Ignore the outside weather. Enjoy an awesome dish with lots of crispy vegetables. Green local asparagus, courgettes, fresh peas, fresh artichokes and some fennel are ready for a fabulous salad. Start with the artichokes. I bought 4 medium sized ones. Remove stem, outer leaves. Chop off the points. Fill a pan with the juice of … More Insalata primavera😍
1 kilo of fresh peas (pod included) is waiting in the fridge. My initial idea of a kind of pie doesn’t feel like the proper recipe for those green delights, so while having my breakfast in the sun, I decided on the following one. Shell the peas from their pod ( Oskar loves to chew … More Improvisation
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
Thanks to my visit to the big supermarket we have some fresh seafood for a primavera risotto. Clean 1 kilo of fresh peas ( which will produce almost 400 grams of peas). Clean and chop 500 grams of green asparagus. Leave the heads separately. Heat a pan. Spread a drizzle of olive oil. Add 500 … More Seafood risotto on Sunday night
He always hoped something would fall on the floor. If I spent too many hours in the kitchen he would move himself to a less comfy but stylish pillow to snore in the kitchen while I was cooking. He was our dearest friend for almost 12 years. Today he died peacefully, in between the two … More My sous-chef
Castelnuovo Berardenga is a lovely village. Even if you don’t have a car, you can find everything you need. I bought some real fresh peas on the market. Even a small portion can make me happy. Free the peas from their house. Blanch them shortly in salted water. Chop and fry a garlic clove in … More Fresh peas
The artichokes season is getting towards the end. Today’s dish is a marriage between winter and spring, and thus between artichokes, fresh peas and beans. Start with cleaning 5 baby artichokes. Cut them in quarters and put in water with lemon juice. Clean 800 grams of fresh beans and 1 kilo of fresh peas. Fill … More Vignarola😋
Risotto is considered as comfort food, but if you reduce the butter and the cheese it’s lighter but still delicious. For 2p, chop and fry 2 small onions, 2 garlic cloves and 1 chili in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 table spoon of dried basil and 400 grams of frozen or fresh peas. … More Another risotto, a green one today
Whole dorade in advertising on my shopping day! A tasty fish does not need much ‘decoration’ to be delicious. For 2p, cut 500 grams of potatoes in chubby wedges. Put on baking paper. Add a drizzle of olive oil, pepper, salt and some rosemary. Put in the oven at 200° for 40-60 mins. Stir now … More Fresh fish = shopping day
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