Thinking about ragù is normally associated with tomatoes, but not today. Chop 2 carrots, 1 leek, 4 garlic cloves and fry in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 200 grams of minced chicken meat, 1 table spoon of chopped fresh rosemary and a few stems of fresh thyme. Bake and stir. Add 50 ml of … More Lasagna with white ragù
1 egg, 100 mg of sifted selfraising flour, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt and a drizzle of peanut oil. Mix until you obtain a smooth liquid dough. Store cool. Pancakes can be made in advance, but they are even more delicious if you bake them and eat at the same time. … More Pancakes Belgian style
Po-lenta, from the Po area, was originally food for poor people. Polenta is made from corn which Colombus took to Spain. You can eat it as a kind of puree, rather boring, or you can use it in a more creative way. A famous brand for polenta is Valsugana. They have already a variety based … More Polenta, mushrooms and chickenbreast with truffle and pecorino, real Italy
Today was a lovely sunny day. Since I’m living in Italy, and not yet at work, I have this habit (good or bad???) to wake up without alarm, to take some clothes (without being bothered about style, season, colors,…), feed the dog and cats, enjoy my coffee and breakfast (if possible outside) and to plan … More If you wouldn’t know yet, I love cooking
We only have a small freezer. I’m not that kind of person who prepares tons of food in advance to save me time during the week, and I usually tend to forget the frozen meals. Fish, home made stocks and curry pastes are the only turists in the freezer (and in summer also ice cream … More Frozen fish
As you already know, gnocchi are not my piece of cake. Today I decide to try to prepare gnocchi for 2p based on chestnut flour. Mix 75 grams of chestnut flour with 1 egg yolk, 100 grams of low fat Greek yoghurt, 25 grams of chopped rocket salad (dry) and some salt. Mix carefully until … More Special gnocchi, invented by docV
Dear friends, dear family, we start a new year today, a perfect occasion to look back to what happened in 2018. It would be great that ‘wishing the best for everyone’ would help to make the world better. Anyway, I will continue to be a passionate cook. In Spring of 2019 I will start my … More 2019
Our alternative route back home brings us in Lyon. Apart from being a beautiful city it’s a city for foodies. In my twenties the French cooking style was still very popular with Bocuse as one of the important references. A typical restaurant in Lyon is called a ‘bouchon’ and if you want to try a … More Lyon, the city of french gastronomy
We have a lot of different mushrooms in our garden, but sadly enough I don’t know anything about mushrooms, and decide to leave them and buy some in the supermarket. The variety here is much less than what I could find in Belgium, so it’s possible that forest mushrooms never arrive in the supermarket because … More Mushroom soup
It would be a lovely idea to have a family reunion in our house one day, but our house is not yet ready to have so many guests, and my mother would never consider to travel, even if her health condition would allow her, during that period. Thus, apart from getting new windows, floors I … More Christmas = going back to Belgium
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