Orecciete with sardines and wild fennel

Wild fennel grows everywhere here in sardinia so I was happy to find a recipe in the fantastic “Made in Italy cook” book from Locatelli that uses wild fennel. 2 tbs sultanas 2 good quality tomatoes blanched and peeled 2 tbs pine nuts 12 sardine…

Spaghetti vongole

To prepare the vongole let them sit in a bowl of salt water 30 min, they will breath and filter the water, releasing any sand they have inside. Rinse in cold water and separate any open ones, they are dead. You can drop every single…

Hendrick’s Gin Tonic

Another absolute classic with us is the Hendrick’s Gin Tonic with a few cucumber slices. Hendrick’s gin one can buy at good liquor stores. In switzerland you can buy it in Globus. Don’t even try to make this with an other gin.

Sardines with wild fennel

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,…

Aperol Spritz the casa souk way

When we come home from the beach and the sun is slowly going down it’s apero time. One of your favorite drinks at the moment is Aperol Spritz. Cool down the glass with some ice. Add the slice of an orange. Add the the aperol.…

Pappa pomodoro

Stefan made this lovely soup for us the other day. Tomato aromatico 5 gloves garlic some basil stalks and leafs approximately 15 halved cherry tomatoes 1 onion roughly chopped lots of olive oil salt and pepper Preheat the oven on 180 °. Cook slowly for…

Creme brulé with lavender

The garden here in sardinia is full of heavenly scented Lavender. The big stone table where we usually eat our extended breakfast is surrounded by lavender and the smell accompanies our meal. It was only a question of time till we started to think about…