My weekly chat with Mirco, the fishmonger, is often related to ‘what I will prepare with the fish I ordered’. This week he was really surprised I was going to prepare ray in the oven. He tried to convince me to prepare a typical pasta/soup (minestra) where you boil the ray wings in the stock … More A little conflict with the fishmonger
Laksa is a Malaysian, Singaporean noodle based soup based on coconut milk and curry paste. I didn’t really check online but I’m convinced that there are an abundant number of varieties. Remember I’m doing this master in counseling? Today I had my one before last day of course. I promised myself not to irritate myself … More What is better than laksa after a whole day online course
We have a lot of different mushrooms in our garden, but sadly enough I don’t know anything about mushrooms, and decide to leave them and buy some in the supermarket. The variety here is much less than what I could find in Belgium, so it’s possible that forest mushrooms never arrive in the supermarket because … More Mushroom soup
A thick and rich soup can be promoted to a main course. Deliciousmagazine.nl of Oktober shows me a few nice ideas. For 2p, put 1 kilo of halved and seedless yellow (or red ) bell pepper on a baking tray. Roast in the oven at 220° until the skin becomes here and there black. Put … More Soup as main course
We have more than 20 doors in our house, and they all need to be painted (or we want them to be white ;-)). Every door side needs 4 layers of paint. In summertime this would be a great job outside, but in wintertime the ‘cantina’ is my workshop. I can do 2 sides at … More Cold, rainy and windy weather = time for soup
Chop and fry 2 leeks, 4 garlic cloves, 1 carrot in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 500 grams of boiled beetroot, 1 table spoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of curcuma and 1 liter of vegetal stock. Allow to simmer for approx 30 mins. Mix until the soup is creamy. Taste, add pepper and … More Creamy soup without cream
Soup is in very many ways ideal, I admit (although Iris would say I too often forget this). Chicory soup served with oven dried cherry tomatoes in a little cup is perfect as healthy appetizer. Fry 1 chopped potato, 1 chopped white onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil. Add 500 grams of … More Ideal as lunch, ideal as appetizer, ideal as ‘in between’, = soup
Yes, this weekend starts the master course in Florence. Planning the menu (although I know Iris can cook too) for the weekend starts on Friday. Broccoli soup with grilled chicken is surely a perfect appetizer, and a lunch for Iris for t he following day. Chop and fry in a drizzle of olive oil 1 … More Winter=soup, before, during and after 😉
For 1.5l of soup : 500 grams of butternut, 2 onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of curry powder, 2 bay leaves, 1 table spoon of dried basil, 1 l chicken stock (good quality cubes), coconut cream to finish. Put the chopped pumkin, the chopped onions and garlic cloves on baking paper. Add the … More Spicy pumpkin soup in a little cup
My mother in law is a real Indian lover. When I want to impress her, I probably have to try making their version of the curry soup, or ‘mulligattiwally-soup’ as they invented themselves. When I tried to find the right recipe, the one with green apple, it became clear to me that there are a … More Mulligatawny soup for my mother in law
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