My plan was to do a chutney, but this is what came out: a fantastic Sweet Chilli sauce Ingredients: 12 Scotch Bonnet Chillies 1 kg San Marzano Ripe Tomatoes Half a Garlic Head, peel the garlic cloves 250 ml apple vinegar 350 gr gelling sugar 2 tbsp grated ginger 2 tsp salt First of…
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Apricot Habanero Jam
We had a very hot summer and somehow the whole month of September my chilli plants were producing a lot of fruits. I got quite creative in order to use them ;-). This is a spicy Jam that I did to serve with a nice cheese platter. Ingredients: 12 Habanero (mine were a bit smaller)…
Shichimi Togarashi – Japanese Medicine
Shichimi Togarashi means actually seven peppers. It is a mix of 7 different spices that was created more than 400 years ago as a Medicine. Yes, you are reading right. Its content of Red Chili (called Ichimi Togarashi) supports a good blood circulation, alleviates muscle pain and supports digestion and weight loss. Ground Sansho (japanese…
Gyudon with Onsen Tamago – Japanese beef on Rice and half cooked egg
For a rainy evening 😉 Ingredients for 2: 2 bowls of cooked rice (about 400 gr) 300gr of Rib-Eye thinly sliced 1 big or 2 smaller onions 1 piece of ginger ( about 3 cm) 3 garlic cloves 1 stem spring onion 1dl soup stock (dashi) 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sake 1 tbsp…
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…
Carrot Ginger Salad
Have not had carrots for a long while… 😉 Ingredients: 500 gr Carrots 40gr Ginger Sesame seeds 1 Lime 2 spoons sesame oil 1/2 spoon of sugar a little bit of spring onion Peel all the carrots and the ginger and grate everything. Squeeze the lime and add the juice. Add the oil and…
The epicurean kitten 