Author: Arcis
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Leek, Chive And Caper Scotch Eggs by Mildreds
For Chantal’s birthday party, I made some Scotch eggs with a delicious herby dipping sauce. This is the veggie version.
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Scotch Quail Eggs with Bois Boudran Dipping Sauce by Galton Blackiston
For Chantal’s birthday party, I made some Scotch eggs with a delicious herby dipping sauce. This is the meaty version, I will post the veggie one later this week.
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Malteser Tiffin
For Chantal’s birthday, I was looking for a recipe for one of those fantastic cakes entirely covered in Maltesers, but along the way, I got distracted by this “Malteser tiffin”.
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Gnocchi with a Creamy Mushroom Sauce
I got some packets of De Cecco’s mini gnocchi, chicche di patate, so started looking for recipes to find a sauce that was not the standard browned butter with sage leaves.
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Sweet Corn Risotto
This risotto hails from Georgia and originally comes from Morgan Murphy’s cookbook “Southern Living Off the Eaten Path: On the Road Again: More Unforgettable Foods and Characters from the South’s Back Roads and Byways”
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Orzo with Tomato, Red Bell Pepper, Grana Padano and Thyme Infused Oil
Moments after the kids started digging in, they paused and – almost in unison – said: “wow, this is good.” I spontaneously got a 9.5 out of 10 and the constructive feedback that “a 10 out of 10 was well within reach if I added more cheese”. Smartasses…
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Soufflé Cheesecake (a.k.a. Japanese Cotton Cheesecake)
My first attempt at a Soufflé Cheesecake. The taste very closely resembled a regular lemon cheesecake, but the structure is amazingly fluffy and light!
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Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup
It’s getting closer to autumn. The urge to cook hearty soups automatically increases…
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Around the World – Spain – Salmorejo Cordobés
Ask anyone to name a cold tomato soup from Spain, and the reply will be gazpacho. However, salmorejo is a fantastic thick tomato soup from Córdoba that is eaten cold too.
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Lakrids A by Johan Bülow
“According to many, Lakrids A is instantly addictive”, it says on the label….
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Saffron Risotto by Ferran Adrià
Ferran Adrià of El Bulli fame finishes the risotto with a garnish of paper-thin slices of mushrooms.
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Pancetta and Sage Risotto by Ursula Ferrigno
A straight forward “pantry” risotto for a delicious weekday supper.
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Mac ‘n Cheese by Marco Pierre White
When the grown-ups indulge in culinary experimentation, it’s always a challenge to make something easy and more suitable for the kids. This time they were quite vocal about it and demanded Mac ‘n Cheese! Luckily, I had this version by Marco Pierre White still in my culinary bucket list.
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Around the World – Bali – Cooking Class @ Bumbu Bali (Aug 2015)
In one of the episodes of Masterchef New Zealand, the contestants flew to Bali for a difficult challenge involving genuine Balinese cuisine. The restaurant involved was Bumbu Bali and we booked a full day cooking class there.
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Around the World – Locavore – Ubud, Bali (Aug 2015)
Just after booking our holidays to Bali, I started browsing for restaurants in the places we would be staying. Locavore in Ubud always popped up in the top lists of restaurants.
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Around the World – Bali – The Local Food – part 2 (Aug 2015)
This the second post about some of the Balinese and Indonesian food we had during our holiday in Bali.
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Around the World – Bali – The Local Food – part 1 (Aug 2015)
As said, we spent about 2 weeks in beautiful Bali. This is the first post about some of the Balinese and Indonesian food we had.
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Around the World – Bali – The Burgers (Aug 2015)
This summer holiday we spent about 2 weeks in beautiful Bali.
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Cherry Clafoutis Tart
A French clafoutis tart brings childhood memories of summer bakes with all kinds of fresh fruit, but the real classic is with cherries.
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Fusilli with Pancetta, Shiitake Mushrooms and Wilted Greens
When we returned from holidays, and we were still battling jetlag, we wanted some simple one-pot meals. This pasta dish recipe from Yasmin Fahr over at seriouseats.com only needed minimal shopping, cooking and washing up. A perfect fit.
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Zucchini alla Parmigiana
This one is based on a recipe from Jennifer Olvera over at seriouseats.com. We sure love our “melanzane alla parmigiana”, so substituting the eggplant for courgettes was an attractive summertime alternative.
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Spaghetti Marinara with Oven-baked Meatballs
I came across the recipe for these “Marvellous Meatballs” over at Sweet and Savory Bite a couple of months ago.
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Marcella Hazan’s Ragu Bolognese
Inspired by the delicious Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina I had in Fuerteventura, I had another go at a big batch of ragu bolognese.
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Chicken Peri Peri / Boerewors from the Big Green Egg
Despite some unexpected rain showers (I really should have first checked the weather forecast…) it was a nice opportunity to break in the Big Green Egg I got for my birthday last week from Chantal. ❤️
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“Rochefort 10” Ice Cream and Strawberry Ice Cream
This Rochefort 10 ice cream is based on a recipe I found on the Belgian food blog Hot Cuisine de Pierre. It’s a very nice beer, and the idea of making ice cream with it is sheer genius…
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Crostini with Braised Oxtail, Cauliflower, Shimeji Mushrooms and Quail Eggs
This recipe is based on one I found over at LXRY by Aan de Poel**’s chef Stefan van Sprang.
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Testaroli (Tuscan Pancake Pasta) With Pesto
For the cookout’s main course for the kids and the vegetarian option, we wanted to do a simple pasta dish.
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Confit Salmon with Spinach and Tomato by George Calombaris
A couple of weeks ago Koen and I had another cookout. We needed a starter that was relatively low maintenance, and I wanted to try something new with the sous vide. This recipe is from George Calombaris fit the bill nicely as I hadn’t cooked fish in it before.
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Hamburger Vitello Tonnato style
This one is from the cookbook from “De Burgerij“, a Belgian chain of burger bars with some outlets in the Netherlands nowadays.
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Around the World – Fuerteventura, Spain (May 2015)
The last couple of weeks were a bit slow on posts, but that was mainly due to holidays. We went to Fuerteventura; so,😎🌴, loads of ☀️.🍷, 🍻, and 🍴of course.
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