Silky Chicken Liver Parfait Tart
Tuesday, September 17, 2024It's easy and totally delicious to turn the luxuriously silky chicken liver parfait into a beautiful tart served with some greens dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, toasted hazelnuts and sweet ripe figs. I used keto pork rind crust, but you can use regular pastry or even a store-bought crust for the recipe. If you are making keto crust, add 1-2 teaspoons of fresh thyme leaves to the mixture. Instead of macadamia nuts, walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts can be used to make the crust. A side not on prepping the chicken liver. There are sinew and greenish bits on the chicken livers, you will have to remove and discard them before cooking as they will make the parfait taste bitter if left on and the tart will be ruined.
Parmesan Leek Quiche
Sunday, January 28, 2024A spicy twist on the classic French Parmesan Leek quiche, this savoury tart is packed with rich flavours of leek and parmesan and the perfect treat for your family and guests! If desired, cook the sliced leeks briefly with a tablespoon of butter first before adding to the filling. I have topped the filling with a couple of chilli peppers and black seeds, but you can exercise your imagination adding other toppings (olives, mushrooms are great). Replace the Parmesan with Grana Padano if you like. Use your favorite store-bought crust or make your own like this keto crust or buttery Gruyere crust.
Pumpkin Quiche with Gorgonzola and Pinenuts
Monday, January 08, 2024Packed with hearty, comforting flavour and a creamy texture, this easy keto, gluten-free pumpkin quiche makes a great option for a make-ahead meal. You could serve this elegant quiche as a weeknight dinner with a soup or salad and the leftovers make a great work lunch as well. Other nuts or seeds can be used for the topping too. If you're feeling fancy, you could sprinkle in some bacon or ham.
Easy Keto Three-Cheese Quiche
Monday, December 25, 2023This easy keto quiche recipe starts with a pork rind crust, but you can use a regular quiche crust if you ain't on keto or low carbs diet. It’s loaded with roasted pork belly, 3 different kinds of cheese (Spanish Manchego, Dutch Old Amsterdam, and English vintage Cheddar) and spring onions and is perfect for brunch or dinner! You can use other cheese (Cheddar, Gouda and Gorgonzola), add other seasonings and replace pork belly with leftover roasted chicken or ham.
Keto Deep Dish Sauerkraut Quiche
Wednesday, November 15, 2023Homemade from scratch, this budget-friendly sauerkraut quiche makes a wonderful winter dish with bacon and boiled eggs. Delicious served as an evening meal with a warming soup, or as a light lunch with some vegetables or salads. This quiche is quick to prepare and can be served hot or cold. If you don't feel like making the pork rind pastry for this quiche, just use a regular shortbread crust or use ready-made shortcrust pastry.
Maple Pecan Tart
Thursday, November 09, 2023Wow your family and friends with this golden pecan tart with a blind-baked pastry case for a crisper finish for a dinner party dessert, teatime treat or holidays' celebration. Using coconut sugar and maple syrup to sweeten the filling enhances the caramel flavour and works beautifully with the texture of the nuts and buttery crust. It's perfect served with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.
Upside Down Filo Leek Tart
Tuesday, November 07, 2023This easy tart combines delicate filo pastry, sweet roasted leeks and salty crumbled feta. You can make the recipe your own by switching up filo pastry for puff pastry and butter for olive oil. Sprinkle some bacon bits over if desired. You only need a handful of ingredients and 10 minutes to prepare it, so it's great when you are running short on time, but in need of a quick and delicious lunch.
Mushroom Parmesan Tart
Monday, October 16, 2023Creamy, delicious, and so moreish, mushrooms are the star ingredient in this simple savoury tart. It is ideal for lunch or as a starter for a dinner party. With Parmigiano-Reggiano and mushrooms, it's a comfort meal guaranteed to please everybody. The pastry and filling can be prepared one day before. The good thing about this mushroom tart is that you can enjoy it hot right out of the oven, at room-temperature or cold from the fridge. I even reheated it in my airfryer for 5 minutes and it still tasted GREAT. Serve it with a bitter green salad if desired.
Keto Roasted Butternut Quiche with Pork Rind Macadamia Crust
Saturday, August 19, 2023Another classic and traditional dish made with a blind-baked keto-macadamia crust and sage roasted butternut squash. Nestled in a creamy rich egg mixture and topped with briny feta and crunchy pine nuts, this butternut squash dish is a great every day low-carb meal. If you have some leftover roasted pumpkins on hand, this would be a perfect recipe to use them up. Use a regular crust instead if low carb diet ain't your thing or leave it out completely and bake the quiche in a casserole dish.
Blackberry and Lemon Tartlets
Tuesday, August 01, 2023A sweet and tangy fruit tart made with tangy lemony frangipane, a delicious tart filling made with ground almonds or other nuts and seeds. The addition of blackberries and lemon gives delicious fruity flavour which complements the sweet rich frangipane and buttery tart crust wonderfully. It is perfect for sharing with friends or family after dinner or as an anytime treat.
Pistachio Tart with Raspberries
Tuesday, February 14, 2023Pistachios, marzipan and raspberries snuggle together with a layer of fresh cheese cream in the tart recipe, dotted with fresh raspberries and more pistachios. The only way to achieve the beautiful green pistachio colour is to use shelled raw pistachios without papery brown skins or pistachio paste. I also added a teaspoon of green superfood powder to the pistachios cream, but it's completely optional. Besides raspberries, you can also use other berries or cherries. If you don't want to make your pie crust from scratch, you don't have to. Just buy a premade pastry crust. If the real butter crust is not available, you can still up-cycle store-bought pastry crust by brushing it with melted butter, then blind-bake the crust.
Poppy Streuselkuchen with Pomegranate
Sunday, December 04, 2022Poppy seed cake is a German classic and wildly popular throughout Germany. But even a classic can be spiced up a little. This poppy seed cake recipe with fresh pomegranate seeds is juicy, fruity, and nutty - everything that makes a good cake. It is worth every calorie and will definitely end up on the coffee table more often from now on. Instead of pomegranate, you can also use cherries, berries or stoned fruits.