Posted in Recipes on Aug 28th, 2010
It’s Summer time, or rather end of Summer time! However, aubergines are easily available on the market. Many think that to cook aubergines is complicated since you need to put them under salt for a couple of hours before you cook them. I rarely do so and still get finger licking results! I found this [...]
Posted in Fish recipes, Recipes on Aug 25th, 2010
The sauce makes it one of my favourites! Ingredients for 4 persons: 4 calamari cherry tomatoes half glass balsamic vinegar 1 tblsp honey extra virgin olive oil salt Clean the calamari and cut from one side forming rings without slicing all the way down so that the rings are still attached to the body of [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 1st, 2010
It’s fig time again! We’re lucky of having a ‘fresh from the tree’ fig supplier who comes knocking at our door as soon as the season starts. There’s nothing sweeter and juicer than Maltese grown figs. Having the supply in hand, I decided on a light refreshing antipasto for today’s lunch. Follow the following instructions [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 2nd, 2010
Trying to cut down on calories is not the easiest of tasks for anyone, let alone for a food enthusiast who spends most of the day thinking about recipes to try, food to buy and preparing meals to eat! Ah yes, Summer is approaching and like many I want to lose some weight so now [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 25th, 2010
With Summer approaching fast the variety of fish on the market increases and now it’s the perfect time for buying molluscs which are squid, cuttlefish, octopus. Today I tried a very light and quick recipe with cuttlefish which can excellently make part of a BBQ menu. Ingredients: 4 medium sized cuttlefish, cleaned and tentacles put [...]
Nearly unfailingly, every Sunday morning is dedicated to cooking. During the week I start looking for innovative recipes to try during the weekend. Then, a special menu is created for Sunday lunch which is usually a 3 course meal. This Sunday we had some friends over and prepared the following menu: Octopus salad served on [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 27th, 2009
Asparagus omellette Serves 8 (as a starter) 250g fresh or frozen asparagus 5 eggs 50g grated goats cheese salt & pepper Beat the eggs with some salt. Add the boiled asparagus cut into half lengthwise and the cheese. Season with some salt & pepper. Pour mixture in a rectangular oven dish. Preheat oven to 180 [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 27th, 2009
What is this Cotechino? You may find it frequently in Christmas hampers but never know what you are going to do with it?! Well, this sausage is made from pork meat, fat and pork rind. It is a preserved meat and very popular in Italy especially for the New Year’s specialty dishes. Here is a [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 27th, 2009
Been cooking so much over these last 15 days that I don’t know from which recipe to start… moreover I still have to write about the 5 day gastronomic tour in Trentinara which left us with some extra kilos and a delicious taste in our mouths… yet about all this later on! Now have a [...]
