Shakshuka is an Israeli / Middle Eastern tomato based dish. Ingredients for 2: 750 gr of ripe tomatoes 2/3 spoon olive oil 3 garlic cloves finely chopped or pressed 1 medium sized onion finely chopped 4-5 medium sized green peperoncini cut in rings 2 tbsp tomato paste 1 tsp piri piri chili flakes (optional) 1…
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My version of Chirashizushi
What to do with a nice piece of tuna at sashimi grade? I love rice bowl and here is a take on it Ingredients for 2 2 cups of japanese short grain rice 2.5 cups of water 400 gr of tuna at sashimi grade 2tbsp of Soya sauce 4 tbsp of Mirin 2 tbsp of Sake…
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…
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…
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…
Tarte with lemon and berries
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…
Asparagus Tartar
Another way to prepare asparagus 😉 Ingredients: 400 gr Asparagus 75 gr fresh cheese few cherry tomatoes 1 ripe but firm avocado 1 spoon Dijon mustard 1 cooked egg half a lemon 1 spoon capers a little fresh parsley and chives 1 garlic clove 1 dl Olive Oil salt and pepper Steam or boil…
Yakisoba
Tonight is yakisoba time! Chicken, Chinese Cabbage, Noodle, Egg, Bonito Flakes, Nori powder (Aonori) and Yakisoba sauce. Yummy!!! And it was not me cooking 😉
The epicurean kitten 