A happy hannukah if ever there was one! Yummy! CHALLAH RECIPE (from The Cuban Reuben) Ingredients 2¼ tsp dry active yeast 1½ tsp plus ¼ cup sugar ¾-1 cup warm water ¼ cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 1 egg yolk 1½ tsp table salt 8x 1/2 cups flour Instructions In the bowl of your stand…
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Mellow Chervil Soup
Perfect for a rainy day. RECIPE 100g unsalted soy butter + 1tbsp rapeseed oil 7-8 shallots, thinly sliced 1 stick of celery, thinly sliced 1l vegetable stock 4 bunches of chervil (approx 250-300g in total), roughly chopped 2tbsp heavy cream (lactose-free in my case) freshly ground black pepper wasabi-flavoured sesame seeds, regular sesame seeds and…
Autumn blues? Time for Broccoli, Gruyère & Chorizo Soup! (BBC Good Food feature! Yay!)
I’d always assumed that if I were ever to grace BBC Good Food’s Share Your Recipe section, it would make perfect sense to do so in its annual Christmas edition (C for Christmas Nut was part of my 30 before 30 alphabet in pictures, and for good reason). And so… lo and behold! In need…
Mighty Spice Express: Taiwanese Beef Noodle Stir-Fry
Before & After: Noodles, steak and mangetout. Simple, quick, but a tad too spicy. Black pepper and a red chilli? What’s the point? You get looooads of heat, and lose most of the other flavours, which is a shame. This makes for a great what are we having tonight?/no-fuss/go-go-go supper. Just go easy on the…
Halloween Baking (Part I): Spooky Fougasse
Spooky rosemary fougasse featuring an olive, garlic and Emmental plague. Served these with a semi-guacamole (i.e. guacamole without the tomato and coriander) for maximum gore effect! 😉
Foreign Flavours – Vietnam: Pho Bo
If I ever decide to officially fall in love with food, Pho Bo may be a perfect match. Good heavens. It takes a considerable amount of time to make (8 hours for the bone broth alone), but the end result makes you forget about that in a heartbeat. YUM. Behold, my selection of beef bones,…
Foreign Flavours – South Sudan: Baseema
Aka South Sudanese lemon-coconut cake. Behold, a baseema square straight from the tin. So, so moist. Loads of sugar, but a tangy kick from the lemon syrup in the end. It’s all good! BASEEMA RECIPE (found here) INGREDIENTS 5 eggs 140g icing sugar 200ml vegetable oil 500g plain yoghurt 2 tsp vanilla extract 300g plain…
Foreign Flavours – Malaysia: Beef Sambal Tumis
Of all the wonderful dishes we sampled on our road trip through Malaysia this summer, the beef sambal tumis I had on Perhentian Besar was the one I was most anxious to try out myself once we’d made it back to Belgium. Lo and behold: It’s not much of a looker, granted, but to be…
Malaysian (Street) Food – Cameron Highlands, Ipoh, Belum & the Perhentians
Part 2 of our Malaysian foodie adventure! Enjoy! 1. CAMERON HIGHLANDS – Honey and squid One of our stops in the Cameron Highlands was the Ee Feng Gu Bee Farm. In itself, this place is not a huge deal, but seeing as we had a honeybee-themed wedding, we owed these little guys a visit. There…
Malaysian (Street) Food – Kuala Lumpur
He’s baaaaaack… And he’s got loads to share! If you’ve been to this blog before, you know that before leaving for Malaysia I compiled a KL street food bucket list. I’m happy to report that I was able to tick off every item on the list (with a few geographical changes along the way)… and…
Foreign Flavours: The Board
Guess who finally got round to making the Foreign Flavours board today? It’s been awarded a prime spot in our kitchen, right next to our dining table! The first countries have been scratched off, with a whole lot of world left to discover. 😉 Stay tuned!
The Chirpy Chef 