An appetizer is meant to stimulate the appetite and not to stop it. While guests arrive, you offer them something to drink and you program how to proceed with the dinner ( start the oven is often my first job). Knowing that people need some time to feel at home, it would be rather rude … More Sometimes I have to be quicker to take a picture
A special edition of my favorite magazine has published 42 oven dishes. I have loads of inspiration for the following weeks. Roasted broccoli, potatoes, salmon and avocado caesar sauce is an excellent combination. For 2p, put 500 grams of potato wedges, 1 red onion in wedges, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped chili and 600 … More Avocado caesar sauce
The whole culture of finding your own ingredients, herbs and mushrooms, intrigues me already a long time. It must be a wonderful heritage to grow up with that knowledge. In his ‘Complete mushroom book’ Carluccio shares his passion and knowledge. After buying a huge quantity of fresh mushrooms, a mixture of chanterelles and porcini, I … More Every mushroom is eatable, sometimes only once
Use turmeric in your dough to creatie a summer dish! For a rectangular quiche for 2-3p, mix 200grams of flour ( spelt or normal) with 2 teaspoons of turmeric powder, a pinch of salt, 2 table spoons of olive oil and luke warm water( 100-120ml) until you obtain a smooth dough. Cover with cling film … More Sunny quiche
Pasteis de bacalhau are more than delicious, easy to prepare in advance, as snack, starter or, in combination with other dishes, as lunch. Janneke Philippi, writer in delicious.nl magazine, inspires me once more. The most important step in the preparation is the desalting of the bacalhau or salted cod. Rinse 400 grams of salted cod. … More Fish and potatoes in fabulous croquettes
Certain vegetables are so attached to traditions that it’s hardly impossible to imagine them in other creations. Red cabbage is one of them until now😉. 1 cabbage is too much for 2p. Use 1/2 and cover the other 1/2 with cling film. It remains fresh for more than a week ( just chop of the … More Red cabbage out of its comfort zone
Mix grated parmigiano or pecorino ( or another tasty cheese) with a variety of seeds as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, line seeds, sesame seeds, … and some pepper. Spread some small piles on baking paper. Put in the oven at 200° for 10-15 mins. Remove from the oven. Cool down. A perfect way to add … More Cheesy crackers in a bowl of soup
Half 2 large eggplant. Make a few incisions in the meat. Spread some olive oil. Put on baking paper with the skin below. Bake at 220° for 30-40 mins. Remove the inside. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and1 chili in a drizzle of olive oil. Bake, add the chopped eggplant. Add 1 can of … More Another filled eggplant
Canned tuna can be really yucky ( even worse than cat food) or incredible yummy. It helps to see that it still is tuna. The Italians eat a lot of good quality canned tuna and buy often those huge vases filled with chunks of tasty tuna commonly with olive oil. This olive oil adds to … More Little tuna balls
Raw, peeled or grated potatoes become easily brown due to an enzyme reaction which is not harmful at all. My ‘patate alla tarantina’ recipe of today is a perfect example. It looks weird but tastes the same. Peel, wash and grate 500 grams of potatoes. Drain and dry to remove most of the liquid. Mix … More Nothing wrong with ‘brown’potatoes
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