Beetroot has a beautiful color, flavor, texture. This recipe is awesome! A few fresh red beetroots are waiting for a fabulous recipe. Boil the washed beetroot in water until ready. Drain, cool down and remove the skin. Cut off the upper part of each beetroot. Remove the meat from each beetroot and chop thinly. Put … More Filled beetroot
Put 300 ml of semi skimmed milk and 50 ml of white wine in a pan ( good for oven and fire). Add 1 table spoon of thyme, and some salt. Spread 500 grams of unpeeled potatoes cut in slices. Heat the fire and allow to simmer for approximately 5 mins.Melt 20 grams of butter … More Some rain for nature, a gratin for dinner
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
A lot of recipes come back but always in little different versions and thus it creates variety in the daily cooking. So often, at first sight, a cookbook isn’t really so special but while reading it creates possibility. Jamie Oliver’s books are a perfect example ( or is it just a perfect excuse to buy … More Thai noodle salad
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
Yesterday we spent a lovely day outside in our wild garden. The weather forecast isn’t really promising for the following period. Anyway, the ideal circumstances for an appropriate dish ( it wasn’t really my first choice but now it feels right) : mushroom risotto. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 white onion and 1 … More 1st of May, feels more like the start of autumn 😨
My sister died suddenly, in her sleep, almost 14 years ago. We didn’t have that close contact as children, because we were so different, but we surely found each other in our late twenties. Although life was busy with work, young families we had our sacred moments. At least twice a year we met on … More Sweet memories of my sister
In our house we have a real stove to cook, and to heat, but we don’t exactly know how to use it. Giancarla promised to show us, but…the wood is not dry enough. The chicken and potatoes will end up in the normal oven to be roasted, and the even more slow cooking will be … More We have a real old cooking stufa
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