … More Sunday morning
Start by putting the ingredients (3 eggs, 200 grams of yoghurt, 130 grams of butter) at room temperature. Melt the butter. Preheat the oven at 160°. Mix butter and sugar ( use a whisk and warm power, or use a kitchen robot with a dough hook). Add the eggs, one by one and 1 teaspoon … More A smooth apple pie
Italy has a great variety of citrus fruit. I love the Sicilian tarocco orange for its color and its flavor. Tonight we have a fresh whole fish, hasselback potatoes and a chicory salad (mixed chicory and radicchio) with an awesome dressing. For 2p, put the juice of 2 tarocco oranges in a small pan. Allow … More Citrus fruit festival
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