Zaalouk is a real all-rounder; you can serve this dish as a salad, a side dish or a dip, and it tastes just as good served warm as it does at room temperature. It’s made mainly from aubergines and tomatoes…
Pasta al tonno
There are dishes that are delicious yet completely underrated – and are cooked silently in large quantities by those who know them. Pasta al tonno is one such dish. You hardly ever see it in restaurants. No fanfare, no surprise…
Stir-fry vegetables in black bean sauce
We love the very different Chinese cooking styles and Chinese food is always an option in our kitchen. Accordingly, there will be many recipes here over time. We will start by introducing some typical ingredients and a very simple vegan…
Carbonade Flamande
For us, carbonade flamande is the Flemish answer to boeuf bourguignon and we cannot claim to prefer one dish to the other. The central element of the dish is dark beer, whose bitterness is balanced with the sweetness of raw…
Roasted cauliflower Lebanese style
In the countries of the Levant, the eastern Mediterranean, cauliflower is often roasted, which brings out its full flavour potential. Here is a vegan preparation from Lebanon that is fantastic as a side dish, part of a menu or even…
Egg in a basket
Anyone who watched the movie “V for Vendetta” has seen the egg in a basket. It is a simple but often forgotten form of preparation that gives free rein to the imagination and is perfect for a surprise Sunday breakfast.…
Moussaka
Anyone who has eaten Moussaka in a Greek restaurant inside or outside Greece is unlikely to have put this dish on the shortlist of highlights of this cooking culture. Which is an absolute shame, because it’s utterly delicious if you…
Sesame Garlic Ramen
Our next ramen is based on a chicken broth and gets its typical character from sesame paste, garlic and doubanjiang, a Chinese spice mixture of chilli and fermented beans. In contrast to what we explained with our vegan shoyu ramen,…
Cheese Spaetzle
Spaetzle originate from Swabia and are a popular side dish, especially in the south of Germany. We have described here how to scrape them traditionally by hand, including quantities for the dough. An alternative are kitchen appliances that can produce…
Moroccan tagine with kefta, lentils and egg
We have already explained what is meant by the term tagine. We have presented another delicious tagine with artichokes here. Today’s recipe is better prepared in a large saucepan than in a tagine, so the special cooking vessel is not…
