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Recipe of the dayRecipe of the dayLet me welcome you to Recipe of the day blog, also entitled Cocktail and Dreams. Let me welcome you to the gastro-world, the place where you can learn how to cook, what spices to use, how to create cocktails, how to combine food with drinks and so on Articles
Potatoes Soup
2007-11-28 11:45:00 Yesterday I presented you the recipe of the French Potatoes . Let me show how easy is to create a soup with potatoes. What you need 1 kg potatoes 2l of water 200 g onion 100 g carrots 50 ml oil (I always use olive oil) Some pepper 1 tablespoon of sea salt 1 laurel leaf 1 band of parsley 1 tablespoon of cream How you do it Again, very ... More About: Lunch , Soup
French Potatoes
2007-11-27 15:09:00 Maybe in France they are not called like this, but for sure in my country they are French Potatoes . This is an easy to cook recipe, as I like; it?s also very successful. What you need? 1 kg potatoes 9 eggs 500 g cottage cheese 250 g cream Some pepper Chili pepper powder Butter for greasing How you do it You need to boil the ...
English Coffee
2007-11-26 13:13:00 On Wednesday we will go on a trip to London. I can?t wait to drink some Stronbow, the English cedar and one English Coffee . Last time I was there I found out the recipe. It?s simple: What you need? 15 ml of Dry Gin 10 ml of Triple Sec another 1 teaspoon of Triple Sec 10 ml of Kahlua Coffee Liquor ...
Vegetables crème-soup
2007-11-23 15:17:00 After so many sea foods and barbeques, now it?s time for a soup, don?t you think? Here?s one for 2 persons. You can add more meat, if you want What you need 2 chicken calves (remove the skin, if any) 2l of water Salt and pepper 4-5 tomatoes cut in small cubes (remove the seeds) 1 onion cut in small pieces 1 celery (bigger ... More About: Vegetables , Lunch , Soup
What can you do with a barbeque in these days
2007-11-21 17:44:00 Even if the winter is knocking on our doors, let me tell you a summer story? What can you do in a summer evening, except listening the quiet, breathing the fresh air, under a clear sky with a lot of stars? Yes, a barbeque. Not the classic grills, pig?s steak-pot roast, sausage or something like this. Today ... More About: Days
Pasta with sea foods
2007-11-21 14:32:00 Continuing the previous two recipes, now I present you Pasta with sea foods. If you want you can combine this recipe with Octopus a la Johnny and you?ll have a great dinner with this combination. The recipe is for 4 persons. One important thing: don?t forget to heat them before you want to eat, because they ... More About: Foods
Irish Coffee
2007-11-20 12:28:00 Tonight I will go out with some friends. As I am a little tired and in the same time I think I want to ?party?, I guess I will take a coffee with alcohol. You don?t? know the recipe? Ok, it?s simple and you can prepare it for yourself at home. This is the simple recipe, ... More About: Coffee , Irish , Irish Coffee
Hygiene in kitchen
2007-11-20 11:39:00 I must admit, it?s a very delicate subject. A lot of people will say ?Hey, what the ? Is this guy teaching me how to wash my hands or how to keep my kitchen clean? I don?t want!?. I know there are some things that I?m sure you are aware off. But when we are ... More About: Kitchen , Hygiene
Octopus a la Johnny
2007-11-20 10:15:00 If in the previous recipe I presented you the shrimps, I decided to continue with two other recipes with sea foods. Now we will have Octopus a la Johnny . What do you need? 1 hashed onion 1 hashed clove Sea salt ? I use a hand mill, so I rotated it for 5 times 250 ml dry white wine 200 ml ...
Shrimps à la française with butter and delicate flavors
2007-11-19 11:49:00 One of my favorite recipes (with real success with my friends) is this simple and quick one. The recipe is for 4 persons. What you need? 16 big frozen shrimps - arund 250g The juice from 1 lemon 150g green salad 8 small tomatoes Sea salt & pepper 3 spoons with olive oil 1 teaspoon with honey 2 spoons with apple vinegar 50g butter 1 onion 1 ... More About: Flavors , Butter , Delicate
Mini pizza with vegetables
2007-11-14 15:11:00 Let me show you 2 recipes for mini pizza with vegetables. I?m sure you will like it and also your friends will enjoy these mini pizzas What you need 4 pizza pastry (with a diameter of 20 cm) 250 g tomatoes pasta Olive oil, salt and pepper ½ red pepper and ½ yellow pepper 125g mozzarella 80g sliced salami 80g scratched ... More About: Vegetables , Pizza , Dinner , Lunch , Mini
Couscous a la Johnny
2007-11-12 15:08:00 Let me introduce you another recipe that I invented couple of months ago. Unfortunately I was some kind of lazy, that?s why I don?t have pictures? What you need 250g Couscous (Kouskous) for 4 portions (or 3 larger portions) 500g water 1 Knorr chicken cube soup 1 spoon with sea-salt and 1 teaspoon with sea salt 7 spoons with olive oil 2 spoons with ... More About: Johnny
Mouse-eggs or Eggs that look like a mouse
2007-11-08 13:33:00 I played with this recipe before I decided to open this blog, as many other recipes that will follow. That?s why, unfortunately, I don?t have pictures for this recipe. But I promise to get back with one when I will decide to prepare the mouse-eggs again. Or maybe you can send a picture after you prepare this ... More About: Eggs , Mouse
Chicken with green vegetables in love
2007-11-06 20:30:00 Together with my lovely one I decided to cook something just for two of us. So the below recipe is just for 2 portions. What do you need: 2 chicken haunches 1 tablespoon of olive oil 4-5 medium potatoes 8 cloves 2 small peppers (without seeds) 3-5 tomatoes 450 g mix of frozen vegetables: peaces, green beans, carrots, corn Salt and pepper How you do ... More About: Vegetables , Love , Dinner , Green , Chicken
Rummaged eggs by Johnny
2007-11-05 15:11:00 Now it?s the time for the first recipe. I will start with one invented by me and my lovely future wife. So, the recipe is for 2 persons. What you need: ½ l of water A teaspoon of sea salt 4 eggs 1 onion 2 spoons of oils ½ teaspoon of colored pepper (black, red) dust 1 tea spoon of garlic dust 200g of Szechuan ... More About: Eggs , Johnny
Knives in kitchen
2007-11-05 14:14:00 I think that the knife is the most important tool in the kitchen. Ok, together with a pan. When I started cooking I remember that I said: why do I need more than one knife? Hmm… I can have now almost ten knives, for each and every task in the process I have a bread ... More About: Tools , Kitchen , Knives
Basting brush
2007-10-24 15:57:00 When I was like 9 years old I saw in a kitchen drawer a brush. ?Mom, are you going to paint the kitchen? Or you put this brush here by mistake?? No kid, this is a basting brush. Or a pastry brush. You can us it to spread oil or glaze on food, when you cook. ... More About: Definitions , Brush
Bain-marie
2007-10-24 15:46:00 One of the terms that were so confusing me starting my childhood is bain-marie. Maybe because I understood it as ?bain marin?. Something like ?bath marine?. Spooky, isn?t it? Ok, it is some kind of bath marine, but no like I imagined it. The bain-marie is functioning like this: - you have a small vessel and a bigger ... More About: Marie , Definitions
Temperature equivalent Celsius ? Fahrenheit and expressions
2007-10-24 14:35:00 In books and sites you can read: insert the chicken in the oven with very low temperature. Or warm. Ok. Now what? What warm means? First of all I recommend a thermometer for your oven, if you don?t have a modern one with temperature control. It can be in Celsius or Fahrenheit. If you don?t have ... More About: Tools , Temperature , Expressions , Lent
Units for volume (liquid)
2007-10-24 14:16:00 After talking about spoons, now we need to talk about liquids. Cup, pint, fl oz. What are these? Let?s find out. I have to mention that all the recipes that I will present later on this blog will use the cup as measure. But maybe you will find another recipe and want to know what?s ... More About: Tools , Liquid , Units , Volume , Unit
There is no spoon!
2007-10-24 13:36:00 In Matrix, the boy said: “Do not try to bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth: There is no spoon”. When you are talking about cooking, you are often talking about spoon and other words that are containing “spoon”. A tablespoon is a type of spoon used for serving and also as ... More About: Tools , Spoon
Preamble
2007-10-24 11:23:00 Before starting the recipes, I want to share with you some of the future subjects on this blog, subjects that I?m dreaming off to write. I want to write: - recipes from all over the world, split on countries - recipes split on different categories - a history of wines and how to season the wine with the food - ... More About: General |
