I tried making pickles for the first time lately, among else using asparagus as a vegetable. Since I didn’t want to throw away the trimmings I made cream of asparagus soup. Not complicated, not time consuming and tasty.
Basic Vegetable Pickling Recipe
I wanted to try pickling, so I decided to give it a try on the weekend, but starting with only small batches. My beloved aunt Inge would vividly oppose to the term “pickling” (she’s an institution on home grown greens as well as food-preservation and she’s some kind of an old-style, longtime proficient german homesteader, not the american style 🙂 ). But I’ll try anyway.
Roasted Garlic Recipe
There’s a sh*tload of videos online from people making oven roasted garlic and using it for garlic bread, etc. I wanted to try that too eventually – and boy, is that amazing! The whole house smelled of garlic and I don’t want to know how *I* smelled afterwards 🙂 This is luscious, delicious and by the way absolutely easy to make. Do try this if you haven’t already.
Oven Baked Chicken with Marsala Sauce Recipe
I found a bottle of Marsala wine in the basement, long forgotten and once used for cooking that I just had to make use of. Marsala is an italian special origin type of sweet wine that I mostly know for it’s use in cooking – and it makes for a very pleasant and delicious flavour.
Since I was finally (st)able enough again – *sigh* – to be somewhat productive and contribute something for the family, here’s yesterday’s dinner. The ingredients list makes it look far more complicated than it actually is.
Pan-fried Cod with Shallot Sherry Sauce Recipe
We’ve got a very good fishmonger literally “around the corner”, in not even five minutes walking distance. So we eat more fish when we’re here 🙂 This time it was fresh cod with a very delicious sauce and here is the recipe:
Creamy Pasta with Broccoli Recipe
Homemade “Codsworth” Cheese
I made a new round of my Codsworth-Cheese that is now sitting in the fridge at the moment to cure. Seasoned with a little oregano and painstakingly washed daily with cheese brine for 5 days it was then left to dry.
Simple Cheese Brine Recipe
Here’s the formula for my simple cheese brining solution. Easy to make and shelf-stable for an eternity.
The goal is to produce a ~20% salt solution. I only brush it onto my cheese instead of dipping the whole slab into the brine. Mix and store in an airtight container and make sure to sterilize your brush before applying.
The recipe:
– 300 ml water
– 67 g salt
– 4,5 ml white vinegar
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