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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Lechazo – Castilla y Léon – Casa Anton Lerma

Lechazo is a speciality you can find in the whole Castilla y Léon. It is cooked in a special wooden oven. Lechazo is a baby lamb, which is maximum 35 days old. The “Asadores” normally serve 1/4 of a lamb for 2 people. You will find everywhere restaurants offering menus with Lechazo for 2 people,…

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Lavinia – Madrid

Lavinia is actually a very good wine shop in calle Ortega y Gasset, but they have a restaurant inside the shop on the first floor. Very refined cuisine, the best is that you can choose any wine from the shop and you will pay only the tag price. This is a paradise for wine lovers…

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Asador Donostiarra – Madrid

This is for me a fix stop at every Madrid stop. It is a restaurant specialised in Chuleton de Buey Basque style. It is not far from the Football Stadium Santiago Bernabeu. For this reason you will find a lot of pictures on the wall with Real Madrid soccer players and some other famous people….

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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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Bread from durum wheat

I bought some durum wheat to do some homemade pasta and to use the rest I decided to make a bread. This is a typical bread from South of Italy, Apulia. One of the most famous is the Altamura bread. Unfortunately I have no Wood heated oven, but I should be fine with my oven….

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