What’s in a name🤔. A super simple healthy dinner is waiting. Two beautiful frozen skinless salmon filets of 200 grams each and a mixed salad is our dinner for tonight. Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage. Slice thinly. Add 1 chopped green apple, 30 grams of walnuts, the juice of 1 lemon, 2teaspoons of … More Oxheart cabbage
Hake has a nickname ‘beautiful girl’ 😍. They are often considered to belong to the cod family, but officially they are a separate group. The fishmonger Mirco prepared me 2 beautiful filets, enough for 2p ( approximately 400 grams). In the awesome cook book of Alain Ducasse ‘Pure Nature’ I find inspiration for our dinner. … More Hake or ‘beautiful girl’
1 kilo of fresh peas (pod included) is waiting in the fridge. My initial idea of a kind of pie doesn’t feel like the proper recipe for those green delights, so while having my breakfast in the sun, I decided on the following one. Shell the peas from their pod ( Oskar loves to chew … More Improvisation
Mango, avocado and lime…so delicious, but so bad for the planet…I hope you will understand. The combination of mango, avocado, chili, garlic, lime, fresh coriander and shrimps is more than awesome. It’s the perfect compensation for the cold temperature outside. Marinate 400 grams of peeled raw ( defrosted is perfect and surely intestines free) scampi … More Craving for the sun
Hand hygiene has become common sense in Covid times. So using your hands while preparing your dinner is less risky. Anyway, this recipe cannot be made without. When I ordered the calamari, I definitely planned to fill them, not quite decided how. Mirco, the fishmonger, explained me the traditional way with bread, parsley, garlic, tuna … More Don’t be afraid to use your hands
Saffron from the Tuscan hills nearby (Rapolano Terme) has an incredible delicate smell and flavor. The following recipe does justice to this fantastic ingredient. Add 1 large pinch of saffron to 125 ml of light cream. Mix. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 chili and 600 grams chopped courgettes in 1 table spoon of … More Local saffron and local gnocchi
Mirco, the fishmonger, explained to me that toothless shark has the most delicate flavor because they only eat plankton. So, he showed me the head to prove that I bought the real dogfish or palombo in Italian language and he explained to me how to prepare this fish with garlic, tomatoes and fresh parsley. Chop … More Shark with or without teeth? 🤔
A bunch of green wild asparagus is waiting for a dinner. Remove the hard parts manually to avoid endlessly chewing those awesome vegetables. Put in cold water. Drain. Chop 4 garlic cloves. Mix with 2 fresh eggs ( thanks to Stefania we have the best local eggs ever), 200 grams of squaquerello ( one of … More Wild green asparagus 😍
The words ‘tian’ and ‘tajine’ are borrowed from French, one in Old Provençal, the other Berber “from the Greek têganon [ …] “frying pan”, “flat earth” …is what I read online. A tian is most commenly based on layers of vegetables cooked in their own liquid, where a tajine is normally filled in a ‘less … More Slow cooking
Nothing better than fresh peas, although frozen are a great alternative. Fresh polpo first in the freezer is for sure recommended to obtain a perfect tender meat. So, a small freezer is a must. A large freezer has certain advantages in certain conditions. I’m so fortunate with local shops, a weekly market and, probabile the … More Fresh or frozen
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