Eton Mess

Eton mess is one of my favorite deserts and really easy to make. Although the original recipes are mainly cream based, our variant uses half cream and half mascarpone and is really extremely simple to make. Preperation time: 15 mins The ingredients (6-8 persons): 500 ml cream 500 g mascarpone 500 g strawberries 200 gContinue reading “Eton Mess”

Carrot-parsnip soup with a spicy Thai twist

Preparation time: 15 minutesCooking time: 1 hour The ingredients: 400 g parsnip (3-4 roots) 400 g carrots 2 cloves of garlic 1 onion 2 shallots 0,5-1 tsp. Thai red curry paste 200 ml coconut milk 2 cubes of low fat chicken bouillon 1 tsp. coriander powder salt & pepper margarine (optional) The work: Clean the parsnip, theContinue reading “Carrot-parsnip soup with a spicy Thai twist”

Chocolate Mousse

Preperation time: 15 minutesCooking time: 1 hour (includes 30 mins cooling time) The ingredients: 300 g chocolate 2 eggs 3 tbsp. rum 0,5 l wipping cream What you need: Normally I don’t make a habit of listing how many pots and pans you need to make a recipe, but since you really need a lotContinue reading “Chocolate Mousse”

Pumpkin-Paprika Soup

Preparation time: 15 minutesCooking time: 45 minutes The ingredients: for 6 persons 1 butternut pumpkin 2 red paprika 2 onions 1 or 2 cloves of garlic 2 cubes low fat chicken bouillon 1 bouquet garni (garnished bouquet) 1 tbsp. paprika powder (soft taste) 1 tsp. sharp paprika (spicy) olive oil or other light fat saltContinue reading “Pumpkin-Paprika Soup”

Red fruit and yoghurt surprise

Preparation time: 10 minutesCooking time: 10 minutes The ingredients for the coulis: 0,5 bag of mixed red fruit (from the freezer) 3-4 tbsp. of sugar The ingredients for the surprise: greek yoghurt strawberries raspberriess blackberries mint leafs pepper The work: You should make the red coulis beforehand so that it can cool down before serving.Continue reading “Red fruit and yoghurt surprise”

Vol-au-vent

We recommend to make this dish in a larger quantity. Cooking vol-au-vent is rather messy and greasy. Once you’ve done the vol-au-vent, you can easily freeze it in portions per person. Preperation time: 60 minutesCooking time: 1:30 minutes The ingredients: (for 18 persons) 2 chickens 4 chicken breasts 3 – 4 chicken legs 1 kg mincedContinue reading “Vol-au-vent”

Tagine with lamb and pears

Preparation time: 30 minutesCooking time: 2-3 hours The ingredients: for 4 persons 1,2 kg leg of lamb cut in thick slices/pieces 1 piece of fresh ginger (4 cm) 3 beef tomatoes 3 pears 1 lemon 1 preserved lemon or lime (2 halves) 3 tbsp. honey 1-2 red chilis 1 onion 1 clove garlic 1 tbsp.Continue reading “Tagine with lamb and pears”

Thai style mussels

Preperation time: 20 minutesCooking time: 15 minutes The ingredients: 4-6 people 1 kg mussels 2 stalks of celery 2 shallots 1 clove garlic 1 piece of fresh ginger (2 cm) 2-3 fresh small red chili peppers (depends on how spicy you like it) 4 stalks of lemon grass 4 dried lemon leaves 1 lemon 1Continue reading “Thai style mussels”

Turkey roulade

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 60 minutes The Ingredients: for 4 persons 800 g turkey roulade 400-500 g canned pineapple slices (in syrup or in juice) butter peanut oil port wine 1 cube chicken stock corn-starch salt & pepper The work: Heat a bit of butter and some peanut oil in a pot, andContinue reading “Turkey roulade”