BRUSCHETTA with porcini mushrooms Use slices of old bread. Brush some olive oil on both sides. I put some finely chopped garlic in the olve oil for extra flavor. Clean 500 grams of fresh porcini (use no water, brush them). Fry 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper in some olive oil. Add the … More Porcini and truffle after a trip to Assisi and Perugia
As starter ARTICHOKE SALAD in a PARMIGIANO BASKET For 4p clean 8 smaller artichokes (they have no hair) and put the softer central part in water with juice of 1 lemon. Store the artichokes in the fridge (this can easily be done the day before). Remove the artichokes out of the water and dry them. … More Really in love with Italian sausages 😉
FENNEL CARPACCIO Slice 2 small fennels with the mandoline. Spread the fennel on 4 plates. Mix the juice of 1-2 oranges with 4 table spoons of olive oil, pepper and salt. Spread the dressing on the fennel. Finish with 4 table spoons of grinded roasted pine nuts and the zeste of the oranges (wash them … More Dinner for friends after a whole day of sight seeing
Babi pangang is the name of various Asian dishes made with pork meat.To try to get the right flavor put 250 grams of pork (I prefer low fat pork meat) in water (the meat has to be completely covered). Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of sambal, 1 table spoon of ketjap, 1 tea … More Babi pangang
Even if you are not a fan of pumpkin, this recipe is so beautiful, just try! I found a perfectly shaped cute (I think Japanese) pumpkin, ideal for this recipe. For 2p, knowing that I need some pumpkin for one of my following recipes, a piece of 1,2kg is perfect. Cut the upper part of … More Autumn colors
My stock of fresh coriander offers possibilities. The book of Quyên, the owner of the wonderful restaurant Little Asia in Brussels, will guide me through a few classical dishes. -Papaya salad ( without papaya, but cucumber is a good alternative) : Use the spiral cutter for the cumumber. Put on salt for 30 mins to … More Vietnamese cuisine
After 1 year visiting the same supermarket at least once a week they probably recognize me (hopefully in a positive way). It’s fun to observe people while shopping for food. My attention tends to drift in the direction of the people who inspect food in many different ways. Since last week the fresh porcini have … More Observational study in the supermarket 😉
The smell of Thai rice and coconut cream is immediately in your nose when you think about it. Clean and cut 400 grams of fish (salmon, a good white fish, and of course for us, moscardini/squid) and marinate in a mixture of 1 chopped lemon gras, 3 cm of chopped fresh ginger, 1 chopped garlic … More At least one Asain meal a week, I promised Iris!
Thanks to being addicted to cooking magazines I get familiar with other cooking styles. This recipe is originally made with rocoto, a spicy pepper which needs to be cooked in a sweet and sour (vinegar and sugar) liquid before filling in. I use normal bell pepper instead, which doesn’t need to be cooked in advance. … More Peruvian cuisine ?
Radicchio is normally rather bitter, but the long version, and especially the radicchio di Treviso, has a softer taste. For a lasagna for 2p put 400 grams of radicchio(remove the hard core) in the oven on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil. Bake at 180° for 15-20 mins, and turn halfway. The … More What a lovely taste and texture : radicchio lasagna
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