I still have too much food in the fridge. On top of it I bought 500 grams of fresh porcini yesterday. My first plan was to prepare the porcini on bruschette, but this morning, without any other input, I decide that pici cacio e pepe with porcini and a crumble of bread, pecorino and fresh … More Would it be a sin to combine porcini with pici cacio e pepe?
Baby artichokes don’t need a lot to be super tasty. 1 kilo of baby artichokes is enough for 2p after cleaning. Remove the outer leaves and cut the stem short. Store the artichokes in cold water with lemon to avoid too much discoloration. Store in the fridge. Chop and fry 1 big spring onion and … More Artichokes in their purest form
Pappa al pomodoro is a popular dish in Italy, it’s cheap and easy and a perfect way to use old bread and you can even serve it as dinner. To intensify the flavors, prepare the pappa a day in advance. Fry and chop 2 red onions and 4 garlic cloves. Add a few stems of … More What can you prepare with 200 grams of old bread?
Chop 1 large fennel. Cook in salted water until al dente. Add 160 grams of macaroni during the last 10-12 mins of cooking time. Drain and keep some of the cooking water. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 spicy little pepper. Add 100 grams of grated old pecorino and a few spoons of … More Macaroni and cheese sounds like real comfort food!
It would be really odd to live in thé country of pasta and to avoid eating it. Lunch or dinner, most of the italians take minimal once daily a primi with pasta. In my eternal struggle to keep my weight under control this would be a very bad idea ;-). The ‘pasta-department’ in the supermarket … More Counting kcal occasionaly
Fresh Brussels sprouts in an Italian supermarket! Who buys them and who eats them here? While I was checking the packages, someone seemed really interested and I explained what they were and how to prepare them. My enthousiasm was probably overwhelming. The ‘someone’ thanked me and disappeared without sprouts. Clean and half 600 grams of … More Brussels sprouts in Italy
3 ingredients, Google, and you get a list of recipes, amazing. For 3p, 2 fennels, 700 grams of potatoes, 400 grams of butternut cut in thin slices (thanks to my kitchen robot Magimix). Make nice layers in a greased oven dish, starting with pumpkin, followed by potato and fennel. Put some pepper, salt and fennel … More No time for shopping, what can I prepare?
As I explained already in a blog post before, when I cook for myself I often use cucumber and curry as ingredients. Today a dauphinoise with cucumber, potato and light curry cream. Slice 1 big peeled potato of approx 250 grams thinly. Slice 1 small cucumber thinly. Spread the slices in a small oiled oven … More Private dinner with myself
Coming back home in a house with an empty fridge, you always find some dry pasta, peeled tomatoes of good quality, garlic, onion, spicy little pepper and pecorino (or even parmigiano) to prepare ‘pasta arrabbiata’. I am pretty sure that my version is more tomato-like, but I will always try to remember the veg-quotum. Chop … More After a long drive just some simple pasta arrabbiata
Everywhere real fresh peas… I have never seen so many in Belgium, and they are FRESH. So, the perfect occasion to use them today in a delicious risotto. For 4 p chop 1 white onion, 6 garlic cloves and fry them in a mixture of 1 table spoon of olive oil and 1 table spoon … More Fresh pea risotto, OMG that’s delicious
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