Last time I went to my fishmonger I found fresh herring fillets at 2.50 € per kilo! Of course I’ve bought a kilo: they are good, healthy and surprisingly cheap! 3 cloves of garlic2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil3 herring fillets, skinned and diced6-8 cherry tomatoes, dicedfew branches of dill10 black olives200 g of
My ode to catalogna wasn’t a joke: I really love this greenery! Last time I went to the market I bought a huge tuft, cooked the outer leaves and ate raw the inside (puntarelle) following a great recipe.As I can’t always eat catalogna with pasta (for the good of this blog), I made this little
For this month Sugar High Friday, hosted by chocolate master David Lebovitz, the theme is (obviously) chocolate, not in general terms, but by brand.As I grew up near the Italy-Switzerland border, my entire childhood has been surrounded by chocolate of different kind and shapes: Lindor all year long (bought by kilos…), bunnies end huge eggs
Yesterday night I opened the fridge and all I saw were some sad vegetables that screamed, “Cook me or kill me!”I cooked them… 1 red pepper1 leek1 fennel1 courgette1 little pumpkin2 potatoes 1 teaspoon of red curry pasteSalt Tarragon to decorate Clean and cut in chunks all the vegetables. Throw them in a saucepan, add
Maybe…As you may have understood reading my blog, I’m not a big fan of strict rules in the kitchen: I like “tradition”, but I dislike close-minded vision where only “tradition” can exist. We are lucky enough to live in a big wide world made of so many different minds that the term “tradition” can mean
I already made this cake, back in June, but as I did some adjustments and as it’s one of the simplest yet most luxurious and satisfying cake in the world, I thought it was worth writing about it again!I had some kumquats (or Chinese mandarins) in the fridge since ages, waiting for a nice duck
When Sigrid tagged me for this meme I thought: Oh, no… But then I began to look at the entries of last year, my first year of blogging, and I realize that I did some “amazing” things that I couldn’t dare if I had no one but my family and friends to share it with…
It’s so hot this winter, that my mother’s roses are blossoming… She gave me few…
Another verrines directly inspired by this book. It’s like a verrine in kit: I did absolutely nothing if not cutting the feta cheese and assemble everything! For 4 glasses 200 g of feta cheese20 sundered Pachino’s cherry tomatoes in extra virgin olive oil (or 8 sun dried normal tomatoes in oil)saladExtra virgin olive oilDry oregano
I am so excited!!! Fist of all, I did master one recipe written by him! Second, I did macarons! For the second time (we don’t want to speak about the first time, do we? Horrible horrible memories.. ), but they came quite right this time: I would like them more puffed, but I’m quite satisfied!