All posts filed under: Lunch

curried butternut squash soup

22. October 2015
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When it comes to butternut squash soup I’m usually on the  heavily gingered spicy side. Minimalist Baker’s suggestion is subtly spiced, soul-warming, silky, coconut-infused and surprisingly different.   Curried butternut squash soup (recipe by Minimalist Baker) 1 tablespoon coconut oil 2 shallots, thinly diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 small butternut squash a pinch of sea salt and black pepper 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 400ml light coconut milk 500ml vegetable broth 2-3 tablespoons maple […]

a basketful of muscatel grapes

8. October 2015
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I used the sweet muscatels as an edible decoration on my table, I spread them on the pizza, juiced them and combined them with little mozzarella balls and black sea salt. And then there were these sublime frozen grapes with hot chocolate fudge and grappa Take the best and sweetest grapes you can get and put them into the freezer for 2 hours. Big grapes will be frozen outside, the inside will be a semi-liquid sorbet. The tiny […]

pepino y albóndiga

24. September 2015
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Don’t worry, I won’t write my blogposts in Spanish from now. Pepino and albóndiga have been my daughter’s favourite words in her first Spanish course. So funny, so strange, so absolutely not similar to their fellow cucumbers and meatballs in German, English or French. In the end, both nouns happen to match quite nicely in real life. The albóndigas in our recipe are crispy veggie balls, being best when you flatten them to the max – the flatter the crispier! […]

crostini topped with sauce gribiche, fava beans and goat cheese

20. August 2015
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raspberry + goat cheese crostini fresh goat cheese raspberries pink pepper (crushed), chives, oregano fava beans crostini fresh goat cheese green fava beans, blanched mint leaves crushed black pepper sea salt lemon scented olive oil (I recommend  Carlo Guarini‘s L’Agrumato) Spread the crostini with the fresh goat cheese and top with the remaining ingredients. crostini with sauce gribiche The original Sauce Gribiche is mayonnaise-like and very rich. It requests no less than 250ml of peanut oil. Absolutely […]

trout barbecue

13. August 2015
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Isn’t it the most delightful thing in the world sitting together with friends on  a hot summer evening, trouts being grilled on the campfire, an ice cold wine at reach (we had a Riesling from Alsace) and listening to some music? Kriebels Mixtape Sound of Monte – Carlo’s Symphony #52  

minimalist gazpacho

23. July 2015
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It’s great eating outdoors. After all, everything tastes better outside. At times I love to indulge in the Victorian fashion for packing everything from mint sauce to silver teaspoons and starched napkins into a picnic basket heading to my favourite place by the lakes. However, usually I choose the simple approach for outdoor lunches. A chilled gazpacho, bread and olive oil are quickly taken to a shady place in the garden or to a sun chair on the balcony. minimalist gazpacho […]

Ottolenghi’s hot and sour mushroom soup

5. January 2015
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook Plenty More and the filters of VSCOcam : two things I enjoyed spending time with during the Christmas holidays . The hot and sour mushroom soup, photographed with the VSCOcam app in F3 filter, is a little taster for you. My family loved both of it!   Hot and sour mushroom soup (slightly adapted) (serves six) 1 tbs sunflower oil 3 small onions (roughly chopped) 3 medium carrots (peeled and sliced) 6 celery staks […]

sweet dumpling, oven-roasted with prawns, tomatoes, goat cheese and white wine

25. September 2014
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End of September is a special time for me because I finally accept that summer is over and autumn has come. Even though I try  as often as possible to not wear socks ( hello cold!), but I don’t resist anymore to include roast pumpkin into my menus. The topping of prawns, finely cut tomatoes, fresh goat cheese and white wine complemented perfectly the fine chestnuttiness of the sweet dumpling. Sweet Dumpling, oven-roasted with prawns, […]

little pasta factory

29. August 2014
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Cousin Klaus encouraged us strongly to finally inaugurate our little Ampia macchina per pasta to make ravioli with scallops and chives on our own, one of his favourite and “super quick” recipes. Thankfully there are youtube tutorials about everything , so first of all we took a video lesson in how to use the Ampia. In case you are interested, the video is here. The dough: combine 300g durum wheat semolina  and 3 eggs, first […]