A chowder is a thick soup based on seafood and something creamy usually eaten on a Friday. Thus let’s make a chowder. For 2-4p, depends on your appetite and whether you have it as only dish or as one of your courses, you need 1 kilo of venus shells, 2 fennels, a bunch of fresh … More I asked my friend Google what a ‘chowder’ exactly means
Oskar has broken his shoulder plate, playing. The veterinarian told us to forbid digging for a month and to restrict jumping and running. How on earth can you forbid puppies playing??? So sad that we have to restrict his play dates.I still have some truffle of last week. Bake 200 grams of oyster mushrooms crispy … More Some more truffle recipes
Aragon is Oskars first best friend. They are really cute together. Aragon is supposed to be a real truffle dog, but is not intrested to explore our garden. Oskar is a natural talent and inspires me to create recipes with summer truffle. Today’s lunch is a quiche, made with usual and unusual ingredients. Start with … More Ladies lunch, puppies play mates
For the first time I’ll try the ‘pasta d’acciughe ‘, a paste made of pure anchovies. I imagine that a creamy anchovies sauce, green asparagus and pasta are great for a delicious Friday evening dinner.More vegetables than pasta, is my preferred balance. Clean 800 grams of green asparagus by removing the woody end. Chop in … More Green asparagus with pasta and anchovies sauce
Farro is a local product. I love the texture. If I have to choose between farro or risotto rice, my choice will be farro because of healthy issues. For 2p chop a mixture of mushrooms (500 grams). Heat a pan, add a mixture of butter and olive oil. Bake the mushrooms until crispy and al … More Farro and spelt seem to be cousins
Tonight we try to ignore certain ‘creatures’ (I’m normally quite a apolitical person) by enjoying an American favorite on your plate. For 2p, you need 600 grams of chopped and rinsed leek, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 40 grams of grated emmental (gruyere would have been better) cheese, 1 mozzarella of 200grams, 200 ml of cream … More Mac ‘n Cheese
It surprises me how, although major ingredients don’t really change, you can create variety in daily cooking by trying other combinations. Suddenly I have 5 new magazines and thus, cooking pleasure is guaranteed.For 2p, steam 500 grams of chopped broccoli and 300 grams of cleaned and halved Brussels sprouts until al dente.Use a pan witch … More New inspiration
Mousse au chocolat is a wonderful dessert but often too heavy after a whole dinner. The following recipe is awesome.For 4p, melt 120 grams of black chocolate au bain marie.Mix 1 egg and 1 egg white foamy. Batter 200 ml of cream firm.Mix the melted chocolate with the eggs. Add the cream and mix gently.Divide … More Chocolate and raspberry, the perfect couple
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❤
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
