I was inspired by one of this weeks Masterchef Professional UK. Ingredients: 1 package short crust pastry rice as weight to cook the pastry 300gr mixed berries (I used strawberries, blueberries and raspberries) 5 egg yokes 80 gr sugar 400 ml condensed milk (sugared) 150 ml lemon juice 1 tsp grated lemon skin icing sugar…
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Simmered Satsuma sweet potatoes with beef – japanese style
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes (roughly 400 gr) 200 gr. ground beef 2 tablespoon sake 1 tablespoon soya sauce cooking oil (sunflower seeds) Cut the potatoes in 2 cm slices and let them rest in water for at least 10 minutes. Heat the oil in a skillet and brown the potato slices. Add the ground beef….
Miso Eggplant Stir Fry
This was a real discovery. Very easy but tasty recipe. Ingredients: 5 small eggplants 1-2 red hot chilli 50 ml soup stock 2 tablespoon sake 2 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoon miso (i used red miso) some sesame oil First of all peel some strips of the eggplants (alternatively) and then cut in small stripes. Chop…
Noodle soup with chicken – Japanese
Was in Hong Kong recently and found an inspiring book: Japanese Soul Cooking from Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat. Saw a very nice recipe, Kamo Nanban Soba. The problem is that my boyfriend does not like duck so much, so I did my own version. Ingredients: Chicken with skin (I took 2 thighs which I…
Hamburger japanese style with highland beef patties
A couple of week ago I received an email from a local highland beef producer (organic the cattle is held in the mountains of Ticino). They offered minced meat at a fantastic prices and here we are, the first recipe. Ingredients: 300 gr Minced meat from Beef (Highland beef in this case) 1/2 onion 6…
Tarte Tatin
Tarte tatin is a french style of cake. Originally done with apples, can be done with other fruits. This is the easiest recipe, you can always customise it… Ingredients: 8-9 apples ( I used golden delicious as they are now seasonal here), peel them, quarter them and let rest in lemon water. 120 gr. butter…
Ossobuco alla milanese
This is a very rare cut to be found here, so when there was a promotion at the supermarket I did not hesitate! Ingredients for 4 people: 1 kg veal shanks (ossobuco) 50 gr butter 1 onion 0.5 liter beef stock salt a little bit of flour at your taste 1 spoon of Concentrate of…
Hokkaido pumpkin soup
I got inspired again by one of those nice Hokkaido pumpkin in a beautiful orange. This time I gonna make a soup Ingredients: 1 Hokkaido pumpkin 1 red onion 700 gr chicken or vegetable stock Olive oil 200 ml cream salt and pepper Peel the pumpkin, take out the seeds and cut the pumpkin in…
Green Papaya Salad – Som Tam
Had to shop at our local asian shop and I found a green papaya… inspiration! Ingredients: 1 green papaya – grated some cherry tomatoes 2 long string bean some crashed peanuts 2 garlic cloves 2 chillies 1 lime (juice) 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 spoon tamarind sauce 1.5 spoons palm sugar. In a mortar put…
Deer filet with Whisky Chanterelle Sauce
Finally game season again! Here in Switzerland and neighbouring region it is a speciality. Normally you buy some of the components already cooked as otherwise you will pass the afternoon and evening in the kitchen. In this case I bought the Spaetzle (small sized kind of fresh pasta), the red cabbage (rot kohl) and the…
The epicurean kitten 