Fresh lettuce salad is an excellent source of more greens in your diet. Yet, rummaging in your fridge, you can often find the salad has wilted sadly or has started to rot from the inside, a process that develops very quickly. If you are fond of your lettuce salad but don’t know how to make […]
Carpaccio is usually served as a main dish or as a hors d’oeuvre. This way of cooking and serving is widely used in Italian cuisine. Octopus carpaccio is an exquisite dish, tender and tasty. It is a regular item in the menu of expensive restaurants. The tastiest octopuses are those which have two rows of […]
These cutlets are very easy to make, nevertheless, they are delicious and aromatic due to the pesto sauce. Ingredients for Chicken Cutlets with Pesto Sauce Minced chicken breast: 500-600 gr. Pesto sauce (you can make or buy ready): about 100 gr. Grated Parmesan: 3-4 tbsp Ground black pepper, salt: to taste. Egg. Breadcrumbs. Oil for […]
Tomato puree (passata di pomodoro) is a very useful thing. It will always come in handy if you have it in store at home, you can use it in making many dishes – pizzas, sauces for pasta, soups. Add to this tomato puree – sugar, vinegar, chili pepper and garlic, you can prepare excellent homemade […]
This double-layer ice cream is made from natural products, which makes it a deal better than a ready-made one. Sweet milk ice-cream combined with flavorful sour-tasting black currant sorbet boasts an inimitable taste and makes a good refreshment. Ingredients for Milk Ice Cream Milk: 1 liter. Milk powder: 150 gr. Condensed milk: 100-150 ml. Cornstarch: […]
A number of recent studies show that a change in lifestyle can help strengthen the defensive abilities of the body. The latest study, conducted by the YouGov international company and commissioned by the World Cancer Research Fund, revealed that if you include five portions of fruits in your daily diet, the body receives an amount […]
Focaccia is a healthy and simple snack. You can take it along to a picnic or on a trip. It can go well with many dishes. Focaccia is made with different herbs and stuffings. We made a special kind of focaccia adding cheese and chickpea flour to the dough. The result exceeded our expectations, the […]
Frying potatoes is a kind of art – you have to come up with evenly fried potato, crisp on the outside and soft inside. The potato pieces must remain unbroken. First of all you must realize that there are many sorts of potato, each having a different cooking time. Not every sort is suitable for […]
If you happen to be at Paddington station, Great Britain, and see there a sweet-smelling train, don’t be in a hurry to get on board! It may be a cake made out to look like a train – life-size! So looks the cake created by pastry chefs against the 15th anniversary of Heathrow Express. This […]
Clafouti is a tender and juicy baked pudding or a sort of pie with berries or fruits. It originates from France where they customarily make it with cherry. Originally, it was a rustic dessert baked in haste, during the harvest of cherries. Now this exquisite delicacy served even in expensive restaurants. Usually eat it with […]
Having a little time and fantasy, you can make an incredibly tasty dessert from berries, pieces of dried cantuccini and chocolate cream. Give it a try! By the way, savoiardi cookies will come in fine instead of cantuccini. Ingredients for Chocolate Cream Dessert Chocolate 70-80%: 150 gr. Mascarpone cream cheese: 150 g. Sugar: 2-3 tbsp […]
Philadelphia rolls are popular for a delicious mixture of salmon, avocado and cheese that go along well and taste tender. If you have the ingredients at hand, you will find the rolls easy to make even if you are not very experienced at cooking. They may come out not very impressive-looking at first but they […]
There are quite a lot of people who are not sure what to cook in these hottest days when the air just can’t be hotter and there is no wish at all to switch on the kitchen range and get busy in the kitchen for a long time. Here is a choice of recipes for […]
We liked the Angelica cake from the Simily sisters so much that we have baked it several times already. Now we began to think up some different fillings for this marvelous sweet dough. It came out superb with chocolate pieces and air-dried cranberry. Ingrdients for Sweet Twisted Bun with Chocolate Flour (Manitoba): 560 gr. Sugar: […]
Mint is a unique plant. It has been grown and used worldwide since time immemorial. It finds its extensive use in cosmetics, folk medicine, and cuisine. Mint has a strong taste and sweet fresh flavor. Dishes with mint leave an unforgettable refreshing aftertaste. Both fresh and dried mint are used in a large variety of […]
