Category: Recipes

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…

Root vegetable salad

At the moment one can get lovely beet root varieties at the shops. For this salad I used normal red beetroot and this lovely red-white variety. Cut 2 beetroots and a third of a celery into stripes. Marinate in the juice of 2 lemons for…

Friday is fish & chips day

Our chips are dead simple to make. Peel and cut potatoes ( same type you would use for mash). Put on a baking sheet add some oil and into the preheated oven (200° ) . Turn from time to time until golden. Sprinkle with vinegar…

Calemari & Trevisano Pasta

Got some beautiful fresh Calimari from Italy in the Globus store in Zurich and prepared the following dish: Calimari beaten and sautéd in olive oil, garlic, peperoncini for 2 minutes while adding salt, in the end sprinkle with lemon juice. Orechiette with trevisano and rocket…

Wiederaufbau

Die vielleicht gesündeste Suppe auf Erden: zuerst Hühnerbouillon selbstgemacht: 1 grosses Bio-Huhn und ein paar Flügeli, 2 Stangensellerie, 2 Karrotten, 1 Lauch, 2 Zwiebeln und ein paar Körner schwarzer Pfeffer in 6 Stunden auskochen. Danach absieben, auskühlen und Fett abschöpfen. Dann mit ein paar schönen,…

original tuna fish tahiti style!!

 Couper 1 demi choux, 1 oignon et 250gr de thon en très fines tranches. Poser le choux sur un plat, parsemer de l’oignon puis recouvrer avec le thon. Raper du gingembre par dessus (à volonter) et arroser le toute de sauce soja. Chauffer de l’huile…

Tomato chutney

Last minute I made my favorite tomato chutney. Usually I make it with “Berner rosen ” tomatoes but for them I was too late. The recipe I have from the “Summer” cook book from Oskar Marti also called “chrüteroski” 2 kg peeled tomato cut into…

Tagliatelle with figs and chili

A simple and very nice pasta dish adapted from the river cafe pocket cook book recipe. Mix 100 ml double cream with the zest of 2 lemons and the juice of one. Wash and cut off the fig stalks and cut into quarters. While cooking…