A few days before people are arriving I ask for a wish list for breakfast and dinner. Ingrid and Guido will be here in approximately 5h. Time enough to prepare a simple fennel soup, fresh bread and a stew with polpo. Boil 1,5 kilo of frozen polpo for 1h in plain water. Chop 1 large … More A wish list
Fresh peas and burrata are a perfect match for an usual presentation today. 1 kilo of fresh peas is an average portion for 2p ( probably 400 grams after removing the shells). Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 2 small fresh onions and 1 chili in 2 table spoons of olive oil. Add the peas. … More Everyday something different
‘Savour’or ‘Sensational salads’ of Peter Gordon is one of my favorite cookbooks. The combination is quite unusual but flavor and color are guaranteed. Today’s dinner is an original brunch recipe, crispy baked wasabi mushrooms with spinach, tomatoes and oranges. Start with the mushrooms. Portobellos are ideal. Remove the little stem. Chop. Chop 4 garlic cloves … More Sensational salad
White fish, red cabbage, radicchio Milano, tahini, nori, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sesame seeds in one transcontinental dish inspired by the Australian Donna Hay. Mix 1 table spoon of tahini with 1 table spoon of rice wine vinegar, 1 table spoon of soy sauce, 1 table spoon of lime juice and water. Store … More What a transcontinental beauty
I love those babies, I really do. The combination with polpo is exquisite in the Greek inspired recipe witch I found in delicious.nl, skordalia, originally served as a starter. For 2p as main course, start with the fresh polpo. Boil 1 kilo of the polpo in salted water with a few bay leaves until tender … More I’m so glad to announce the season of the artichokes 🥰
Autumn is in the air. It becomes too chilly to dine outside. A beautiful salmon filet is waiting for a fabulous recipe which I found in the July edition of delicious.nl. For 4p, buy an entire salmon filet, with skin, of approximately 900 grams. Put 1 kilo of cherry tomatoes on baking paper on an … More Can’t get enough of summer dishes
I never ever tasted more delicious tomatoes than the variety coeur de boeuf, as long as they have the ideal maturity. This recipe is one of delicious.nl. I used piadini instead of sour dough bread and marinated more tomatoes for extra flavor, extra vegetables. Put 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds and the zeste of 1 … More The best tomatoes ever
Sabrina Ghayour’s cookbooks are fabulous. It will be difficult not to cook everything in the following weeks, but that would be against my ‘rules’ Slice a few eggplants ( too much is no problem, you can serve the leftover as lunch the following day) in slices of approximately 1cm. Brush some oil on each slice … More Eggplant with a beautiful sauce
Ready made piadini based on chickpeas and lentils are waiting for a special dinner. Mix 4cm of grated fresh ginger with 1finely chopped garlic clove, 1 chopped chili, the juice of 1 lime a d a drizzle of olive oil, pepper and salt. Tear 1 burrata in smaller pieces. Spread an a plate. Pour the … More A mixture of flavors
If we can’t travel for real, we can always travel on our plate.Everywhere we go I try to find kitchen tools which will allow me to create different cooking styles and different vibes on our dinner table. But, don’t worry, even without a cataplana you can easily prepare this recipe.Defrost half of a bag of … More Thai food in a cataplana
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