For 16 pieces, 8 sheets of filo pastry, 200 grams of feta cheese, 100 grams of tomato tapenade ( cfr blog post Something special ), olive oil to brush Cut the feta cheese in 16 equal cubes. Put each cube at the end of ½ sheet filo dough(oiled with the brush). Add 1 teaspoon of … More Feta in filo pastry
Organizing a big dinner, as a Christmas dinner is allowed to be, is one of my favorite activities. First thinking and then cooking is an important rule. Since a few years my mother accepts that her daughter and granddaughters cook the Christmas dinner in her holy kitchen. This year we will be 13 p around … More The perfect number of guests is 10-14
Sometimes I’m so busy organizing a huge dinner for the following day that I would almost forget that we also need a meal for the same day. For 2p cook 150 grams of whole grain pasta. Drain and keep some of the cooking water. Put the same pan back on the fire. Wait until all … More Exploded kitchen
Colorful salads, even in winter, cheer up a rainy and windy day. Something cold, something hot, something raw, something cooked, some proteins, some vegetables and a variety of colors offer a perfectly balanced meal. Last night I precooked 500 grams of peeled and chopped beetroot in the oven for 30 mins at 180° in a … More Winter salads
Green cabbage offers loads of possibilities. The outer part of the cabbage is perfect to fill. Blanch 6 beautiful leaves for a few mins. Drain thoroughly. No meat today, lentils and spicy gorgonzola instead. Fry 2 chopped shallots, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 4 cm of finely chopped fresh ginger in a drizzle of olive oil. … More Real winter weather in Tuscany = green cabbage on the menu
Fry 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped white onion, 1 chopped spicy little pepper and 1 fennel in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 teaspoon of ras el hanout, 1 teaspoon of dried basil and some salt. Bake and add 200 grams of chicken minced meat. Bake until everything is well cooked. Add 200 … More Something round, something crispy = une Galette
For 2p brine 4 chicken chops in 500 ml of salted water (dissolve 20 grams of seasalt in 500 ml of lukewarm water and cool down) with a few large pieces of the skin (try to peel without the white part of the skin) of an orange, 1 fresh bay leaf, 1 rosemary twig and … More Earthy flavors
Did you know that to remove the skin of fish easily you have to marinate them in vinegar for 10-15 mins? Another reason to read cooking magazines as deliciousnederland, not? 😉 Pre- prepare 2 salmon fillets of 150-200 grams for 2p following the method above. Pre bake 2 large, halved eggplants (oiled and carved, with … More Salmon in harmony with eggplant
3 ingredients, Google, and you get a list of recipes, amazing. For 3p, 2 fennels, 700 grams of potatoes, 400 grams of butternut cut in thin slices (thanks to my kitchen robot Magimix). Make nice layers in a greased oven dish, starting with pumpkin, followed by potato and fennel. Put some pepper, salt and fennel … More No time for shopping, what can I prepare?
The South African recipe, Bobotie, has probably a lot of variations, but surely a lovely list of ingredients. Above all it’s a superb dish to prepare in advance and to serve with a simple green salad. For 3p fry 1 red chopped onion, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of curry powder, 1 teaspoon … More Bobotie
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