Nice spring evening, …. my boyfriend asks me a drink… too lazy to make a Mojito… let’s make a Sojito! Ingredients for 2: 2 long drinks glass (3 dl) ice 16 ml Soju (I still had a nice Japanese soju from Arima Onsen) mint leaves 1 can of Limonata San Pellegrino ( this is my favourite…
Category: Recipes
Loup de mer filet
Luckily we have a very good fish shop not far away from home. I bought some very nice Loup de Mer filets, this is what I made out of them! Ingredients: 4 filets of Loup de Mer 1 bunch of Parsley 1/2 bunch of Coriander 100 gr of breadcrumbs Olive Oil Pink and Black pepper…
Asparagus and Gorgonzola Risotto
As usual, spring time, inspiration time. I bought some asparagus and decided to do a risotto with it. Ingredients for 2: 1.5 cups Risotto Rice (Arborio, Vialone Nano,….) 1 onion 1 dl white wine vegetable stock 500 gr Asparagus 100 gr Gorgonzola Olive oil Salt Salmon (sashimi quality) and spices if you like Clean the…
Apple and mascarpone cake
This was a new try as a I had a package of mascarpone left in the fridge. Wow, what a surprise! Ingredients: 4 eggs 250gr Flour 400gr Apples (Golden Delicious) 250gr Mascarpone 150gr Sugar 1 packet of Baking Powder 1 Vanilla Bean 1 pinch of salt. First of all i prepare the apple, I grate…
Moist chocolate tarte
I prepared a nice chocolate tart, when my boyfriend comes home and tells me he doesn’t like chocolate cakes… Luckily this was before he tried this one ;-). This is a very easy and quick recipe. Ingredients: 150gr butter 150gr black cooking chocolate 50gr sugar 4 eggs orange zest 2 teaspoons Maizena (corn starch). In…
Merguez casserole with Savoy cabbage
I was inspired by a recipe shown on a BBC show (the original recipe is Quick sausage casserole with Savoy cabbage pesto and you can find it on bbc.co.uk/food ) Ingredients: 1 Savoy cabbage olive oil 5 merguez (spicy lamb-beef sausage originally from the Magreb area) 1 chopped onion 3 pressed garlic cloves 1 chopped…
Spaghetti with Zucchini and Pumpkin Flower
It has been a long time since my last post, now is time to catch up! This almost a vegetarian version of spaghetti alla carbonara. This is because of the egg yolks you add at the end. Ingredients for 2: 250 gr. spaghetti 1 small zucchini pumpkin flowers (roughly a dozen). saffron (1 blister) 2…
Home made ravioli with Pumpkin and gorgonzola piccante filling
There is a very nice Christmas market at our main station and one stall is selling great italian cheeses. That’s where I got a fantastic gorgonzola piccante … Ingredients: For the Pasta 100gr of flour 100gr of wheat bran 1 egg a pinch of salt water (as needed) For the filling: 100gr of pumpkin cooked…
Mailänderli – Christmas Biscuits
And here the recipe for the second batch of biscuits, Mailänderli. Ingredients: 250 gr Butter 250 gr Sugar 2 tbsp Vanilla sugar 500 gr Flour 2 eggs the zest of 1 untreated lemon some more flour to roll the dough 2 egg yokes to spread Mix the butter till soft and foamy. Add the sugar, the…
Spitzbuben – Christmas biscuits
Got a nice Cooking Machine as anticipated Christmas gift, so I thought of using it a bit… Ingredients: 250 gr Butter 125 gr Sugar 2 tbsp Vanilla Sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 egg white 350 gr of white flour 200gr redcurrant jelly icing sugar Mix the butter till soft with the mixer/cooking machine). Add…
The epicurean kitten 