Many thanks to the kitchen robot! Put 300 grams of boiled potatoes and 400 gram of white fish (no fish bones, and dried), a handful of fresh herbs (mix of parsley and basil), 2 garlic cloves, 1 slice of older bread, 3 pickled anchovies in the blender. Add 1 egg and zeste of 1 lemon. … More Finally, fish cakes!
This dish needs to be prepared in advance! For 2p chop a big eggplant, add salt and leave in a colander. Rinse and dry after min 30 mins. Bake them in olive oil on high temperature, portion by portion. When the eggplant starts to get ready, add 1 chopped big red onion, 3 garlic cloves … More Caponata, Sicilian capunata
Swordfish is a perfect fish to use in Sicilian dishes. The sweet and sour flavor of the Sicilian cuisine was originally a necessity to prepare cheap fish (and to camouflage the inferiority). Sweet and sour was introduced by the Mores. Cook 300 grams of peeled and sliced potatoes. Put them in an oiled oven dish … More Sweet and sour = Sicily
Because of the early start of spring we long for another kind of food. Today we will serve a beautiful green dish with fish. Cut a green cauliflower in little roses and put them in a large oven dish. Add 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh herbs (rosemary, parsley, thyme), 1 chopped garlic glove, 1 tablespoon … More Green, color of ‘la Primavera’
Chickpeas (and personally, also coriander) is probably the only constant ingredient in falafel. There are so many different recipes that you will never eat them exactly the same way. Yesterday I decided to make (1 can of chickpeas will be good for 8 normal size falafels) them with 1 teaspoon of curry, 1 teaspoon of … More Falafel = king of chickpeas recipes
Mozzarella, tomato, aubergine and basil are probably the most known ingredients of the italian cuisine. Put them all together in a dish and you will end up with the delicious parmigiana di melanzane. Cut the aubergines (2 for 4p) in slices of 1 cm, put them in a colander and add salt on every … More Italian classics, Parmigiana di melanzane
Cumin, tahini, garlic, lemon tree blossom (we bought a small lemon tree which is waiting for the end of March to be outside and is full of flowers, a gorgeous smell) combined in one dish and you easily understand what I mean…. For today those flavors will enrich a cauliflower and lentil balls. Remember the … More The mysterious smell of the Middle East
– As a perfect starter mix 150 grams of beetroot, first boiled, 150 grams of potatoes, first boiled, 2 garlic cloves in a blender. Add pepper, salt, 1 teaspoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of cumin and mix with 1 raw egg. Cool the mixture in the fridge. Preheat the oven at 200°. Put the … More Burgundy red, wow!
Weekend cooking is always a bit special. Pamper your table companions (and yourself of course ;-)) extra, but do not completely throw the basic rules overboard. -Tonight we will start with marinated mozzarella. Cut a mozzarella of good quality (buffalo), 1 pp, in slices of 1 cm. Put them on a plate ( 1 pp … More Weekend cooking = extra pampering
After a few belgian days it really feels good to be home again. We will start with a delicious, simple and super healthy dish. A beautiful scorpion fish looked at me among the other fishes. 800 grams of a whole fish will be a good portion for two, so this evening no carbs. Slice 800 … More Glad to be home!
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