I love to have super fresh vegetables, covered with ground and small animals, as protagonists in the daily meal. I love to work in the garden on sunny days as today. I’m rather convinced I will not consider a real kitchen garden. The full basket with fresh seasonal vegetables as swiss chard, Jerusalem artichokes, cabbages … More And still, I’m not starting my own kitchen garden
If I would have to describe the taste of hot summer nights the flavor of sweet juicy tomatoes is probably the best description. As a child I could eat tomatoes like apples. My mother used to make tons of passata in the summer. At that moment the tomatoes were at their best, cultivated under the … More Luscious tomatoes
After 2 days of driving I have no courage anymore to go out for shopping for our dinner. A pasta with a lot of sweet onions, garlic, chickpeas is not such a bad combination. First we feed our dog Pillo and our cat Roquefort who protected our house for the last 10 days. Our lovely … More A lot of laundry, a lot of rain and an empty fridge = home sweet home
Risotto can be really rich and heavy. It’s is not so difficult to make a lighter version if you use less butter, less cheese and more vegetables. Heat 350 ml of water. Add some ready made vegetable stock powder. Heat 1 teaspoon of butter and the same amount of olive oil. Chop and fry 1 … More Light risotto
It’s a pity to see so many good fish parts ending up in the garbage,thus this time I ask the fishmonger to keep the heads and bones of a large fish to make some fish broth. Nothing difficult about that, so handy, even for a later recipe. Use a large casserole. Wash the fish parts … More Fish broth to make a simple fish dish special
Mix 180 grams of buckwheat with 350 ml of water. Add 1 table spoon of dried thyme and 1 table spoon of dried oregano. Store in the fridge. This mixture is enough for 3 medium sized pancakes or, in our case, for 3 pizzas. Bake the pancakes in a real hot pan. Put them on … More Buckwheat pizza = glutenfree
My youngest brother, Ivan, and his partner, Peter, are real foodies. After my long journey I have to promise myself to go for the easy way. A short visit of Siena in the rain brings us to my favorite supermarket. The kind fishmonger shows me a large fresh sea bass of approx 2 kg, thus … More Back home and visitors are waiting 😉
Use a mandoline to slice 2 fennels. Keep the green part of the fennel. Clean 1 lemon thoroughly or use a biological one of our first harvest ;-). Keep the zeste. Mix the juice with 2 table spoons of good olive oil and salt. Mix with the sliced fennel and marinate for at least 1h. … More Awesome combination of fennel, pear and chicken
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