Pistou is like a pesto, but without the nuts and cheese is optional. Prepare the pistou in a mortar to fortify your arms ;-). Put 4 garlic cloves and a lot of basil in the mortar and start (you can spread this activity to give your arms some rest). Add olive oil until you obtain … More Soupe au pistou
It’s a pity to see so many good fish parts ending up in the garbage,thus this time I ask the fishmonger to keep the heads and bones of a large fish to make some fish broth. Nothing difficult about that, so handy, even for a later recipe. Use a large casserole. Wash the fish parts … More Fish broth to make a simple fish dish special
Certain days pass by so quickly that it’s time to start your evening meal and you didn’t even have some proper lunch. Mix 200 grams of light ricotta with a handful of chopped parsley and basil, 4 chopped garlic cloves, pepper and salt. Spread on a rectangular puff pastry (on baking paper). Spread 2 sliced … More Just an easy day
Musky octopus or moscardini in Italian are often cheaper than the traditional calamari and really tasty. They are not difficult to clean, but it’s a smelly mess in your rubbish bin, so I prefer to buy them ‘cleaned’ and prepare the same day. Marinate the octopus with lemon zeste, garlic, olive oil, pepper and salt. … More Fresh moscardini
Iris doesn’t like any other meat than chicken or turkey, although now and again I’m ‘allowed’ to prepare pork, on one condition : no fat, no hard bits. The involtini of pork, a traditional Italian recipe, is worth to try, even it will be only once ;-). For the filling of 2 rolls (one pp) … More ‘Involtini’ seem to be completely different from ‘meatrolls’
The less I try, the better it grows! I’m more and more convinced that ‘real gardening’ is not my thing. Although it must be awesome to go to your kitchen garden and collect what you want to prepare. For 2p chop and fry 300 grams of chicken filet in a drizzle of sunflower oil. Remove … More Coriander harvest
If there are kids among your guests, either you try to ignore that they hardly eat, or you prepare ‘adapted’ food which often is also appreciated by their parents. Being less than 8 a buffet would be a bit ridiculous, only if you prefer to have lots of leftovers. Thus a short pasta, tomato sauce, … More Pasta 4kids 😉
Prepare the marinade in the small blender. Mix 1 raw, peeled beetroot, 1 teaspoon of wasabi, juice and zeste of 1 lemon, 1 table spoon of wild fennel, 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard and 2 table spoons of olive oil. Put the marinade in a small plastic bag and add 2 slices of salmon. Store … More Beetroot marinade, awesome color
Cavolo nero is real local and the base of the well known ribollita. Cook 200 grams of chopped cavolo nero(remove the real hard parts) for 10 mins in salted water. Drain carefully and cool down. Put the cavolo nero in the blender with 200 grams of ricotta, 50 grams of grated pecorino or parmigiano, 1 … More Gnocchi nudi o ravioli nudi?
I love the smell of barbecue, but I’m not so into barbecue-ing myself. Healthy, tasty, economic, creative,…., and also ‘safe’ cooking is one of my prefered adjectives. Only, if someone-experienced-and addictive would stand next to the barbecue I’m willing to prepare all the marinades, side dishes, sauces. Also for a group of 2p? Not really, … More No, I’m not a real barbecue fan.
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