For 2p, 2 tagliatelle-sliced courgettes, shortly baked in a drizzle of good olive oil with 2 chopped garlic cloves, some dried thyme (fresh would be better), pepper, salt and served with 1 small burrata is a fabulous, healthy and super easy appetizer or lunch. No burrata? Buffalo mozzarella is a perfect alternative. Yummie!
Soak 1cup of cannellini beans in water for 24 h. Renew the water the following day. Put some salt, 2 bay leaves and 2 garlic cloves in the water and boil for approx 1h, until they are soft. Drain but keep some of the cooking water. Remove the bay leaves. Add 100 grams of feta … More Cannellini puree and tarelli
Put a pinch of grinded saffron in 2 table spoons of olive oil. Heat gently. Stop the fire and put aside for at least 30 mins. Mix 2 table spoons of lemon, 2 table spoons of orange with the colorful oil. Add some pepper and salt. Put 1 sliced fennel (with a mandoline or kitchen … More Color on our plate
Remember, salted cod is only eatable unsalted. To unsalt, you really have to start the day before. Rinse the cod to remove the extra salt and put in water. Store in the fridge and rinse and renew the water 5-6 times.The cod will still taste a bit salty, thus no extra salt needed! For 2p, … More More experiments with salted cod Happy Easter
Soup is in very many ways ideal, I admit (although Iris would say I too often forget this). Chicory soup served with oven dried cherry tomatoes in a little cup is perfect as healthy appetizer. Fry 1 chopped potato, 1 chopped white onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil. Add 500 grams of … More Ideal as lunch, ideal as appetizer, ideal as ‘in between’, = soup
Mix 200 grams of smoked salmon, 200 grams of ricotta, 1 table spoon of sour cream with the juice and lemon zeste of 1 lemon. Add a drizzle of good olive oil, a pinch of cayenne and some extra pepper and salt. Store in the fridge. Serve with white celery stalks or chicory leaves, grissini, … More Another appetizer for many occasions and for many mouths
For 8 little glass jars : 2 avocados ( 3 avocados for 13) , 2 table spoons of lemon juice, 2 table spoons of sour cream, a drizzle of good olive oil, 1 finely chopped garlic clove, pepper and salt. Cut the hardest avocado in tiny cubes and add a drizzle of the lemon, and … More Avocado with grilled marinated shrimps (or even better with the real gray cooked North Sea shrimps) in a little jar
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
Super simple and fabulous as appetizer or side dish : sweet corn. Boil the entire corn in salted water for approx 20 mins. Drain and bake in the oven at 180° (or grill) with a mixture of butter and olive oil, pepper and salt until ready to eat. Garlic, wasabi, lemon are all optional. Great … More Sweet sweet corn
Slice 2 medium sized eggplants and put the slices in a colander with salt. After 30-60 mins, rinse the eggplant, and dry. In the meanwhile mix 2 table spoons of chopped fresh mint, 2 finely chopped garlic cloves, pepper, salt and some olive oil. Put the slices eggplant on baking paper. Marinate the eggplant in … More Outside temperature around 35°, oven temperature 180°, that’s hot!
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