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Here’s my take on a very delicious and strikingly looking Italian dish, risotto Nero, a beautiful and simple risotto cooked in sumptuous squid ink and fish stock. I have topped this dish with sautéed calamari, with a touch of sweet paprika and deglazed this with a splash of dry Noilly Prat, garnished with some red […]
A simple dish that I love but have never made at home. It was super fun and easy, something that without taking photos and taking notes shouldn’t require more than 20 minutes to whip out! This is kind of a rich dish, proceed with caution! the basic carbonara contains about 4-5 different sources of fat: […]
I had some extra pork belly in my freezer, and it was time to try something new. There is one recipe I’ve always loved eating a restaurants but never tried to cook at home, I actually thought this would be impossible to reproduce, mostly due to my own ignorance about japanese cooking, it is very […]
I don’t think this dish needs much introduction, and although the original paella recipe did probably not feature any ocean goodies, seafood paella is an international success that has become the most popular of any version of paella and when people order Paella outside of Spain, most expect a seafood paella or a variation of […]
I’m still out on vacation but today is my day off… from exploring my surroundings that is, I don’t want to get in the car again today, yesterday I spent most of the day driving (12 hours) and as beautiful as it was and as great as my rental car is, I need one day […]
Duck fat… I had this plan all worked out when I woke up today, I was going to make duck breasts, paired with some sort of wine reduction… by the time I was finished with groceries I had picked up all kinds of things, but no duck, I couldn’t find any, I did find great […]
I haven’t returned to my blog all week, actually, haven’t cooked anything this past week, having been stuck at work finishing a project, some long hours including weekends for a while. This particular week has been incredibly exhausting, stressful and full of anxiety, but there is a tiny little light at the end of the […]
Any tradition-freak out there probably needs to skip this. Hallacas are a Venezuelan dish eaten only during Christmas, mostly because of its labor-intensive preparation requires family members to gather to make this delicious meat-stuffed-masa-dough-patties for lack of a better way to describe them. They’re also wrapped in plantain leaves and then boiled. They are similar […]
Ok, quick how to here: 1. make pie crust or puff pastry. 2. make a kick ass beef stew, as in the christmas hallacas one. 3. combine and bake. Tools: Rolling pin. Cutting board. Round cutting object… coffee can for example, or go fancy and get them round cutters at the store. Fork Spoon Small […]
It might not look like much. It is one of my favorite things to eat. It does take hard work to make. So many different cooking techniques at play, hallacas are worth the effort and time, I love this christmas venezuelan classic, I could make it more often if I had the time, but it […]