Featured Recipe
Princess Beans and Pickled Carrot Salad with Ricotta and Pisatchio
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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If you are looking for a delicious and easy salad recipe, these tender princess beans with pickled carrots over ricotta cream are an ideal choice. Princess beans are small green beans that are harvested young and only have very small or no seeds. You can use French haricots verts, which are much thinner, longer and tender than regular green beans. Pickled carrots can be prepared one day ahead, actually it tastes better after 24 hours and will stay fresh and crunchy for at least a week.
Godnkipferl – Austrian Easter Crescent
Monday, February 24, 2025 |
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A Godnkipferl is a super soft, fluffy brioche crescent in a large format (as long as 50cm and thick as an upper arm). The Godnkipferl / Godparents Crescent, aka Osterkipferl / Easter Crescent, is a pastry with a long tradition: in some parts of Upper Austria, godparents give their godchildren this oversized brioche crescent at Easter. They are usually braided, either with three, four or six strands and sprinkled with pearl sugar. However, you can also just simply roll the dough, with or without sultanas, into a long roll, then form into a crescent.
Pull Apart Aubergine
Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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If you love cheesy pull apart bread, but don’t want to indulge yourself on carbs, this pull-apart aubergine is the answer. You can easily serve it as a main course or as an appetizer for any family gathering. I used a mix of fresh mozzarella and vintage Cheddar for the recipe, but if you are fancy that “cheese pull” effect, then replace vintage Cheddar for the shredded Mozzarella. You may not need all the pesto sauce, use the leftover for the noodles or double the recipe.
Easy Caviar and Egg Tarts
Thursday, February 20, 2025 |
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The secret to stress-free, relaxed entertaining is with these easy nobake tartlets using premade tart shells from a local grocery store for convenience. Not only are they absolutely tasty, they are also ready in 15 minutes, meaning you can whip it up at a moment’s notice. Use all-butter crust shells if you can, after all, nothing beats what butter can provide. Otherwise, I would recommend making your own using this or this.
Creamed Chicken
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 |
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This luxe chicken dish is from a cookbook (Grow Fruit and Vegetables in Pots) by Aaron Bertelsen. The bone in skin on chicken thighs are first browned until golden crispy, topped with fresh herbs, then baked in the oven with cream, white wine and chicken broth until the mixture has reduced and thickend—a textbook example of how a few basic ingredients can create big and complex flavours.
Date and Rye Bread
Sunday, February 16, 2025 |
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Making rye bread at home can seem a little intimidating because sticky heavy rye dough is fussy and more challenging to work with due to its weak gluten, but really there is no need for it with this easy date and rye bread recipe which used just 30% of rye. The dough is a bit sticky, but don’t compensate for the stickiness by adding more flour during kneading or you would end up with a dry and hard bread. Keep a bowl of cold water handy for dipping your hands in, rather than adding more flour to the dough if you are going to hand-knead the dough. Towards the end of kneading, you can also oil your hands to keep the dough from sticking to your hands. The wholegrain rye flour and sweet dates are a perfect pairing and this crusty dark loaf goes brilliantly with some aged cheese or simply slathered with butter.
Apricot Oat Slices with White Chocolate
Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Whether as a snack between meals, with an afternoon coffee or as an office treat: these apricot oat slices taste great and are a delight! They are easy to transport and can also be made in advance as they stay fresh in the fridge for several days. Conveniently, you don't need to use the oven, just chill them. Oat flakes, dried apricots, coconut flakes and almond meal are not only filling but also nutritious. A silky coating of Lindt white chocolate provides the fun gourmet factor. The subtly hot and fruity chilli thread are the perfect addition to elevate chocolate taste, adding a delightful kick to each bite.
Mexican Chicken Adobo
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 |
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You can make adobo with meat, seafood, tofu or even vegetables and there are countless twists on adobo. I found this easy and interesting recipe on Olive Magazine and it didn’t disappoint. The sauce is deeply fragrant, complex, wonderfully smoky, with a gentle spicy kick from chipotle chilli. I served the chicken with a smacked cucumber salad, but you can serve any salad you prefer.
Maghmour Lebanese Aubergine Stew with Chickpeas
Monday, February 10, 2025 |
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A simple and tasty aubergine stew with chickpeas simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce from Lebanon. Traditonally, the aubergine would have been deep-fried in copious amounts of olive oil. I chose to airfry them with avocado oil which I need to use up soon, and it’s easier and less messy. Great as an appetizer, topping for some crusty bread or flatbread or as a main course. It can be served warm or at room temperature. Baharat, an Arabic spice mix, gives the maghmour the necessary zing and makes it really tasty.
Meatball Gratin
Saturday, February 08, 2025 |
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Juicy homemade pork meatballs with garlic, onion, Italian seasoning, fennel seeds, and pancetta / bacon are browned then simmered in a rich tomato based sauce and lots of Gruyère until golden. It’s wholesome, hearty and so moreish. Serve with your favourite salad and plenty of crusty bread to soak up the sauce.
Black Garlic Streusel Loaf
Thursday, February 06, 2025 |
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This black garlic bread features a tender, fluffy aromatic crumb and a crunch crust topped off with a sprinkle of buttery streusel flavoured black garlic granulates. With the use of black garlic and kala namak black salt, it adds the bread great colour and is just burst of complex, tasty flavours. Enjoy it as a side to your soup, salad or as a snack with nothing but butter.
Black garlic is a type of fermented garlic and has a deep umami flavor, with notes of plum, licorice and chocolate and is fantastic in salads, dressings and bread.