Greek Yoghurt Rye Bread
Monday, March 13, 2023A quick and delicious no yeast bread made with full fat Greek yoghurt, organic wholegrain rye and bread flour. Adding yoghurt to the bread dough is the easy hack for a fluffy and soft crumb. The crust will stay crunchy for a couple of hours and will become softer after it cools down. The bread is scrumptious slathered in butter and / or homemade marmalade. You can substitute for plain yoghurt, which is slightly runnier, thus add an extra 30 grams of flour if using.
Mesclun, Snow Peas, and Quail Egg Salad with Parmesan Dressing
Saturday, March 11, 2023This vibrant Mediterranean salad showcases a colorful mixture of arugula, baby beet leaves, spinach and snow peas. Mesclun's fresh, complex flavour and tender, crispy texture work beautifully alongside sweet tender snow peas and creamy quail eggs, all finished with a rich, nutty dressing made from Parmesan, red wine vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt and voatsiperifery black pepper. Boil the quail eggs to your own liking, two minutes (soft-boiled), three minutes (medium-boiled) or four minutes (hard-boiled).
Mesclun, the French word for “mixture”, is a mix of tender, young salad green leaves. The mix often includes leaf lettuce, arugula, endive, frisée, mizuma, oak leaf, mâche or lamb’s lettuce, radicchio, sorrel, chervil, groundsel, and dandelion. Mesclun can be made from a blend of different types of wild and cultivated plants with varying tastes, colours, and textures.
Voatsiperifery pepper is a wild pepper grown in southern Madagascar. Voatsiperifery pepper is one of an exceptional variety of peppers that are much smaller than the standard black pepper, and easily recognizable thanks to its comet-like stem. Rustic and above all very fragrant with an intensely herbal, floral and citrusy aroma and flavour. It comes in three colours, corresponding to the different stages of ripening: black, white and red. Voa, the Malagasy word for fruit, and tsiperifery, the local name of the plant.
Tandoori Cod
Thursday, March 09, 2023Tandoori Cod is a delicious fish recipe that involves marinating the fish fillet in a bright and smoky tandoori masala marinade and then pan frying it to perfection. Use any kind of white fish you like or even a whole fish, like pomfret, sea bream or trout if you don't mind that your meal staring back at you and the bones of course. Serve the dish with rice or Indian flatbreads for a great weeknight dinner. Kashmiri chilli powder and tandoori masala both can be found in Indian food shops. Smoky paprika and garam masala are great substitutes though.
Blackberry Rye Loaf Cake
Tuesday, March 07, 2023This simple and easy loaf cake does very well with any kind of berry, fresh or frozen. Don't thaw them if using frozen. You can also turn it into muffins. Just increase the baking temperature to 190C/375F and bake for 18-22 minutes. It can be enjoyed as breakfast or served with extra crème fraîche as a dessert, or sliced up and served with a cup of tea for an afternoon pick-me-up.
Rosemary and Chilli Burrata with Crispy Capers and Beet Crackers
Monday, March 06, 2023This burrata recipe is all about celebrating simplicity and letting the flavours of these special ingredients shine. The chilli, garlic, fennel and rosemary infused olive oil makes creamy burrata even more irresistible. Fried briny capers add a delightful pops of flavour and crunchy texture with little effort required.