18th Nov2012

Corn Salad with Bacon and Pears

by marie

Corn Salad with Bacon

(2 servings)

In a heated pan fry 200 grams of dices bacon.

Remove the roots from four handfuls of corn salad and wash it. Put the salad on two plates.

Peel one pear and cut it into eight slices. Arrange the pear slices on the salad and add the fried bacon.

Crème Fraîche dressing

Finely chop half an onion and a handful of chives. Mix with four tablespoons of vinegar, eight tablespoons of oil, two tablespoons of crème fraîche and one teaspoon of mustard. Spice with half a tablespoon of sugar, one tablespoon of salt and pepper.

Category : salad, side dish
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17th Nov2012

Duck a l’Orange

by marie

(2 servings)

Wash and blot dry two duck breasts. Cut into the layer of fat several times.
In a oven-proof pen heat up a tablespoon of vegetable oil sear the duck breasts from both sides and deglaze with a shot of cointreau and half a tablespoon of stock extract dissolved in half a cup of orange juice.

 

Cut a orange into thick slices and put the slices on the duck breasts.
Put the pan in the oven for 30 minutes at 175 degree Celsius.

 

Add half a cup of cream and let it boil down for 5-10 minutes.

Cut away the peel of the orange slices. Cut the duck breasts into stripes and arrange them together with the orange slices on two plates. Serve together with the sauce.

Category : meat, warm dish
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15th Nov2012

Peanut Sesame Root Vegetables

by marie

(2 servings)

 

Peel and dice one onion. In a big pan heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil add the diced onion, a chilli and a teaspoon of garlic powder.Fry until the onions are translucent.
Peel two beetroots, four carrots and two parsnips. Cut the vegetables into medium sized cubes and add put them in the pan as well.Fry the vegetables for 2 minutes than add half a cup of rise vinegar, cover the pan and let simmer for about 20 minutes.

When the vegetables are soft add three tablespoons of peanut butter, half a cup of soy sauce and a handful of sesame. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the vegetables with rice, potatoes or pasta.
Category : side dish, warm dish
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13th Nov2012

Icebergs

by marie

(14 servings)

Pudding

Soak two sheets of gelatin. In a pot bring 375 ml of milk to a boil. In a small bowl mix three tablespoons of milk with 40 grams of starch and 20 grams of baking cocoa. Add the mixture to the boiling milk, turn off the heat, add the soaked gelatin and let the pudding cool down.

Cake Base

Knead 125 grams of plain flour, one knife spoon of baking powder, 15 grams of cocoa, 15 grams of vanilla sugar, 50 grams of sugar and 80 grams of margarine to a dough.

Divide the dough into 12 pieces and form 12 circles on a backing paper covered backing tray. And bake for 10 minutes at 180 degree Celsius.

Sponge Rolls

The heart of each iceberg is a small pudding-filled sponge roll, which is turned sideways.

Sponge mixture

Whisk four eggs until foamy. Sprinkle in 100 grams of sugar and 15 grams of vanilla sugar and whip until the sugar dissolves.

Gently fold in 100 grams of plain flour, half a teaspoon of backing powder and 40 grams of starch.

Spread the dough on a backing paper covered backing tray. And back for 10 minutes at 180 degree Celsius.

Turn the backed sponge plate upside-down on a sugar covered linen sheet and remove the backing paper. Let it cool down and cut it into 14 approximately 3 centimeter high stripes.

Filling

Grate 50 grams of white chocolate.

Whip 250 grams of cream.

Warm up three tablespoons of cranberry jelly.

Cover each sponge stripe with a layer of pudding, sprinkle the pudding with the chocolate, add a line of cranberry jelly and cover with whipped cream, then roll up.

Icebergs

Brush each cake base with cranberry jelly, put one sponge roll turned sideways on top of each cake base.Grate 50 grams of white chocolate.Whip 250 grams of cream.Cover each mini-cake with some cream and cover it with grated white chocolate.

Alternatives

Instead of making 14 small cakes, you could also make one large cake. Just make one big cake base and cut the sponge plate lengthwise in five stripes. Then start with one sideways sponge roll and add the other stripes around the center roll.

Category : cake
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11th Nov2012

Pumpkin Soup

by marie

Soup

For two persons peel a small red kuri squash,  four potatoes and one onion  and cut them into small pieces. Melt one tablespoon of butter in a pot and add the vegetable pieces and roast them gently. Then add one cup of vegetable stock and let it simmer until the vegetables are soft (about 30 minutes). If necessary add some more water.

Now you can either just mash the potatoes for a coarse soup or use a hand-held blender to get a finer soup.

Toppings

Pumpkin soup goes very well with pieces of roasted bread, bacon or roasted pumpkin seeds.

Category : soup, warm dish
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10th Nov2012

Cheesy Potato Soup

by marie

For this soup you need 1-2 cups of left-over cheese sauce as well  as 4 cooked potatoes.

In a pot heat the cheese sauce together with the potatoes and one cup of milk. When the potatoes are really soft mash them. Spice the soup with salt and pepper.

In a small pan roast 250 grams of diced bacon and add one sliced leek and a pinch of cumin, salt and pepper. Cook it for about 15 minutes.

Put the soup in two bowls and add the leek.

Category : left-over dish, soup, warm dish
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