Une tranche de vie
Here is an authentic family recipe, the real Italian polenta (corn semolina), specialty from the North of Italy. Of course, as all grand-mothers’ recipes, there should be no measures nor weights of ingredients. You should feel the polenta! And experience, Continue reading La polenta della nonna
Here is a very simple little recipe: you just have to replace basil from classic green pesto “alla genovese” with sun dried tomatoes. You can have it with pasta, the classic way, or spread it on toasts. In a jar Continue reading Red pesto
This is my Ivorian friend Ruth’s recipe, and I love it! It reminds me the Filipino dish kare-kare made with peanut butter too. It’s comfort food. You’re gonna love this thick, generous, rich and finger-licking delicious peanut butter sauce! You Continue reading Ruth’s oxtail in peanut butter sauce
Here is a recipe inspired by a Vietnamese dish my grandmother used to make with fried wheat noodles. I give it a twist using some lemon and saffron pasta, which is a perfect match with vegetables and fish. I presented Continue reading Bento box : saffron pasta with squid, vegetables and sesame oil – yoghurt and mint cucumber salad
This is a recipe directly coming from Argentina. I tasted empanadas when traveling all over this country. You can find them anywhere there with so many different stuffings: ham and cheese, veggie, beef, chicken, corn, etc. These little golden stuffed Continue reading Red quinoa and cheese empanadas
This is a lasagna recipe you could die for ! Very simple, genuine and with no fuss. I got it from my mother-in-law, so no doubt it’s typical and 100% Italian food! That’s why it is so delicious. Obviously, if Continue reading Home made lasagna
I got this recipe from a bakery I worked in for a while. It’s a very good caramel recipe, perfect with nuts. You will love baking this pecan pie for Thanksgiving and it is just great for tea time. If Continue reading Pecan pie
Have you ever heard about bubble tea? It’s the trendy asian drink, that you can now find in most European big cities in bubble tea bars: hot or iced, in so many different flavours (coconut, taro, vanilla, soybean milk, strawberry, Continue reading Bubble tea: coconut milk, tapioca pearls and jasmin tea
Here is a great winter recipe. Canederli are a specialty from South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, a region in Northern Italy close to Austria, were they are called knödel. They are a sort of gnocchi made of stale bread. And like Continue reading Spinach and cheese canederli
I tasted matcha tea in Japan. It’s a finely ground high-quality green tea with smoky flavours. Japanese tea ceremony is about matcha. But it is now also used to flavour and dye a lot of preparations: pastries, candies and chocolates, Continue reading Matcha cookies