On a visit to Bologna, we were served this dish as part of a small menu and it blew us away. We had to cook this ourselves! Here is our recipe for this simple delicacy: Typically Italian, few ingredients are…
Vegan Miso Ramen
Now for our second vegan ramen, a creamy miso ramen. This recipe builds on our first recipe for a vegan shoyu ramen, in which we described how to prepare the basic broth. We also strongly recommend reading this short post…
Vegan Shoyu Ramen
The day before: the broth So now the recipe for our first – vegan – ramen. We start with the broth, for which we cannot use meat, of course, but also no bonito flakes (katsuobushi), which means we lose a…
Fasolada
Another vegetarian / vegan dish that is very easy to prepare: Greek bean soup with vegetables, fasolada (“φασολάδα”) or also called fasoulada. Warming, nutritious and inexpensive. You need dried white beans of medium size (the big beans “Gigantes” are not…
Parmigiana di Melanzane
Parmigiana di Melanzane is an absolute classic of Italian cuisine, those who love eggplant and Parmigiano – and who doesn’t? – will be delighted. A good parmigiana is creamy and tastes fruity and deeply sunny. An enormously simple, vegetarian dish…
Savoy cabbage rolls in braising sauce
Wet and cold weather, we feel like classic home cooking: “Wirsingrouladen” (German) or “Wirsingwickel”, as they are called in Bavaria. More often white cabbage is used, in which case it would be “Kohlrouladen” or “Krautwickel”. Both are delicious. This dish…
Karē Raisu – Japanese Curry
Karē (カレー), derived from the English word curry, is one of the most popular dishes in Japan, especially in households. It is mostly eaten with rice and is then called Karē Raisu. A Japanese curry is very different from other…
Tomato Ketchup
Ketchup, as it is spelled today, has a long and a short history. Its antecedents probably originated in Asia and did not have much to do with today’s best-known method of preparation. It was rather a fish sauce with other…
Sheng Jian Bao
This delicious street food speciality from Shanghai is crispy and fluffy at the same time, the filling tastes spicy and fresh. Although they are a bit of work, we can only say: it’s worth the effort! These dumplings taste best…
Ragù Classico
In Bologna, this beautiful city with its delicious food, they don’t serve “bolognese”, but ragù. This sauce is not eaten there with spaghetti either, because it is too thick for such fine pasta and therefore does not go together harmoniously.…
