Chicken Teriyaki – very easy recipe

A very quick and easy recipe Ingredients: Chicken – I used 2 breast filet but would be better to have the skin on, just poke it with a fork 2 spoons of soy sauce 2 spoons of mirin 1 spoon of sake some oil to cook.   Mix the soy sauce, the miring and the…

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Vegetarian red thai curry with Pumpkin

Saw a very nice red kuri squash and got inspired, let’s try a curry. Ingredients: 1 small kuri squash (cook it in the oven first for 35 min at 180° cut in slices) 2 small pak choi 4 small baby corns some button mushrooms 1 package fresh string bean 1 very small cauliflower  1 tin…

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Ravioli with Gorgonzola Spinach and Ricotta filling

Wanted to do some home made raviolis. I use the same recipe for the pasta as I used some time ago. home made pasta. In a pan I put some live oil, some butter, chopped onions and some garlic. Add the spinach and cook for about 5 minutes until soft.  Put the spinach in a mixer…

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Risotto with Mushrooms, Cognac and cream

Yesterday we were shopping food and got inspired, it’s again mushroom season. Here a little unconventional risotto, if you are on a diet, just reduce the rice amount and add more mushrooms. Ingredients for 2: 50 gr Butter 150 gr Mushrooms cut in small pieces ( I took Chanterelles, Japanese Shimeji and Eryngii) 1 spoon…

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Spaghetti tomato eggplants and mushrooms

Another Pasta variation. Ingredients for 2: 2 garlic cloves 4 anchovies chopped chllies (i used 3 without seeds) 1 small eggplant 100gr champignons olive oil basic tomato sauce or passata di pomodoro (tomato puree) a little bit of cream Spaghetti Garofalo (half a package)   In a first big pan add salted water and when…

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Eggplants burgers with Tsatsiki

That’s a very easy recipe. Just cut eggplants in 1 cm thick slices. Put the im seasoned flour, the in egg yokes and finally in breadcrumbs. Fry them in oil. While letting cool down prepare the tsatsiki with 175 gr. Greek Yoghurt, half a cucumber, 2 garlic cloves, salt ,pepper, a little bit of tabasco…

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Ceviche

Back from holidays, ready to blog again. Tonight, inspired by some tapas we had in Spain I prepared a Ceviche, a Peruvian speciality.   Ingredients for 2: 300 gr very fresh white flesh fish 3 limes 2 chilies 1 red onion cilantro 100gr small tomatoes (I used Datterini) a little bit of salt some olive…

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Mojito

This is a recipe from my boyfriend, the Mojito specialist. Ingredients for 2: 20 gr of brown sugar 3 limes 1 hand of mint leaves 8 cl Rum* crushed ice Mineral water. First of all a little digression on Rum. When I did my holidays in Cuba, I learnt one thing, the young white rum…

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Tagliolini tonno, pomodoro e peperoncini

A good way to prepare the fresh pasta:   Ingredients: fresh tagliolini 2 cloves of garlic tuna some tomato sauce 1 peperoncino (chili) olive oil a little bit of cream   Put some oil in a skillet and add the pressed garlic and the chopped peperoncino. When the garlic turns golden, add the tuna. Let…

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Home made Pasta – Tagliatelle and tagliolini

I did not do fresh pasta for a while and tonight I got a special request. Ingredients: 300 gr. wheat flour 100 gr.  durum wheat 4 eggs half a teaspoon salt   Mix the two flour and the salt. Add the eggs and mix with a fork to start. Then use your hands to knead…

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