Pasta and beans, that’s what this is all about. Pasta e fagioli is one of our absolute favourite dishes from rural Italian cuisine. It is prepared in a very similar way to pasta e ceci, a dish with chickpeas. In…
Lahmacun
Lahmacun is best enjoyed fresh from the oven. You roll crunchy ingredients such as salad and herbs into the baked flatbread and eat it with your hands. Lahmacun on the food stall is usually quite large and prepared with enough…
Empanada Gallega
An Empanada Gallega is a Spanish pie from the region of Galicia and is very large, the size of a baking tray. Pieces are cut from it and eaten by hand. It is also a popular Spanish snack that you…
Blue cheese soufflé, double baked
Baking a soufflé can be a tricky affair, especially when it’s a dessert. Today’s soufflé is much easier to prepare. You can enjoy it after the first baking or, like us today, bake it a second time. It then doesn’t…
Pan de cristal
Spanish pan de cristal, which translates as “glass bread”, has an incredibly crispy, delicious crust and an airy, large-pored crumb. It is the perfect accompaniment not only to tapas, but also the ideal base for pa amb tomàquet, a roasted…
Orange and Almond Creme Caramel
A flan is a popular dessert in the Spanish-speaking world, in France it is known as crème caramel. This dish is always prepared with eggs and gently cooked in a bain-marie. The basic version of a flan has a very…
Hummus
Hummus (Arabic حمص, Hebrew חומוס) is a dish that is particularly ubiquitous in Israel and Palestine as well as in Lebanon and Syria and is well known in many parts of the world. Hummus is ideal as an appetiser, side…
Panang Curry
Lastly, we explained how you can easily make your own Panang curry paste. Now, of course, we want to use it to prepare a dish, namely a classic dish from Thai kaeng cuisine, which is flavoured with curry pastes called…
Pad Ka Prao
In our Asian supermarket, we were able to buy “holy basil”, which is usually difficult to find internationally. Italian basil and Thai basil are much easier to obtain. You have to cook pad ka prao with it. Without “holy basil”,…
Banana bread
The sweet smell of freshly baked banana bread wafting through the kitchen brings back memories of cozy Sunday afternoons and is the perfect accompaniment to a hot cup of tea in foul weather. Today we are sharing a recipe for…
