The past years we have presented two recipes taken from famous books Hunger Games: the pumpkin brew and roasted quails with tangerines. Today at the release of the last chapter of the saga, we could not let slip the opportunity to present the favorite dish of Katniss! The lamb stew with dried plums and wild rice. “The stew’s made with tender chucks of lamb … Read More
Millefeuille with spiced apple compote and vanilla custard
We love experimenting and combining different culinary traditions! 🙂 Today recipe comes from that, a puff spiced pastry composed of three discs and stuffed with vanilla custard and apple compote. This small cake will satisfy both your palate and your eyes, combining classic traditions of Italian-French puff pastry, with the constant of German food, the spices! Once prepared remember to let it … Read More
Mayonnaise
Today we’re proposing one of the most classic sauces and most used in the kitchen: mayonnaise 🙂 . This sauce goes well with meat, fish, eggs and vegetables. It lends itself also very well to refined decorations. You’ll surely have a jar in the fridge, but the flavor of the sauce homemade will be far better than the one purchased. … Read More
Long Island iced tea
Long Island iced tea takes its name from the similarity to the classic iced tea, but unlike this innocent drink, it is made up of four spirits and stained with a dash of cola. The result? You will not notice any difference either in appearance or in taste… Just be careful not to overdo! 🙂 The Long Island may be born … Read More
Medlar jam
Today we want to talk about a fruit a bit unknown nowadays, yet highly appreciated in the past centuries: the Germanic or common medlar.The common medlar belongs to the Rosaceae family, the same that includes apples and pears, and just as these two it is related to the autumn. It has a unique and special taste, and like everything unique, … Read More
Licorice black Venere risotto
Some time ago, we invented a duo of risottos that compose the yin-yang, so as to bring to the table a dish so good as spectacular 🙂 . We currently have the yin, the night: the black Venere risotto with licorice. This recipe gets inspiration from chinese fried rice, from which it borrows the diced ham, omelette and soy sauce. In ancient China, … Read More
Zucchini and ham swirls
Today we’re presenting a first recipe to use our pizza dough: delicious zucchini and ham swirls. They are perfect as an appetizer or finger food: the combination of zucchini, basil and ham is delicious 🙂 . The recipe is easy to prepare, we’ll give you some tips for a better result: roll out the dough very thin, about 2-3 mm, so … Read More
Digestive herbal tea
It’s time to introduce you to a good digestive herbal tea to sip nice warm, maybe before going to bed 🙂 . We did a little research for the most curious of you about the spices that compose it. Licorice root contains glycyrrhizin, which gives it its characteristic sweet taste. You’ll not need, therefore, to sweeten the tea. Licorice has anti-inflammatory … Read More
Rabbit with dried plums
How many of you have tasted or at least heard of the famous “Seuppa à la vapeuleunnentse” or “Favo” from Ozein? Today we want to share with you a recipe of our valley, perhaps less known but equally tasty: the rabbit with dried plums, accompanied by snow peas and boiled potatoes 🙂 That’s quicker to eat than to pronounce it! … Read More
Chocolate and Salt Contest
Finally, our first contest 😀 ! We chose to start with a particular ingredient combination: “Chocolate and Salt” 🙂 . Do not worry this particular pairing can give great satisfaction, to take away any doubts we’re presenting a recipe of delicious chocolate and pink salt cookies. To enter the contest you must invent a recipe that has chocolate or cocoa and … Read More