Archive for December, 2008
Venison ragout
Red deer meat is a traditional holiday dish ingredient in our family. This year I made some venison ragout. Ingredients 500 grams red deer meat ½ tsp pepper 2 tbsp flour 1 big onion 0,5 liter red wine 2 bay leaves 2 whole dried cloves 6 whole black peppercorns 150 grams crème fraîche 1 tsp [...]
Chicken and fruit salad
Here’s an easy recipe for chicken and fruit salad. It is a great side dish for a BBQ or it can be served with toast or crackers when watching a movie or having company over. This dish can be prepared ahead of time, in fact it should be kept in the fridge overnight to allow [...]
Amazon Holiday Markdowns
Amazon currently has some amazing holiday markdowns. If you have a food lover in your family and didn’t find the right Christmas present for them yet, now is your chance. Here are some of my favorite items currently on sale. Calphalon Commercial Hard-Anodized 12-Inch Everyday Pan with Lid Constructed of heavy-gauge hard-anodized aluminum for superior [...]
Salmon Teriyaki
I really love Japanese cuisine. A lot of Japanese dishes are very simple and don’t require many ingredients. It’s these simple dishes, that don’t use herbs or spices, I like most, because of their pure flavors. Japanese soy sauce is often the only seasoning used and it gives the dishes the distinct Japanese taste. Because [...]
Basil
Mostly known for its extensive use in Italian cuisine, this herb originally comes from tropical Asia, where it has been cultivated for over 5,000 years. Basil is best used fresh. You can also buy dried basil leaves, but basil looses a lot of its aroma when dried, so fresh basil leaves should be preferred. Basil [...]
Eating with chopsticks
The most creative cooks are probably the Japanese. Japanese cuisine is characterized by sheer simplicity and pure tastes. The way Japanese chefs present their food is a real form of art. Eating the food, with chopsticks, is an art form in itself. It is, however, a part of the whole experience, a part that should [...]
Freezing Turkey Fillet
Turkey breast is a very nice, low-fat, meat that can be cooked in many ways. I often buy whole turkey breast filet and cut it into portion sized pieces. A whole turkey breast is usually about one kilo, so it is way more then our family of four needs for a single meal. I like [...]
One eyed monster breakfast
There are various names for this dish: egg in the basket, egg in a window, egg in the hole, pirates eye, birds nest, hobo toast, eggy toast, o’johnnies, egg in the middle, one eyed Joe, toad in the hole, one eyed Jack, did I forget one? I call them one eyed monsters and the kids [...]
Homemade Pizza
We eat pizza about once a week. It’s one of my favorite foods and the variations are really endless. Don’t tell me that you don’t like pizza, because you can put anything on there that you like, the rest is just bread. When I make pizza, I make pizza. No store bought dough or pizza [...]
Black Pepper
Pepper is one of the most used spices in European cuisine. Being a native plant to India, this spice has not always been as readily available to us as it is today. Due to its high demand, black pepper has been commonly used as a trading currency and it is still the most widely traded [...]
