Pavlova
The Pavlova is just one of the nicest desserts I know. Is basically a meringue with lot’s of cream and fruit on top. The recipe I have comes from Nigel Slater (with lot’s a adjustments ) and the special thing about it is that you…
Author: zera
The pedant in the kitchen
I’m already was a big fan of Julian Barns, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is among my favorite books. Of course I was very pleased to find that he wrote a “food book”. The pedant in the kitchen is a collection of…
Strozzapreti with crab and lemon sauce
Yesterday we had cha ca and fresh spring rolls for dinner, so there was some crab meat left. Something had to be done with it today… Here a pasta with dish I really like and which is very simple. Of course you can do it…
My Müsli
I used to hate müsli until recently. Now I really like it . But my müesli is different from regular ones in two ways. First and most important, it must contain dried blueberries! Did you ever try them? They are fantastic and unfortunately very expensive…
Chocolate Cubes
A lazy sunday and the nursery sweetheart coming for a visit tomorrow made us do some baking. The recipe comes from a work mate. For the dough: Mix 3 eggs 250 gr Sugar Add 2 tsp Vanilla sugar 2 tbsp Cocoa powder mix in 3…
Risotto with fresh peas
300 gr fresh peas 1 spring onions a hand full of mint leaves good quality risotto rice (I prefer carnaroli type) 2 gloves of garlic Butter vegetable stock a hand full of basil leaves 1 dl noilly prat vermouth 50 gr parmesan lemon zest maldon…
White chocolate chip cookie
A rainy day and a boy who wants some action. After a hell lot of tinkering and a chocolate ice cream eaten outside in snow flurry we decided to try this recipe from a working mate. 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon…
Umis Gyoza
Mayumi posted her delicious qyozo recipe here earlier. Last month she found time to introduce me to the art of making gyoza. So here again with more details for the beginners: Cut Chinese cabbage and leek very thin, ad salt and let sit for some…
Pan-fried celeriac with apple salad and gribiche sauce
In the mood for more new things I tried a recipe I saw on tv. From time to time we watch “Lanz kocht” on the german tv station ZDF. It a funny cooking program and the christmas show was packed with delicious looking dishes. I…
Shrimp tempura with creamy spicy sauce
Last month I was in New York and of course we had dinner at Nobu again. It was delicious as usual. I had to order the rock shrimp tempura with creamy spicy sauce again. Its just to good. Back home I remembered that I have…