Our dessert from the cookout that Koen & I had in December.
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Our dessert from the cookout that Koen & I had in December.
Read MoreThis was the pièce de résistance from the Ad Hoc At Home cookout that Koen and I had in December: Beef Stroganoff.
Read MoreBetter late than never. In December Koen and I had a cookout again, and we started with this stunning creamy cauliflower soup with three crispy elements.
Read MoreNothing better than a fresh yet indulgent dessert (with some very lovely South African dessert wines from Mullineux and Newton Johnson)…
Read MoreKoen and I had a mini-cookout a couple of weeks ago. ‘Quick and light’ was the motto and we kicked-off with this Courgette Carpaccio starter that is bursting with flavor!
Read MoreThe last part of our pork belly extravaganza was trying to recreate a Filipino dish called Lechon Kawali, which I found over at seriouseats.com
Read MoreThe second dish that we did was based on Jeremy Pang’s recipes I found on BBC Good Food: oven roasted char siu (BBQ-ed pork belly) with pickled carrots and mooli.
Read MoreThe first one we made was Szechuan pork belly bites I found over at sousvidesupreme.com.
Read MoreSo, what to do if you have a 3kg/ 6¾ lbs slab of pork belly lurking in the freezer? You organize another cookout with Koen…😎
Read MoreThe main dish of our recent cookout: garlic and thyme coated prime rib roast served with a cheesy onion, bacon and baby potato gratin.
Read MoreKoen and I had another cookout recently. We picked this entrée so we could use the Sousvide for (almost) all elements.
Read MoreThis was the starter of our recent cookout: a small cheese fondue with black truffle.
Read MoreThis recipe is based on one I found over at LXRY by Aan de Poel**’s chef Stefan van Sprang.
Read MoreFor the cookout’s main course for the kids and the vegetarian option, we wanted to do a simple pasta dish.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreThis Saturday we went over to Koen and Erica’s for dinner and to taste one fabulous shiraz from Mollydooker wineries that he picked up at Aixvinum in Aachen, Germany while on holidays “in the neighbourhood”. I suspected that Koen planned their whole holiday around this, but it actually wasn’t…
Read MoreMaking your own sorbet is – when you have an ice cream maker that is – very easy and now is the perfect season for clementines. Zesting and juicing the clementines and lemon made the house smell yummy too.
Read MoreAnother excuse to use the Smoking Gun… 🙂
Read MoreThis recipe from Masterchef Australia was a perfect use of my sous vide water oven.
Read MoreHaving seen many Asian recipes with slow roasted pork belly, I wanted to give it a go in the sous vide water oven and then finish it under a hot grill.
Read MoreI like root vegetable soups with spices, so when I saw some sunchokes (“aardperen”) in the supermarket, I immediately wanted to try them.
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