There are so many ways to make fresh pasta. Today I want to prepare fresh pasta without eggs, only flour 00, water, a bit of olive oil and a pinch of salt. I use my kitchen robot to start. Put 200 grams of flour ( good for a portion for 3-4p) in the robot. Add … More Workshop : fresh pasta
Lisbet loves cooking and, in contrast with myself, she respects the guideline of the recipe. A good reason to ask her to prepare us some lovely cheese cake. Start with the dough. For a small spring form, mix 175 grams of almond flour with 1 egg, 2 table spoons of coconut oil or normal butter, … More Oh shit, I turned into my mother 😉
My kitchen is small but over-full with material. A lot of the tools are exposed to the air and need a wash before use. The cataplana hasn’t been used for a while and is not essential but ideal for this recipe. Two guests left us today and one of my daughters is still around. For … More A fish curry in a Portugese cataplana
For 4p buy 4 small round courgettes. Remove gently the inside from the courgettes. Put in the blender with 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper, a few sage leaves, 100 grams of feta cheese. Blend. Taste and add pepper and salt. Fill the courgettes and put in a oven dish. Finish with grated … More Chubby courgettes as a first course
The octopus, or polpo in Italian, is a great fish, but needs precooking to make the meat tender and not ‘chewy chewy’. Cook the clean polpo, frozen or fresh, in a large pan filled with water, 250 ml of white wine, a few bay leaves, 1 carrot, 2 stems of celery and a pinch of … More Grilled squid, tomato, basil and almond sauce recipe
Certain recipes look at me and invite me to prepare them, because of the ingredients, because of the combination of ingredients or their facilities or just because they intrigue me, as the following one. Nathan Outlaw cookes for delicious.nl. Instead of sardines I buy mackerel filets, 2 pp and thus 8 in total. Put the … More Red cabbage in the summer ?
The following days will be hot. Our Belgian guests are already getting used to that kind of weather. A fresh lunch outside is a nice welcome to old friends. A green cold soup (cfr blogpost Green gazpacho), a cold pasta salad, a simple green salad, a simple caprese (tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil) and some … More Lunch in the shade
Tomorrow the ‘busy’ summer starts for real. I need to be prepared for a lot of cooking, for familiar and not so familiar guests, I love it (although not all the time ;)). What to eat today? Or what to prepare with the fridge leftovers? A round radicchio, 8 large carrots, shallots..all prepared in tasty … More Trio of side dishes as main dish
After two years of being here in Italy and not having an official job yet I understand that cooking is so much more relaxing if you can do it ‘slowly’ and for certain recipes it is so important to take your time. Remove the skin of 400 grams of salmon filet. Cut the fish in … More Fried fish
Although I know it’s not the most healthy ingredient, I love the local sausage meat. Meatlove for 2 is impossible, but a leftover is also nice cold as lunch. For a ‘summer’ version, it’s important to add some color. Chicken and Italian sausages contain already enough salt and certain other spices. Mix 400 grams of … More Meatlove docV /Italian style
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