April 22nd, 2010
As you might have already noticed I’ve been cooking a lot of pasta recently. I don’t really know why, but I kind of felt like I didn’t enough the past months, so I have to catch up a little bit.
I’m still kind of ill, it’s just a cold, but it kind of keeps me from doing big work in the kitchen. So I’m happy about easy dishes, that I can just throw together in a couple of minutes and still have something my suffering body can enjoy in this total agony of cough and snuff. I’m just kidding, but I really need nice food to feel better.
This asparagus and smoked salmon pasta is another great quick weekday dinner dish. It’s easily done in under 20 minutes and still has great and interesting flavor. Fresh asparagus, smoky salmon, zesty lemon, heavy cream and al dente pasta.
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April 18th, 2010
White asparagus or “Spargel”, how it is called here in Germany, is a great thing. I just had my first of many dinners featuring it and it really reminds you, that Summer is coming. The asparagus is grown under soil to prevent photosynthesis and the forming chlorophylle. That’s why it is generally more tender and mild, compared to green asparagus. I really love green asparagus pan fried, grilled or roasted, but steamed or cooked? The white one is so much better this way!
In the South of Germany, where I come from, you eat the cooked or steamed white asparagus with “Kratzete”, a side dish, that is basically shredded fluffy pancakes, some nice ham and sauce hollandaise. Perfect combination – believe me!
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April 11th, 2010
Imagine the following situation: It’s Sunday, you’re hungry and you ate almost everything you have for cooking a proper dinner/lunch/whatever. You can’t go buy stuff because all the shops are closed. The only things you have left are some eggs and random vegetables. Why not make a beautiful and delicious frittata?
You can use tomatoes, zucchini, onion, mushrooms, fish, meat, bacon and so much more… It’s perfect! You just whip up eggs with some salt and pepper, fry the filling in an oven proof pan, pour eggs on top of it, sprinkle with some cheese and put it in the oven for 5 minutes. Done.
And you can give it any flavor you want. Isn’t that just fantastic? And the leftovers are even better!
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