Recipes

Aperitives and Finger Foods

Cheese savory cookies
Sun-dried tomatoes and olives muffins
Sourdough breadsticks

Appetizers and Starters
Beetroot and aubergine "fattoush" salad
Beetroot and purslane salad with orange dressing
Beetroot "hummus"
Grilled pepper salad with capers, olives and lemon
Hummus (basic recipe)
Marinated eggplants with tahini and oregano
Panzanella (Tuscan bread and tomato salad)
Pomodori gratinati (roasted crumbled tomatoes)
Roasted aubergine with saffron yogurt
Roasted aubergine with chili and herbs
Roasted pepper dip - my take on Muhammara
Seafood, fennel and lime salad 
Shamandar: beetroot salad with yogurt tahini dressing

Breakfast and Brunch
Banana and chocolate chips scones
Potato cakes with smoked salmon and herb crème fraîche 

Bread & Co.

Basic focaccia (Emmanuel Hadjiandreou's recipe)
Basic focaccia (Locatelli's foolproof focaccia)
Beer bread
Croissant-shaped milk bread
Focaccia with cherry tomatoes 
Spelt no-knead "twisted" bread
No-knead pizza baguette
Oat flakes and buttermilk bread
Sourdough breadsticks
Sourdough milk bread with Tang Zhong
Wholemeal no-knead bread
Wholewheat sourdough bread with mixed seed (featured post)

Quiches and savory cakes / tartes
Mediterranean tart (eggplant, cherry tomatoes and ricotta)

Pasta, Risotto & Co. (Primi piatti)
- Pasta
Fettuccine with kale and almond pesto
Lemon flavored spaghetti with clams, zucchini and bottarga

Orecchiette with eggplant and roast tomatoes
Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and basil
- Gnocchi
Pumpkin ricotta gnocchi on beetroot sauce with pistachios and orange
- Other grains
Bulgur with roasted vegetables and feta
Camargue red rice and quinoa with orange, dried apricots and pistachios
Couscous and Mograbiah With Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Soups
Pappa al pomodoro (Tuscan tomato and bread soup)
Spicy creamy carrot soup with carasau bread

Main course 
- Fish
Ginger roasted salmon
Oven roasted red snapper

Oven- roasted salmon with a mustard and herbs crust
Teriyaki Salmon

- Meat & Poultry
Asian style strip steak (with peppers, onion and ginger-soy sauce)
Chicken nuggets (my way)
Kofta kebabs with yogurt sauce
Roasted Mustard Lime Chicken Breast
Stir-fried sirloin beef with cherry tomatoes, green olives and capers
- Vegetarian
Saffron roasted cauliflower with olives and sultanas

Salads
Beetroot and aubergine "fattoush" salad
Beetroot and purslane salad with orange dressing
Camargue red rice and quinoa with orange, dried apricots and pistachios
Couscous and Mograbiah With Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Fennel, feta and pomegranate salad
Grilled pepper salad with capers, olives and lemon
Panzanella (Tuscan bread and tomato salad)
Pumpkin and beetroot salad with goat cheese
Roasted Cauliflower and Almond Salad
Seafood, fennel and lime salad 

Side dishes
Almost peperonata
Balsamic roasted red cabbage
Grilled broccoli with chile and garlic
Grilled cauliflower with tomato, dill and capers
Pomodori gratinati (roasted crumbled tomatoes)
Roasted Cauliflower and Almond Salad
Saffron roasted cauliflower with olives and sultanas


Sweets and Dessert
- Cookies, Bars and Bites

Banana- Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Buckwheat and chocolate cookies
Cakey chocolate chip cookies

Cantucci (Italian almond biscotti)
Chewy cocoa cookies with chocolate chips
Chocolate and muscovado sugar thumbprints

Chocolate chip cookies façon ChristopheMichalack
Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with dried cherries
Chocolate chip sablè cookies
Cocoa and vanilla braided cookies

Cocoa cookies with cranberries and chocolate chips
Dark chocolate cookies with chocolate chips
Digestive biscuits
Honey thumbprint cookies
Milk cream cookies
Raspberry-almond blondies
Raspberry Thumbprints
Sablés chocolat à la fleur de sel
Soft "cookie-buns" with milk chocolate chunks - for kids

- Muffins, Cupcakes and Small Cakes
Mixed Berries and Apples Muffins
Greek yogurt and chocolate chips muffins
Jam-filled tartlets
Yogurt cocoa muffins

- Chocolate desserts
Chocolate and red fruits mousse cake
Chocolate Chantilly (two ingredients chocolate mousse)
Chocolate fudge cake
Light chocolate mousse with shiny cocoa glaze
Salame di cioccolato
Tartlets with (eggless) chocolate custard
Tender chocolate cake (Torta Tenerella)
Triple chocolate mousse

- Tartes and Cakes

Apple - spelt flour cake
Banana cake with chocolate chips
Buttermilk Plum Cake
Cherry loaf cake with a lemon scent
Chocolate and red fruits mousse cake
Chocolate-chip cookie cake
Chocolate fudge cake
Crostata alla marmellata (jam tarte)
Jam crostata (tart) with kamut shortcrust
Jam crostata (tarte) with spelt and olive oil crust
Raspberry laban cake
Soft crostata with almonds and apricot jam
Soft strawberry cake
Super healthy chocolate cake aka wacky cake (no eggs, butter, milk and ... chocolate)
Tartlets with (eggless) chocolate custard
Tender chocolate cake (Torta Tenerella)
Wholewheat crostata

- Other desserts
Cake balls and cake bites: two ideas for using leftover chocolate cake
Salame di cioccolato

Basis
- Pastry dough
Pasta frolla (Italian sweet shortcrust pastry)
Kamut pasta frolla (kamut shortcrust pastry)
Eggless chocolate custard


Preserves, Spreads & Co.
Chocolate and hazelnut spread