Fish Pie
I just realised that I never posted my Fish Pie here – how could this happen? It’s the dish I have probably cooked most. It’s a simple dish but it never fails to impress our guests and it’s probably our favourite dish too. We just…
Category: Fish and co
Italian Basics N°3 – Risotto
Pesca di Spada con Risotto and Fava Not that my son son would suddenly eat fish but risotto is on of his favorites and sometimes he even likes fave beans. Risotto is a dish that my son always likes to help because stirring is the…
“Rillete de maqueraux” or the perfect hangover relief
I’m finally old enough to see it all coming, the days around xmas and new year were once again filled with dinner parties plenty of delicious food and as always a bit too much red wine. But this year I planned ahead ! While some…
Scallops served on breadcrumbs and thai basil
I love the time around christmas. For a short while it’s seems there is no other task but cooking, eating , drinking and be together with friends. We cooked several christmas dinners this year, for family and friends ( luckily we’ve also been treated with…
Black noodles with Crab
Fast and delicious. This was one course of our christmas eve dinner. You’ll need: Black noodles Crab meat preferably nice big claws 1 lemon 1 dl Pernod 1.5 dl double cream Salt and pepper Greens to decorate Bring salt water to boil. Add the black…
Fish pie “Killeel”
I came up with an other variation of fish pie. This time with a Puff pastry and sliced potatoes. To me fish pie is the ultimate comfort food. You’ll need: 2-3 fennel 400 gr white fish 4-5 potatoes Puff pastry Tarragon Dill Cream Salt, pepper…
Hughs fish fight
This world can be utterly crazy! While it seams everybody is talking about how we can protect our fish stocks and how to consume reasonably this is the EU strategy to solve the problem? Half of all fish caught in the North Sea is thrown…
Tuna on shiitake mushrooms and tomatoes
It’s always the same, after a day at the office I ran into the closest grocery shop stressed once again because I’m to late to pick up our son from the nursery. I’m tired, hungry and I totally lack inspiration. Yet I wan’t a proper…
Beetroot marinated salmon with 2 kinds of beetroot
It looks like this was the ultimate beetroot weekend. We had our annual coeur de sel xmas dinner and even though 2 people claimed they don’t like beetroot my part of the menu planning involved nothing but beetroot. Lucky me, both dishes very so delicious…
Black linguine with octopus
The bast way of eating pulpo for me is with nice with bread and a good glass of red wine but this is a nice variation.Cook the pulpo. Cook the black noodles, when al dente drain them and mix with the pulpo and all the…