This classic party snack might be retro, but it is by no means out of date (right?!). A basic cheese ball is a delicious addition to any party and it…
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Basic Cheese Quiche with Almonds
While fillings for quiche can vary tremendously, the two things they all have in common are a flaky, buttery crust and gooey cheesy egg filling. This quiche here has just…
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Making Compound Butter at Home: Six Flavours
In this article you will find six suggestions for some of my favourite flavoured butters to help you on your way. My favourite out of all of them? That’s a…
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Pumpkin Gratin
I love pumpkins. Not only are these orange round boys great for carving spooky faces into for Halloween, they are also, of course, very tasty and I actually prefer to…
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Spicy Melon Salad with Cucumber and Feta
I think almost everybody has tried, or at least heard of, the heavenly combination of cantaloupe or honeydew melons and Italian prosciutto di Parma, whilst watermelon and feta have also…
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Burrata with Pan-Seared Apricots and Prosciutto di Parma
One of my seasonal favourites are juicy, brightly-coloured stone fruits such as cherries, peaches, apricots and nectarines, so this simple salad with pan-seared apricots, luscious burrata, thin slices of slightly…
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Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Fenugreek Yoghurt, Chili and Mint
Sweet potatoes are great. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they are very versatile and can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes. You might think they…
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Anchovy and Fennel Seed Butter (Compound Butter)
I love butter. I love it on hot toast, melted over veggies and steaks, mashed into fluffy potatoes and baked into buttery biscuits and cakes (including the buttercream frosting, naturally).…
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Clams in Butter, Garlic and Parsley / Palourdes en Persillade
For this dish, small clams are steamed in a little bit of wine and lots of butter and garlic after which you can serve them over pasta for dinner, or…
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Parmesan Rind Broth / Brodo di Parmigiano Reggiano
It’s obvious why this cheese was crowned a “king”: it is an umami-lover’s and cook’s 'dream food' with its pungent salty flavor and crumbly granular texture! We like to shave…
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Cheese and Fruit Platter Combinations
When paired well, the sweetness and freshness of fruit can really elevate the savoury and nutty taste of cheese. The best part of making a fruit and cheese platter is…
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Panna Cotta with Cherry Sauce and Crispy Almond Lace Cookies
In my opinion, a ‘good’ version of this traditional Italian dessert, the name of which simply translates to ‘cooked cream’, has a very wobbly, smooth, almost-melting consistency with a subtle…
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Dutch Butter Cake with Pistachios and Cardamom / Boterkoek met Pistachenootjes en Kardemom
A ‘boterkoek’ is a popular traditional Dutch sweet flat cake that is very dense and creamy in texture and looks pale yellow on the inside with a nice golden crust.…
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Quick Stovetop Mac and Cheese with Pickled Jalapeños
This quick and easy stovetop mac and cheese with jalapeños is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I pretend to only cook this when I don’t have a…
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Dutch Savory Cheese Cookies / Kaasbolletjes
These cheese cookies, or kaasbolletjes (meaning ‘little cheese balls’), I’m sharing with you today (not literally sharing, of course, I ate all of mine already) are a popular Dutch snack…
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Baby Spinach Salad with Mimolette, Soft-Boiled Eggs and Walnuts
once summer comes around and the temperatures start to reach 32°C and over, my will to cook and exist as a relatively normally functioning human decreases dramatically. On those days,…
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Goat’s Cheese Mousse and Edible Flowers Wreath / Ένα βρώσιμο μαγιάτικο στεφάνι
In order to celebrate this special day and it’s coinciding holidays, I made a wreath of my own... My flower wreath is a bit different, since it’s made of soft…
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Four-Cheese Mac and Cheese
My version here is a baked mac and cheese made with FOUR types of cheese. The amount of cheese I use is more-or-less equal to the amount of macaroni (it…
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Baked Camembert with Almonds, Pear and Thyme
This gooey and fragrant baked cheese is a very popular snack on a cold winter evening, especially at Christmas! It can be a truly amazing appetizer, a cheesy dessert, or…
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Tirokafteri / Τυροκαυτερή (Greek Spicy Feta Dip)
For anyone who is really into cheese this dip is like a dream come true! This traditional Greek dip mainly consists of one of the most popular ingredients in Greek…
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Brie and Roasted Red Pepper Sandwich
... does a sandwich really need a ‘recipe’? Well, probably not. But this is a good one! The charred sweet red peppers, garlicky olive oil and melty soft brie on…
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Burrata Berry Summer Salad
This salad would go great alongside some roast chicken, or beef, but it would do pretty well on its own as a simple lunch on a lovely summer’s day (and…
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Hollandaise Sauce
What do eggs, asparagus, salmon, mushrooms and spinach all have in common? Don’t know? They all go amazingly well with a rich, yellow hollandaise sauce (and they actually all go…
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Summer Pavlova with Greek Yoghurt, Strawberries, Mango and Mint
This week I had a bunch of leftover egg whites from a recipe for another post I am working on. Since I don’t like to waste food I needed to…
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