Cut 2 eggplants in long slices of +/_0.5 cm. Brush some olive oil on each side and grill them.Prepare a simple tomatoe sauce with 500 ml of passata, 2 garlic cloves, 1 red onion, dried basil, 1 chili and some olive oil balsamic vinegar, pepper and salt.Mix 100 grams of fresh white cheese with 2 … More Vegetarian involtini
The apple olive oil cake of Ottolenghi can easily become one of my favorites. Spread some butter in a springform of 23 cm. Cover with baking paper. Put 100 grams of raisins in 200 ml of water. Allow to simmer until almost all liquid has gone. Seaf 350grams of self raising flour. Add 1/2 of … More After one week…
‘Viva l’Italia’ of Jamie Oliver is like travelling through a country where food is number one. Lucky for the Italian that there is such a variety in cooking because of the variety in environment. Salina is one of the Aeolian islands. This recipe is a perfect dish for a dinner party. Use a pan which … More Pollo di Salina, another borrowed recipe
Baking pastries is dangerous 😉 but now and again 🙏. The following recipe for those delicious sweeties is quick and easy. For 12 little cakes you need 1 rectangular ready made puff pastry, 2 eggs, 75 grams of sugar, the zeste of 1 lemon, 150 ml cream, 15 grams of flour, 1 cinnamon stick and … More The famous Portuguese pasteis de nata❤
Elodie is leaving the company and says goodbye to the team in Siena. It’s nice to see her and to show her our house in progress. Bruschetti with fresh porcini are a perfect starter, cfr blogpost Porcini and truffle after a trip to Assisi and Perugia. The november edition of delicious.nl magazine inspires me for … More Dinner for 4
Living in Castelnuovo Berardenga now where there are two little supermarkets, fresh fish will be a good reason to go to Siena. Ottolenghi’s last book, Simple, is amazing. The ovenbaked rice with caramalized tomatoes and mackerel filet with pistachio and cardamom seem a wonderful combination. Put 500 grams of cherry tomatoes, 6 chopped garlic cloves, … More Fish on the menu
They always say that in pastry you have to be precise, but Why? I still don’t know. Anyway, the following recipe will tell you exactly what I used to prepare a certain cake which is, per definition, a way not to follow a particular recipe. Take a large bowl with 250 grams of whole grain. … More Cake experiment
Put eggs and butter at room temperature. Melt 150 grams of butter. Mix with 200 grams of sugar. Add 4 eggs, one by one. Add the content of 1 vanilla stick or some vanilla extract. Mix and add 250 grams of self rising flour. Mix thoroughly and add 300 grams of Greek yoghurt. Make a … More Weekend, lots of rain, school for me and some apple yoghurt cake in between
The sudden cold and constant rain outside is the perfect moment for a ‘tarte tatin’. All you need is puff pastry, a few apples, 1 table spoon of butter, cinnamon and 2 table spoons of sugar and of course, last but not least, an oven. Peel 4 apples and cut in chubby wedges. Squeeze some … More Tarte tatin… yummie
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