We usually buy meat on big pieces, age it a little more in the fridge before portioning it and freezing it. I prefer to cut my steaks in double portions (350-450 gr) each and therefore was experimenting since a while in the preparation. This is now my best result so far. Ingredients: 350-450 gr double…
Category: Recipes
Goma Dare – Sesame Sauce
When we organise parties in autumn or winter we like to do a fusion of a Hot Pot and a Shabu Shabu. Different soup bases (Shezchuan, Tom Yum or Dashi) where you can dip a huge variety of vegetables, mushrooms, fish balls, fish cakes, tofu , sea food and Beef Slices. I usually as my…
Daikon Pickles
As we harvested 2 nice daikon in our garden and some nice chillies I decided to prepare them as pickles. It was a huge success and around 1 kg of pickles disappeared within 30 minutes… Ingredients: 500 gr of Daikon 3 chillies 2 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tbsp sake 1 tsp salt 4 tbsp sugar…
A quick Chimichurri recipe
Chimichurri is a south american sauce prepared with fresh herbs that matches well with grilled meats. There are many different ways of preparing it and best would be to chop all the ingredient by hand. But I don’t mind using the food processor for a quick preparation (when the meat is on the BBQ already. This…
Soba Noodles Soup
Cold weather, so it is time for a noodle soup again, but I was in an experimenting mood. I mixed up a lot of different stuff… But first of all, here the recipe for the Soba Noodle soup Ingredients for 2: for the Kaeshi: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup mirin 1,5 tbsp sugar for…
Japanese style Potato Salad
A nice recipe for a summer evening. Basically you can change the ingredients according your taste. Ingredients: waxy potatoes (you can choose the kind you like, just make sure they keep some firmness) carrots small cucumbers 1 small tin of corn ham (I used turkey ham) 2 hardboiled eggs Fresh Herbs 1 cup of japanese…
Vietnamese Vegetarian Fresh Rolls
We are growing a Holy Basil and as its getting huge we are always in search for new recipes. Yesterday I dediced to do some Vietnamese Fresh Rolls. Ingredients: Rice Paper Wrappers Glass noodles 1 carrot (I grated it, you can cut it julienne) 1 piece of fried tofu (cut in small cubes) 1 small…
Gyudon with Onsen Tamago – Japanese beef on Rice and half cooked egg
For a rainy evening 😉 Ingredients for 2: 2 bowls of cooked rice (about 400 gr) 300gr of Rib-Eye thinly sliced 1 big or 2 smaller onions 1 piece of ginger ( about 3 cm) 3 garlic cloves 1 stem spring onion 1dl soup stock (dashi) 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sake 1 tbsp…
Pizza party!
Tonight is pizza time. We prepare a bigger one to share. On the previous post I showed you how to prepare the dough. Now spread it as thinly as you can. The basis is tomato (passata), mozzarella and some fresh oregano leaves. Don’t top too much your pizza or it will not cook evenly. On…
Pizza dough – base recipe
I love pizza and my favourite comes from a wood fired oven. From time to time we cook it at home as well and I use a recipe which is adapted for this purpose. Ingredients for 2 people: 130 gr Flour – I use half white flour and the other half durum wheat semolina (grinder…
The epicurean kitten 