something from japan
many veges for Nabe bonito sashimi sashimi
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…
Smittenkitchen
The other one is called smittenkitchen, also very inspiring. “Deb is the kind of person you might innocently ask what the difference is between summer and winter squash and she’ll go on for about twenty minutes before coming up for air to a cleared room…
101 cookbooks
Today a friend send me to foodblog links 101 cookbooks is one of them. It’s a lovely made blog , a recipe journal. It primarily features healthy, vegetarian recipes – with the occasional sweet treat thrown in. The about text could be from me only…
Grand Cru Classe
We were recently gifted with this marvellous wine – it was a tremendous pleasure to drink! What remarkable generosity on the part of the man who gave us this bottle…! Text from vintagewinegifts.co.uk Scoring 92/100 Parker points and from the very good 1996 vintage, this…
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…