Tuesday 29 November 2016

Zucchini tartar


Today we bring a light and very tasty recipe, ready for eating out, for work ... is perfect for any occasion! :-)

Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 1 zucchini
- 1 tomato
- 6 pieces of dry tomato
- 1.8 oz of black olives
- 1 ball of mozzarella
- 3 tablespoons of pesto sauce
- 2 sprigs of chives
- Salt
- Pepper

For pesto sauce you need:
- 0.9 oz fresh basil
- 1.8 oz of fried almonds
- 1/2 clove of garlic
- Salt
- Olive Oil 

Recipe:
- For the sauce: chop the basil, almonds and garlic in a mincer. Add the olive oil until it covers the previous mixture and stir well.
- Wash and peel the zucchini. Cut it into small squares.
- Wash and cut tomato and mozzarella in squares of the same size.
- Cut the dried tomato into small pieces and the olives into quarters.
- Sprinkle a little black pepper and salt on top.
- Add the 3 tablespoons of pesto and stir well.
- Serve with a square mold and decorate with two sprigs of chives on top.

Bon appétit!

Monday 28 November 2016

Aubergine and ricotta rolls


These rolls are very easy to make and sure you'll do them when you don't know what to do, for example, for dinner.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 1 aubergine
- 3.5 oz of bacon
- 3.5 oz of ricotta cheese
- 1.7 oz of ham
- 4 fajitas
- Black pepper
- Olive oil

Recipe:
- Wash, peel the aubergine and cut into small pieces.
- Fry in a pan with a little olive oil.
- When the are almost alredy, add the bacon and ham.
- Sprinkle some black pepper and stir well.
- In another pan, heat (without oil) fajitas on both sides until golden.
- Place each fajita on a plate, place a spoonful of filling in the center and over one of ricotta cheese.
- Roll it and cut each roll in half.

Bon appétit!

Thursday 24 November 2016

Timbale of octopus and gulas


Today we present this appetizer so rich and easy to do, with this presentation so beautiful you can take prepare it on Christmas , what do you think about the idea?

Ingredients for 2 timbales:
- 7 oz of gulas
- 2 medium potatoes
- 2 medium octopus legs
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Paprika
- Chopped parsley

Recipe:
- Wash and boil the potatoes in boiling water with a pinch of salt until they are soft.
- Cut the octopus into slices.
- Peel and cut the garlic cloves into thin slices.
- In a pan with a little olive oil, fry the garlic until golden.
- Add the gulas and fry for a few minutes.
- In another different pan, fry the octopus over a high heat until golden.
- Turn off the heat, sprinkle some paprika over the octopus and stir.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into slices about half a cm.
- With the help of a metal mould to serve, place a layer of potatoes.
- Sprinkle a little paprika and a dash of olive oil.
- Repeat to make a second floor of potatoes.
- Place two layers of octopus and two of gulas interspersed.
- Sprinkle a little chopped parsley on top.

Bon appétit!

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Bream with orange sauce


Today's recipe is very light and healthy, with the sweet orange sauce sure like all of you.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
- One bream cut in loins
- 1 zucchini
- 1/2 L of orange juice
- 1/2 of onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of flour
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Chopped parsley

Recipe:
- Peel and cut the onion into stripes.
- Peel and cut the garlic into small squares.
- In a skillet with a little olive oil, fry the onion and garlic until tender.
- Add flour and stir until browned.
- Pour 3/4 of orange juice and let simmer.
- Wash and cut zucchini into spaghetti shaped using a cutter.
- In a pot with boiling water and a pinch of salt, cook zucchini for 1 minute. Drain well.
- In a skillet, heat the remaining orange juice and cook the fish over medium heat until lightly browned.
- Sprinkle a little salt and chopped parsley on both sides.
- Serve placing the spaghetti as a base.
- Add 3 tablespoons of orange sauce.
- Finally, place a bream loin on top.

Bon appetit!

Monday 21 November 2016

Ham rolls with cheese, truffle and walnuts


Today's recipe is a gourmet appetizer very easy to make for all the cookers and sure it will delight you. Take note!

Ingredients for 10 units:
- 10 slices of ham 
- 10 tablespoons of cream cheese
- 1 truffle
- 10 walnuts 

Recipe:
- Spread the slices of ham and trim the ends to form a rectangle.
- Grate the truffle and crush the nuts with a mortar.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the truffle and walnuts.
- In the center of the slice of ham, put a spoonful of the mixture and spread it across the surface of the slice.
- Roll them up to give them the shape of the roll.

Bon appétit!

Thursday 17 November 2016

Capresse dumplings


The dumplings of today are very simple to do, but more original than the typical stuffed tuna or meat.

Ingredients for 6 units:
- 6 dumplings 
- 1/2 fresh mozzarella ball
- 3 cherry tomatoes
- 6 leaves of fresh basil
- Olive oil

Recipe:
- Separate dumplings and stretch them.
- Cut half the mozzarella ball into 6 slices.
- Wash and cut the cherry tomatoes into 4 slices.
- Start filling dumplings with a slice of mozzarella two slices of cherry tomato and a basil leaf.
- Close the dumplings in half and fixed the edges with a fork.
- In a pan with hot oil, fry the dumplings over high heat on both sides until golden.
- Put on absorbent paper to remove excess oil.

Bon appétit!

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Rice pudding


Today we want to try a traditional dish in our country:rice pudding, from Asturias, it's one of our favorite desserts!

Ingredients:
- 6.8 oz of rice 
- 17 oz of semi-skimmed milk
- Lemon peel
- 2 pieces of cinnamon
- 3.5 oz of margarine
- 6.8 oz of sugar

Recipe:
- In a large pot, cook the rice in 1 8.5 oz of boiling milk.
- In a saucepan put the rest of the milk.
- Add the cinnamon stick and lemon peel.
- Heat it for cinnamon and lemon emulsify the milk and give it flavor.
- When the milk of pot with rice evaporate, lower the heat to low and incorporate the emulsified milk to the pot little by little until you end up with emulsified milk. (It takes about 3 hours or so).
- Once the milk has evaporated (you'll see it has a very creamy texture), add margarine and continuously stir until it falls completely apart.
- Turn off the heat, add the sugar and stir again to mix well.

Bon appétit!

Monday 14 November 2016

Candies of coffee with milk


Today we dedicate this recipe to the sweet tooth of the house, including the smallest, everyone will enjoy with these homemade candy! 

Ingredients for 8 units:
- 4.25 oz of condensed milk
- 0.7 oz of coffee with milk
- 1 tablespoon of oil

Recipe:
- In a saucepan, heat over low heat the oil and add the condensed milk.
- Stir continuously until you see that the condensed milk changes its color and thickens a bit (take approximately 10 minutes).
- Add the coffee with milk and continue stirring to integrate well for 4-5 minutes.
- Put a few drops of oil on some kitchen paper and pass by the candy molds to unmold easier the candies.
- Pour the cream into the molds and allowed to cool to room temperature.
- Then store them in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Unmold and enjoy!

Bon appetit!

Thursday 10 November 2016

Salmon rolls with cheese sauce


These salmon rolls are a very colorful and easy to do, you can customize the fill with what you most want or what you have at home, it's a perfect recipe!

Ingredients for 4 rolls:
- 3.5 oz of smoked salmon
3.5 oz of mushrooms
- 1/2 onion
- 4 crab sticks
- 1/2 pot of cream cheese 
- Black sesame seeds
- Olive oil

Recipe:
- Peel the onion and cut with mushrooms and crab sticks in a mincer.
- In a pan, fry over medium heat the fill of the rolls until golden.
- In a saucepan, heat over low heat the cream cheese until it has a creamy and light texture.
- Spread the slices of smoked salmon and place a spoonful of filling in the center.
- Wrap the salmon to shape the rolls.
- Pour over some cheese sauce.
- Sprinkle a few black sesame seeds on top.

Bon appétit!

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Pork tenderloin with beer jam and parmentier of potato and apple


Today's recipe, despite its long name, is very simple and beer jam gives an original flavor that surely you'll love.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 1 pork tenderloin
- 1 jar of beer jam
- 3 potatoes
- 1 apple
- 1 teaspoon of margarine
- Nutmeg
- Oil
- Salt
- Pepper

Recipe:
- Wash, peel and cut the potatoes into cubes.
- Cook them in boiling water with a pinch of salt until they are cooked.
- Wash, peel and cut into cubes the apple.
- Cook it in the microwave for 3 minutes at full power until you see is soft.
- Drain the excess of water of potatoes and apple.
- Go through a potato masher the apple and potatoes together.
- Add the teaspoon of margarine, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir well and set aside.
- Clean the pork tenderloin and cut into slices of about 1cm.
- Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on both sides of the meat.
- In a large skillet with a little olive oil over medium heat fry the pork tenderloin until golden.
- Serve placing several slices of tenderloin, two spoonfuls of beer jam over and some potato parmentier, placing it using a metal mold.


Bon appetit!





Truffle pizza


Today we wanted to make a pizza with some original ingredients a little more unusual and the result has delighted us! 

Ingredients:
- 1 base of pizza
- Grated Mozzarella
- Caramelized onion
- Bacon
- Ricotta cheese
- Sliced ​​mushrooms
- 1 truffle
- Truffle oil

Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Take the pizza from its packaging and place it on a flat surface.
- Sprinkle the grated mozzarella to cover the base.
- Place the sliced ​​mushrooms, bacon and caramelized onions first.
- Cut a few pieces of ricotta cheese and place them on the pizza.
- Cut a black truffle slices and add it too.
- Pour a drizzle of truffle oil on top.




- Enter the pizza in the oven for 5-10 minutes at 200 degrees.

Bon appétit!

Monday 7 November 2016

Coffee flan in microwave


This flan is really easy, and for the short time it takes to prepare, is a good option when you want something sweet or you may have guests by surprise. 

Ingredients for 2 individual flans:
- 5.5 oz of condensed milk
- 4 oz of semi-skimmed milk
- 2 oz of ground coffee 
- 1 egg
- Candy

Recipe:
- In a glass suitable for blender, mix condensed milk, semi-skimmed milk, coffee and egg. Whisk well until you have a uniform cream.
- Pour some candy in the background of two individual molds and add the cream.
- Cook it in the microwave at 600W for 2 minutes, let stand 2 minutes and again cook 2 more minutes to the same power.
- Check with a toothpick clicking the flan to have the desired texture.
- Let cool to room temperature and unmold.

Bon appetit!

Thursday 3 November 2016

Fideuá with cheese sauce and mushrooms


Today's recipe is very simple and quick to do, and cheese sauce gives it a flavor that you will love!

Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 1 cup of medium noodles
- 3.5 oz of mushrooms
- 1/2 onion
- 1/2 pot of cream cheese 
- Oil
- 1 chicken broth cube
- Black pepper
- Water

Recipe:
- Peel and cut the onion into cubes.
- In a pan with a little olive oil, fry mushrooms and onion until soft.
- Add the noodles and fry for 1 minute.
- Pour water slowly until the noodles are done and add the crumbled broth cube.
- Sprinkle some black pepper on top.
- When the noodles are at their best, turn off the heat and add the cream cheese.
- Stir well to mix the cheese with the noodles.

Bon appetit!

Wednesday 2 November 2016

Japanese cheese cake


Today we bring this sweet recipe extremely easy to do and with only 3 ingredients, is also gluten free.

Ingredients:
- 4.5 oz of cream cheese
4.5 oz of white chocolate
- 3 eggs

Recipe:
- Place the white chocolate into pieces in a bowl.
- Place the bowl over a saucepan with simmering hot water (water bath) for disposing and remain liquid.
- Pour the chocolate over a large bowl, add the cream cheese and mix well.
- Separate the yolks from the egg whites.
- Add the yolks to the previous bowl and stir again until well blended.
- Using the mixer with the accessory of rods, beat the egg whites until they are stiff and gently mix in the previous bowl.
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees.
- In a round mold, cover with oven paper the base and then with another piece of paper cover the sides of the mold to prevent the cake from sticking and to unmold better.
- Pour the cake mixture into the mold.
- Place it on the baking tray, and put a little boiling water over the tray to cook in water bath in the oven.
- Enter the tray in the oven and let it cook at 170 degrees for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 160 degrees for another 15 minutes to cook.
- Turn off the oven but leave the cake inside fot 15 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven, let it cool and unmold.

*Note: I used a large mold and had a slim cake, you can also cook it in a smaller mold to make it thicker, in both cases is equally fluffy!

Bon appetit!