Romanian Bean Stew

Soak red and white beans in 1 1/2 liters of water for one night. A day later, rinse pork shank and pork belly with cold water, put them in 2 liters of boiling water and cook for two hours. In the meantime, fry diced bacon in a saucepan for 5 min until translucent, add chopped … Read more

Banana Apple Ginger Jam

For the banana-apple-ginger jam, first peel the bananas and cut them into small pieces. Then also peel the apples and ginger and cut into small pieces. Remove the core from the apples! The ginger should be chopped into very small pieces. Then squeeze the lemons. Bring all ingredients to a boil in a large saucepan … Read more

Melon Salad with Lime and Coconut Milk

Cut melon pulp into even cubes and mix with lemon juice, lime juice and coconut milk. Add a little sugar and / or rum to taste. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and pistachios.

Fabada Asturiana – Asturian Bean Stew #2

Soak the beans and separately the cured meat in water for one night. A day later form the beans and soaked meat on a colander to drain. Then put the meat, ham and bacon with the onion, garlic, bay leaf spices and peppercorns in a large saucepan with about 3 liters of cold water on … Read more

Chocolate Pudding

For the chocolate pudding, beat the egg yolks with powdered sugar until the mixture turns white. Mix the milk with the cocoa powder and vanilla sugar and bring to the boil. Then add the cornstarch to the egg yolk-sugar mixture and stir. When the milk boils, whisk in the starch-yolk-sugar mixture and continue to boil … Read more

Egg Gratin

Boil the eggs covered with cold water and cook until hard from the boiling point for seven minutes. Drain, cool, remove the shell and cut in half lengthwise. Carefully separate the egg yolks and pour them through a sieve into a sufficiently large bowl. Place the egg white halves in a well-buttered baking dish. Remove … Read more

Mexican Bread Soup

In a soup pot with a tight-fitting lid, steam the garlic cloves in oil and water for 20 min. over low heat with the lid closed, until they are very soft but do not brown. Remove the garlic, add the bread to the oil and fry briefly over high heat. Pour the clear soup and … Read more

Orange Cream Cheese Balls

Simply mix all ingredients well and freeze the mixture for about 10 minutes. Take out and form into 6 equal sized balls. Roll in pistachios, olives and/or sesame seeds. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Eel Fried.

The freshly slaughtered eel is taken off, carefully gutted, washed, cut into nice pieces, which are salted a little, sprinkled with a little powdered sage and quickly fried in rising butter and Ceres for 15 to 20 min. Then put the eel in the jars, pour the sauce over it and sterilize for another 20 … Read more

Madeira Bakery

For the Madeira bakery, make a shortcrust pastry from the ingredients and let it rest for half an hour. Roll out the dough to the thickness of the back of a knife and cut out round cookies. Place them on an ungreased baking tray and bake at 200° C for about 8 minutes. For the … Read more