Okay, I understand, to create a pinsa (look on my instagram account or wait until I’ll really prepare one) you need at least 24 h. There goes my menu of tonight! Anyway, I throw a few flours together, and hope it’s eatable. The real pinsa will be for a later occasion. The combination of flours … More Pinsa romana…not exactly
Cannelloni of courgettes filled with ricotta…Donna Hay, grazie mille! Delicious magazine and Donna Hay show us a few pages of the last cookbook ‘Brilliance kids’. A main dish becomes a starter in my case, and we skip the mozzarella (to skip some kcal). For a starter for 3-4p I use 100 grams of frozen (fresh … More There we go again : courgettes
How to create the most colorful all-in-one dish ever? Chop 1 big or 3 small eggplants in cubes. Put in a colander with salt and leave for at least 1h. Chop 1 large or 2 smaller bell peppers (yellow for extra color). Mix with 1 chopped red onion, 1 spicy little pepper, 4 chopped garlic … More Ratatouille ‘Italian style’
It can be silly, but if family and friends are visiting us, we have a small list of ingredients which we still cannot find here and which are too good not to be eaten. Coriander was on that list, but finally it’s available and my own harvest is growing. Flour mixtures for home made bread … More Smuggling of halloumi 😉
Italians are proud of their local products and often those products have a high season and a celebration weekend. Certaldo is famous for their onions and they are indeed awesome. The outside is red, the inside is white and the flavor is awesome. Inspired by delicious.nl I use them in a tortilla. For 2p slice … More Local products in a tortilla
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?
Filo pastry pure is less fat than puff pastry, but to put the layers together you need some fat which can be limited and be ‘good’ fat such as olive oil. Anyway, there will probably not be an important difference because you need a few layers to create a solid quiche. Filo is a nice … More Filo pastry or puff pastry for a quiche?
Bibimbap is a popular Korean dish often served in a real hot stone recipient. Meat is optional, egg is optional, rice and vegetables are the main ingredients. The first step is the sweet and sour mixture to marinate the vegetables. Mix 250 ml of rice vinegar with 125ml of water, ½ table spoon of sugar … More Korean food
Cook 2 medium sized beetroots in salty water until al dente. Peel and slice thinly. Peel and slice 500 grams of potatoes. Mix the leftover of the feta dressing from 2 days ago with some low fat Greek yoghurt, a few chopped garlic cloves, a drizzle of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of dried basil, pepper … More Potato beetroot crumble
Today let’s go to the Middle East. What do you think about falafel, roasted cauliflower and roasted eggplant, a yoghurt sauce and a tahini sauce? For the falafel I start the day before. 350 grams of dried chickpeas from the Crete Senese will be too much for 2, but a falafel the following day, for … More Tahini, the smell of the Middle East
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