It’s so easy to prepare an elegant and unfortunately rather forgotten dish, Camembert en croûte, for a cosy evening. Baked, slightly runny camembert filled with potatoes and bacon, or mushrooms, and/or onions. Or you can opt for a sweet version…
Asparagus alla Milanese
It has to be asparagus again because, firstly, it’s the season and, secondly, we’re still missing just this one recipe to cover the most important aspects of enjoying white asparagus. We have explained our favorite cooking technique, namely in the…
Asparagus polonaise
Polish-style asparagus or asperges à la polonaise is a delightful preparation for both white and green asparagus that you should know. It is also extremely simple. Every year we long for the short white asparagus season, which gives us a…
Menemen
We have already described one of the most delicious breakfast dishes here: Çılbır, from Turkey. This rivals the Egg Benedict and is even better for us. Another breakfast dish from Turkey is Menemen, which is very similar to the probably…
Zarangollo Murciano
Zarangollo is a peasant dish from Spain that probably originated with the Sephardic Jews who lived in the area around the city of Murcia. In Spain, it is often served as a main course, but also as a side dish,…
Pizza dough gluten-free
We have already explained a pizza dough especially for the household oven here. By popular demand, here is a recipe for gluten-free dough. It has to be prepared completely differently. Gluten makes doughs stretchy and this is particularly important for…
Imam Bayildi
The core of this delicious way to prepare eggplants is vegan, without having to change anything in the traditional recipe. It is a classic of Turkish cuisine, but variations are also known in Greece, Albania and Bulgaria. İmam bayıldı (here…
Shakshuka
We were surprised to read about the controversy surrounding this dish online. But we are also completely uninterested in this. This recipe describes Shakshuka as we know it from Tel Aviv-Jaffa, where it is particularly popular for breakfast. However, like…
Chile Colorado
Chile is the Spanish word for the chili plant and colorado is one of the Spanish words for red (colored). This has nothing to do with the USA, Chile Colorado is a Mexican stew. Meat is stewed in a sauce…
Spaghetti con le cozze
You can prepare this dish in different ways, with or without tomatoes, for example. Here we explain the golden rules that you should follow in every variation to cook the perfect pasta with mussels. You can find a recipe for…
