We’re into soup these days. Broccoli soup, minestrone, barley soup … Today it was onion soup. One day after the Bernese “Zibele Märit” it seemed like the right thing to cook. 1 kg organic onions 1 Tbs butter 6 gloves garlic 1 laurel leaf a…
Still in a baking mood and at home with a heavy cold. I decided to try something I have never done before, a Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake. Inspired by a post on smittenkitchen. I like cheese cake but have not done one for ages. But chocolate…
As you could see we had a busy weekend in the kitchen. Still in the fridge was the sablé dough, waiting to go to the oven. The recipe comes from fanny from foodbeam, my new discovery. I love her blog, a feast to read and…
Even though the weather is still like summer ( 20 ° Wednesday evening ) , there’s no doubt that autumn is here. Our neighbours did harvest all the quinces from the tree between our gardens. There’s always plenty of recipes I would love to try…
In a bowl put green olives, fresh wild fennel seeds, Noilly Prat, olive oil, black pepper, a pinch of sea salt, some nutmeg. Rest for an hour. Grill sardines with garlic inside, salt, black pepper, olive oil on the outside. Chop one or two shallots,…
We finally arrived in sardinia for a 3 week holiday. The first few days we did nothing except lazy beach life and quick pasta dinners and the occasional fish from the grill. Grill-fish means lots of bones and leftovers. Time for fish stock. When I…
A few streets from where we live is a lovely indian restaurant called Mahamaya we go there as often as our budget allows. Which, at the moment is hardly ever. It’s one of our favorite places for several reasons: It’s a cosy place, they serve…
At the moment we rush from work to the nursery then home to play horse-race or pirates. In between we have to do the shopping for dinner. So I’m really very uninspired when it comes to cooking. I’m not good with quick suppers. I lack…
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…
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…
