Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Meatballs and mushrooms

Ingredients
- meatballs: minced beef 200gr, 1 egg, breadcrumbs 75gr, fish sauce 2 tbsp, pepper, salt, paprika powder 1 tsp, chili flakes 3 tsp, sunflower oil 2 tbsp
- dish: mushrooms 200gr, 1 medium sized onion, fresh ginger 2cm, 1 red chili pepper, fish sauce 2 tbsp, garlic 2 cloves, coconut milk 25cl, turmeric 2tsp, 1 lime, sunflower oil 2 tbsp, beef or vegetable stock 15cl
- Vegetarian: vegetarian meatballs
Meatballs; mix all ingredients well. Make small meatballs. Heath a frying pan add oil. Fry the meatballs until they are almost ready.
Take a large frying pan. Heath add oil and finely chopped onion, chili and ginger. Fry for a few minutes and add the sliced mushrooms. De-glaze the frying pan with the stock. After about 5 minutes add the coconut milk and bring to the boil. Cook for a few minutes and add your chopped garlic, fish sauce and turmeric. Add the meatballs. Turn down the heat and let it simmer on a low fire until it thickens. Add some lime juice to your taste.
Serve with rice or naan bread.
For a vegetarian meal, use vegetarian meatballs and -stock.

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Feed me; Crepe cake!!

Crepe cake with strawberry sauce. In the background Orange cake and banana with chocolate sauce. Love the cake at "In Nan".

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Endive stalks, cheese and tagliatelle

Ingredients; tagliatelle 200 gr, endive stalks 3, finely cut Parsley 2 tbsp, 1 egg, pepper, salt, cayenne pepper, olive oil 3 tbsp, Padano 50 gr.
Non vegetarians; cured bacon 150 gr
Vegetarians; smoked tofu 100 gr
Boil tagliatelle in plenty of salted water. Slice endive stalks lengthwise in small strips. Heath oil in a large frying pan and add endive. Add salt and pepper. Fry until soft and a bit browned.
Meanwhile beat one egg with some salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Fry the bacon / tofu lightly in a non stick pan.
Set aside some cooking fluid from the tagliatelle before rinsing. Add the tagliatelle to the endive. Add parsley and mix well. Take the frying pan of the fire and add a few tablespoons from the cooking fluid. Add the beaten egg and mix quickly.
Serve and dress with bacon / tofu and some roughly grated Padano cheese. You can use Parmesan cheese or mature cheddar instead.

Thursday, 4 April 2013

HyperSmash