Some Food…
I found some very nice beef meat in Lidl recently. It’s a Sirloin, kind of. It doesn’t look exactly like the one I used to serve in Ireland, but every country cut differently. In Poland, they don’t have the same pieces of meat than in France or in Ireland. It’s a shame because I miss [...]
Sweetcorn and Coconut Milk Soup with Popcorn and Coriander
Crème de Maïs au Lait de Noix de Coco, Popcorn et Coriandre I’m making a similar soup at work, without the popcorns and Coriander and with some secret ingredients. It’s a nice one, I just love it. It’s sweet, rich, and has a lovely color. For 8 peoplePreparation time: 5+5 minutes Cooking time: 30+5 minutes [...]
Chicken Tajine & A Trappist Beer
Chicken Tajine What’s great with cooking, is that you can practically do whatever you want with your recipe. You take a recipe, any recipe, a basic recipe, and you adapt it to your needs and likes. You can revisit a classic, remove something and replace it with something else if you like, you can add [...]
Mango and Lemon Tart
Mango and Lemon Tart Last Sunday, my wife decided to make us a little treat. A nice lemon and mango tart. She found the recipe on that blog www.kwestiasmaku.com. The recipe is in Polish, but as it was a nice tart, here is the english version (with some slight changes). For a nice tartPreparation time: [...]
Pascha Wielkanoca
For lots of peoplePreparation time: 20 minutes Resting time: 12 hours Ingredients: 1 kg cottage cheese well drained – It’s called Twaróg in Poland 5 egg yolks 200g soft butter 25cl cream (36%) 250g caster sugar The seeds of 1/2 vanilla pod 200g walnuts, hazelnuts and sultanas Method: Drain the cottage cheese as much as [...]
The True Story about Being a Chef
Few days ago, I stopped by an article on my FB wall. 50 things they never told you about being a chef. The bad sides and the very few good ones. One day or another in my professional life I shared few points with this list, I still share some, I also stopped sharing others [...]
Vegetable Crips by Deluxe {Lidl}
Taste is nice, but you really feel heavy after even a small bag like that (100g – 516cal). There is Sweet Potatoes, Beetroot, Parsnips and Carrots. All deep fried in sunflower oil as they say. Don’t forget the light seasoning with sea salt. Very important the seasoning. Always… To eat while drinking beer and watching [...]
Giuseppe – Sorbet at its Best
Until this year, I used to buy my sorbet for my restaurant from Giuseppe, an Italian born who now live in Tricity. He used to make what was may be the best sorbet in Europe. He was creative and eager to propose great sorbet. But he had to close his business this year. Why? Complicated. [...]
Cod Gravlax Style
Do you remember that few months ago, I did write a post about Gravlax [Part I - Part II - Part III], it’s a cured salmon, it’s really tasty. I tried to make it with a different fish at work last week. I have cod on the menu actually. So I tried with it. With [...]
Pumpkin Soup with Coconut Milk and Oscypek
It’s Fall. Rain, wind, cold, heaters already on and winter clothes out. It’s starting. But I like it. You know when the trees get their lovely autumn colour, it’s beautiful. It’s Halloween soon too, not that I care that much. It’s more an American celebration than a Polish or a French one. And if some [...]
Some Dips for Tortillas Chips
Remember that post I wrote few months ago? It’s about dips you can use during your barbecue or whatsoever occasion you have. Here are two more of them. I made them for Burritos, but actually, they are also good for anything else. We used the Salsa Picante for Grilled Sausages the day after. The Guacamole [...]
Quick Chickpeas Salad & Other Stuff
It’s been a long time I didn’t write any food related post, isn’t it? Busy at work, summer is the busiest period of the year as you may imagine. So I don’t really have the time to make anything really special at home. It should change in September, I promise… I already have some ideas. [...]
We are Mad about Grilled Corn
As soon as we can get our hands on nice corn cobs, we literally jump on them. It’s easy to do and so dirty to eat, we love it! I normally remove the husks, get rid of the corn silk still left, brush the cobs with olive oil, and grill them over a very hot [...]
Cold Cucumber Soup
It’s not summer time yet, but we can say that here, in Poland, we are having a very nice weather. Like 20°C, big bright sun, not a single cloud around, no rain for a while. Great for our mental health, but not that nice for photography, the light is really too harsh, beside sunset time [...]
Review: Original Burger
Another quick review, of a burger restaurant. It’s the only one of its kind in Tricity. It’s not McDonald, KFC, or Burger King. I wouldn’t see the point of reviewing such international chains of fast food though. No no no, it’s better than that, it’s Original Burger. They have a large choice of burgers, from [...]
“Bourdaloue” Tart with Peaches
Bourdaloue is a classic french tart. Normally made with Almond Cream and Pears. I don’t like pears, at all. So I decided to use Peaches instead. And I think it’s even better. But can I really call that dessert Bourdaloue Tart now? It would be only half true. But at the same time, in Marseille, [...]
Fajne Baby
Yesterday we went to Fajne Baby, a cute little shop selling Muffins and Cupcakes. I love muffins, but normally I don’t buy any as my wife is making them. And I can say that they are pretty good. Anyway, we went there, to try, to check them out, to have a look at the shop. [...]
Mini Tomatoes Tarts
Totally sick today. It came like that, during the night. High fever, sore throat, headache and I’m like I played 10 rugby match in a row… Hate to be sick. Can’t do anything, just lay down and relax. Taking lot of pills and hot drinks… I also hate to call work for a sick day. [...]
Dip, Dip, Dip, Hourra
We never buy ready-to-use sauces/dips/relishes with my wife, beside mustard of course. You wouldn’t even find mayonnaise. I never liked industrial mayonnaise, I always make it myself. Ketchup is banned from our fridge as well. So when we have a party, we make our own dips. It’s easy, it’s better and people love them. We [...]
Garlic & Chives Popcorn
As much as I hate people eating popcorns at the cinema, I love to do so at home. I mean, at home we are only two people to do so instead of the whole crowd in a cinema. Imagine that, you’re trying to watch a movie, to understand it *, and there are over 100 [...]
