This are 2 dishes I wanted to try since a long time, but I got a hard time finding Sumac. Sumac is a turkish spice which has a tangy lemony taste. Oriental Meatballs Ingredients: 400 gr of ground lamb and beef (in my case I used 300 of Lamb and 100 of beef). salt 2…
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A quick Chimichurri recipe
Chimichurri is a south american sauce prepared with fresh herbs that matches well with grilled meats. There are many different ways of preparing it and best would be to chop all the ingredient by hand. But I don’t mind using the food processor for a quick preparation (when the meat is on the BBQ already. This…
Pizza dough – base recipe
I love pizza and my favourite comes from a wood fired oven. From time to time we cook it at home as well and I use a recipe which is adapted for this purpose. Ingredients for 2 people: 130 gr Flour – I use half white flour and the other half durum wheat semolina (grinder…
Olive Oil – Unique, Greece
2 Weeks ago a friend brought me to a Ticino-Italian wine degustation. Many different producers, I had mix feelings. I found some fantastic white wines from Friuli. The producer Livon has brought a selection of excellent wines. Some may prefer the winner of the tre bicchieri, Collio Friuliano Manditocai. One of my personal favourite was…
Asparagus and Gorgonzola Risotto
As usual, spring time, inspiration time. I bought some asparagus and decided to do a risotto with it. Ingredients for 2: 1.5 cups Risotto Rice (Arborio, Vialone Nano,….) 1 onion 1 dl white wine vegetable stock 500 gr Asparagus 100 gr Gorgonzola Olive oil Salt Salmon (sashimi quality) and spices if you like Clean the…
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….
Pesto alla genovese
We just harvested some Basilicum from our garden, what better use than to make a nice pesto alla Genovese. Ingredients: 50 gr of Basilicum half a glass Olive Oil (take a good one) 8 spoons grated Parmiggiano Reggiano or Pecorino (or a mix) 2 cloves of garlic 1 spoon of Pine nuts a little bit…
Penne al mascarpone, funghi e asparagi
A little improvisation for tonight. Ingredients Penne (Best if Garofalo) Asparagus Champignons Mascarpone Pelati Onions Garlic Anchovies Olive Oil Parmiggiano Reggiano Put to cook the Pasta in the boiling water. Add some olive oil in a frying pan. Add first chopped onions and when golden the pressed garlic clove. Now you can add some…
Tonight Barbecue, nice onion on the Barbie
Tonight we do BBQ. I do prepare everything and my better half does the hard work. We like nice good quality meat with a good selection of vegetables. For today asparagus, eggplants, champignons, beef filet, chicken leg and onion. Let’s talk about onions. They are great on the Barbecue, they almost get sweet. Ideally you…
The epicurean kitten 