After a busy period, we enjoy a week at home. Iris took a week off to get some extra sleep, some sun and some more books to read. I will make sure that we get enough healthy food ;-)! An easy fish recipe, inspired by delicious.nl with a whole grain piadino and stracchino (or crescenza). … More A week of holiday at home, just the two of us
Octopus is not a very common ingredient to prepare in the Belgian cuisine. Fresh or frozen octopus needs to be tender, if not, it’s not tasty. For 3p buy, approx a piece of 1 kilo. Put the clean, whole octopus in a large pan filled with water, 200 ml of white wine, a few bay … More Workshop octopus
The madeleine is a cute French pastry, one of the guilty pleasure which are worth to enjoy, now and again. For 18 pieces, which you don’t have to eat at once ( they can be stored 3-4 days in a cookie jar), start to melt 90 grams of butter. Mix 10 leaves of chopped verveine … More La madeleine
Courgettes, young ones, are also perfect in a salad. Slice 1 kilo in stripes and marinate them with the juice of 1 lemon, 2 table spoons of olive oil, 1 finely chopped garlic clove, a handful of chopped wild fennel, a few leaves of chopped mint, pepper and salt. Mix carefully and marinate for at … More Never boring, always different, courgettes!
Coincidentely we start a wrong recipe tonight. Instead of making a simple, small filling with too much butter and parsley , our filling is a mixture of chopped and fried white celery ( 2stems), 4 garlic cloves, 2 small courgettes, the zeste of 1 lemon, basil, pepper and salt. Flatten 600 grams of chicken fillet … More Chicken tonight
Squacquerone, stracchino, crescenza are all white, fresh cheeses based on cows milk. Their nutritional value and kcal (lower than normal cheese) is similar. The main difference is their origin. Scqaucquerone is from Emilia Romania as the parmigiano, stracchino is from Lombardia as the gorgonzola, and crescenza is from the province Lodi e Crema and is … More Frittata con squacquerone, zucchine, pinoli e olive
No curry paste today, but a curry sauce from scratch with garlic, ginger, onion, apple, curry powder, flour, milk and, I confess , a good quality stock cube. Prepare the vegetables. Clean and chop 1 cauliflower and 2 bunches of radishes. Rinse and drain. Put on baking paper. Add a drizzle of olive oil and … More Old school curry sauce!
There are so many ways to make fresh pasta. Today I want to prepare fresh pasta without eggs, only flour 00, water, a bit of olive oil and a pinch of salt. I use my kitchen robot to start. Put 200 grams of flour ( good for a portion for 3-4p) in the robot. Add … More Workshop : fresh pasta
Lisbet loves cooking and, in contrast with myself, she respects the guideline of the recipe. A good reason to ask her to prepare us some lovely cheese cake. Start with the dough. For a small spring form, mix 175 grams of almond flour with 1 egg, 2 table spoons of coconut oil or normal butter, … More Oh shit, I turned into my mother 😉
My kitchen is small but over-full with material. A lot of the tools are exposed to the air and need a wash before use. The cataplana hasn’t been used for a while and is not essential but ideal for this recipe. Two guests left us today and one of my daughters is still around. For … More A fish curry in a Portugese cataplana
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