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August 2011
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March 2011
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Fresh Pasta / fazzoletti Di Seta Al Pomodoro
Handcar chief pasta with tomato sauce, so nice and simple food, its always nice to embrace simple dishes like these and let the ingredients develop in to their full flavors.
Just got my self a pasta machine so i was super happy to try it out.
This is what you need and how to do it:
Spelt - 5 dl (i really enjoy spelt, but use 00 flour or wheat if you like that better)
Egg - 3
Salt
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Beluga Lentil Patties
Beluga lentil patties on blanched spinach topped with sauteed shiitake mushrooms and a creamy sauce.
This turned out to be a very nice version on the classic lentil pattie with a pungent flavor of rosé pepper and fennel.
This is what you need and how to do it:
Beluga lentils: about 4 dl
Onion - 1 medium sized, grated or finely chopped
Zuccini - 2 small or one large, grated or finely...
January 2011
5 posts
Oven Cooked Game With Red Beet Mousse
Raindeer with brussel sprouts, onion and herbs cooked in oven and served with a beet root mousse and gravy.
Mynth Tea Steamed Pear With Dark Chocolate Sauce
Mynth Tea Steamed Pear With Dark Chocolate Sauce and Ice Cream
Shiitake Mushroom Soup With Soba Noodles
Some times i get hold of fresh shiitake mushrooms which is very tasty! Dried you can always find at your local Asian market and they are almost as good as. This makes a very nice vegetable soup packed with gentle flavors.
Simple soba noodle soup is a perfect way to get a lot of the flavor from the shiitake.
This is what you need and how to cook it.
Shallots
Shiitake - cleaned and sliced...
Reindeer From The North Coated With Fresh Herbs
Although i did not manage to get any pictures before i served this i thought it was worthy sharing this before picture.
Reindeer coated with thyme, rosemary, stuffed with thinly sliced garlic. Cooked together with whole garlic in oven.
Served together with an onion mousse and a large green salad.
Dried Fruit compote With Vanilla Ice Cream
Dried fruit compote served with locally produced vanilla ice cream.
Made a spicy fruit compote for new years eve that turned out really good.
The sweetness of the fruits balanced very well with the spices.
This is what i used and how to do it.
Figs - 8, cut a little cross at the top to open them up a little.
Dates - 8
Dried Apple - 12 slices
Sultan Raisins - about an deciliter
Ginger...
December 2010
3 posts
Michelin Madness
Found it quite interesting to have a closer look on the Michelin star phenomenon.
Take a look at this BBC documentary on the french gastronomy rating system with its roots in changing car tiers.
constructivedeconstruction asked: I just have to say what an amazing blog and every single one of your dishes have made me hungry! I am once again inspired!
Two Kinds of Polka beet with Lamb Chorizo, Salvia...
Two Kinds of Polkabeat with Lamb Chorizo, Salvia coated Potatoe and Green Cabbage.
This is a very wintery dish with the sweetness of the beetroot, the simple seasoned potatoe with salvia, salt and black pepper together with wonderful parsnip, green cabbage and the spicy lamb chorizo made with meat from free range, organic raised lamb.
Since the period with organic lamb are short where i live i...
November 2010
5 posts
Diary of a Foodie on Gourmet.com →
These short episodes on Gourmet.com is just what i want to see in the theme of food, not just cooking but the true spirit of food.
Click the link above to get to Gourmet.com and see the show.
Haddock topped with Anchovies served with Pommes...
Haddock topped with Anjovis served with Pommes Galette and a lemon, caper sauce with manche sallad.
This is what you need and how to cook it:
Haddock fillet
Anchovies - try to get Anchovies in olive oil. Cut the anchovies in to fine pieces.
Potatoes - thinly sliced
Cream
Capers
Lemon
Get your oven on at 225 degrees.
Place the potato in circular pattern in a oven safe pan (cast iron)...
Neapolitan Style Pizza
The basic beloved mozzarella pizza topped with basil.
This is so nice, simple and lovely stuff.
As always get the best quality on the ingredients you can find, cooking with “simple” flavored food, it always shines true if you use bad quality ingredient.
This will give you two medium sized pizzas.
This is what you need and how to bake it:
Spelt flour - 9 dl
Yeast - 25 g
...
Walnut, Ricotta and Spinach Pasta
This is a super nice pasta dish, simple but oh so nice flavors!
This is what you need and how to cook it:
Walnut - i used whole ones and cracked them myself, use what you think is good, but always use the best you can find.
Zuccini - i always go for the smaller ones, i find the texture and flavors are more delightful. Cut the Zuccini in thin slices on the lenght.
Ricotta
Spinach
Tomato -...
Mixed Herbs, Purple Haze With Beef Tenderloin
Grass fed and organic beef tenderloin with steamed Purple Haze carrots, watercress, baby manché, marjoram and a balsamico reduction served with a onion mousse.
This is what you need and how to cook it.
Beef tenderloin - grass fed, organic, about 250 g gives two servings.
Balsamico Vinaigrette - use a balsamico of good qaulity
Carrots - use small and tender carrots, i used purple haze...
October 2010
3 posts
Omelet With Goat Cheese and Hazelnuts
Omelet With Goat Cheese, Hazelnuts and Tomatoes
This omelet is at is best when you get it fluffy since you have a quite heavy goat cheese, so use a little more milk than you usually would.
This is what you need and how to do it:
Eggs - 5 fresh eggs
Goat Cheese - use the kind you prefer, i normally use a cheese wich is rich in its taste
Milk
Hazelnuts - grounded
Red Onion - finely...
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Smoked Vendance On Toast With Poached Eggs
Smoked Vendance on toast with poached eggs, heated tomatoes and watercress.
This is what you need and how to do it:
Smoked Vendance - they are caned and can be found either at your local fishmonger or delicatessen.
Eggs - Organic and as fresh as possible
Vinegar
Bread - Use a quality bread from your bakery, i used spelled bread here.
Tomatoes - Sliced
Red Onions - Finely chopped
Olive...
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Lamb, Beetroot & Sweet potatoe Mash
Lamb meatballs with beetroot and mashed sweet potatoe .
Really nice dish with sweet beetroots and spicey lamb meatballs.
This is what you need and how to cook it:
Organic grass fed lamb mince
Small leaf parsley
Sweet potatoes - diced
Beetroots - cooked and wedged
Letters
Garlic
Egg
Thyme
Rosmary
Boil a pot with water and cook the sweet potatoes.
Put the lamb mince in a bowl,...
August 2010
1 post
Late Summer Salad
Salad with very fresh italian beans, broccoli, olives, parsley, fried oyster mushrooms, herbal butter and goat cheese
Important note: Always steam the broccoli so you dont loose the taste, vitamins and texture.
June 2010
8 posts
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Savoy Cabbage
Savoy cabbage with ginger, garlic and tofu served with soba noodles.
This is a nice dish that serves as good cold as hot.
This is what u need, and how to do it :
Tofu - diced
Ginger - grated
Savoy cabbage - wash and cut the cabbage leaves in half, remove the white stalk.
Garlic - grated
Onion
Vegetable Broth - put the broth in a pot or bowl with heated water.
Heat a pot or a wok,...
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The Italian Ice Cream Maxer
Been thinking about this for a while now, and today I finally made my own rhubarb ice cream. It’s made of rhubarb, cinnamon, wildflower honey, bourbon vanilla, cream and eggs.
Pre cook the rhubarb with honey and cinnamon in the oven or on a stow until it has soften. Let it cool and mix it with a mixer until it is smooth.
Whip about 5 dl of organic cream with a larger amount of bourbon...
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Oyster Mushroom
Went out swimming today and brought a package with oven baked oyster mushrooms, vegetables, chèvre and herbs.
The flavors get really soft and rich when everything is wrapped and baked in baking paper.
Use vegetables that u prefer, and pour some white wine on if you like.
For this one i used :
Oyster mushroom - chopped or torn in to pieces, it separates in to fine chunks when torn.
...
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Sardine al pomodor
I cook this one very often, very simple and rich dish.
And as always, it is the quality of the ingredients that matters. Organic and high quality, carefully chosen products are always more interesting in texture and flavor.
To do the Sardine al pomodor you will need:
Sardines - often canned, and in oil, olive oil is to prefer for the taste, and the sardines supposed to be small, large ones...
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Raccolto
Bought this, tasted it and will do it again.
Nice rich and fruity Sicilian Cabarnet Sauvignon. Burned barrelnote, hints of herbs, dried cherries and licorice.
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Arame salad
This is a classic at our house now a days.
“earth & sea” salad. A major thing if you like the japanese kitchen.
Serve it alone in a bigger portion or as a side to grilled / oven baked salmon
There is no real recipe with measures for this, but the ingredients and proceeding are:
Arame algae - Soak in fresh cold water for 10 minutes and the cook for another 10.
Tofu - Chopped...
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Cava
Tried out this Cava two weeks ago, made of a blend of organic grapes. Grapefruit,green apples and biscuits.
We drank it in papercups, blockparty and open-air party.
Giving it a re-run this weekend.
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Reginette
Bought a package of Rigenette (bronze cooked) in Milan.
Served with pickled fennel with anchovies (also brought back from milan. Parmesan and basil. And a glas of Dolce Vita Monica, a good and simple wine with hints of licorice and dried fruits from Sardinia.
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