Recipes
Cake with candied fennel
I had a fennel bulb left over and was more into baking then cooking. I decided to use the fennel in a rather unusual way. Fennel in a cake, I had never tried before but the thought was tempting. Smelling a fennel bulb allows you to imagine eating it sweet.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
baking time: 25 [...]
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6th mediterranean cooking event – Italy
Returning from our excursion from the African coast, we travel back to good old Europe where we land in Italy. World famous for its delicatessen such as Mozzarella, Mortadella, Parma ham, Polenta and Pasta but as well for its wines such as the Chianti or the Barolo.
Here we can find a vast variety of local [...]
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Leek baked with Mozzarella di Buffola
I love leek. A fairly simple way of preparing leek is the following. Simply combined with Mozzarella di Buffola and ...
Beet Root Ricottine on Gorgonzola Sauce
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Chickpeas with spinach
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Lentil stew the way my mother made it
I love lentils in anz form but this recipe is my favourite. Probably because my mother used to cook them ...
Gnocchi with spinach and Feta cheese
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Norma’s eggplant salad
I had this dish for the first time at Jeanine’s place on the mountain in Hydra. I was stunned that ...
Soups
Parsley foam soup I had eaten this soup many years ago at my fathers house. Now that I wanted to cook it I could not recall much but a few details of the preparation. This was for certain: Lots of parsley was involved in order to achieve this intense and unique flavour. Some cream, some butter and beef [...]
Salads and Dressings
Fennel Salad with prawns and orange A simple fruity salad that gives a hint of summer. I like salads that are a bit different. This one certainly is. Fennel, prawns, orange, lime and coriander make a colourful and exotic mix. The prawns make the salad almost a main course, at least for lunch.
Fish
Salmon with orange-onion puree I am currenly a lot into fish as you probably have noticed. This time I caught some salmon at my local fish store. I just love salmon, preferably with a nice sauce to it. This time I tried something new. A puree of onion and orange. It goes well with the fish and adds a [...]
Meat and Poultry
Lamb in the bag I do admit, that the photo has not much to do with the title. The bag is used for cooking only. I use a baking bag, to be precise. This high tech product allows a smooth and slow baking in the oven but also enables the things to get some colour at the same time. [...]
Desserts and Sweets
Rice pudding – Ρυζόγαλο Childhood memories of my grandmother Elisabeth came up when I prepared this dish today. When ever I visited her there was rice pudding. It had a garnish of sugar and cinnamon on top and a tiny piece of butter was melting in the middle of the hot pudding on my plate. Also Greek childen have [...]
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