Last week’s wild fruit horde was sweeter than ever for the simple reason that we brought home a huge amount of that acrid berry, the sloe. Sloes are only really good for one thing and that is plonked in a jar or a bottle with a load of sugar and alcohol. In the raw form a ...

Salad for 4 persons Preparation time: 30 minutes 200 gr. clean shrimps 250 apples 100 gr. celery 150 gr. cucumbers 1 table spoon lemon juice Parsley For the sauce: 200 ml sour cream 100 gr. mayonnaise Salt, pepper Preparation: Cook shrimps in hot water for 15 minutes. Cut apples and celery into cubes. Sprinkle them with lemon juice. Cut the cucumbers into cubes. Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Mix ...

Well, Christmas is coming. I wish All My Readers A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! At this special moment I wish to share my favourite and delightful pastry recipe of both Italian and French cuisine. It’s a Almond Biscotti that perfect designed to be dipped into your best-loved cup of coffee. Other Italian name of this ...

Well, Christmas is coming and I wish to share today my favourite french tart to these special days. This glorious tart makes a truly indulgent dessert. It might be varied according to the season -it equally successful made with pears, nectarines, peaches, apricots or apples. Ingredients for the pastry: 200g/ 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour salt 25g/1/4 cup ...

A small cucumber salad to serve as a regular vegetable dish, as a simple salad with any meal, or as a side dish with a Chinese meal. INGREDIENTS:* 1 cucumber, thinly sliced* 1 teaspoon salt* 2 teaspoons sugar* 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar* 5 teaspoons sesame oil* a pinch of ground sichuan pepper* ½ red chilli, ...

Sweden is not a very big potato producer. Nevertheless, potatoes are an important part of our diet and I always cook extras for different purposes. Day old boiled potatoes seem to become firmer and easier to handle than newly boiled ones. Besides, cold boiled potatoes can be used in so many ways. In Greece, they ...