Open Sandwich Recipe [Brote auf skandinavisch Art Rezept]

This is a quick one, it's basically just arranging. Prunes and liverwurst might seem a little off, but it's actually really good.

Open Sandwiches for 4 [300kcal / serving]

8 slices of rye bread (The smaller the better. I had too big slices and as you can see, it looks kinda boring. You can use other kinds of bread.)
8 servings of butter
8 small servings of liverwurst
8 slices salami
8 prunes
8 prepared shrimps (you can take fresh ones, then you have to prepare them yourself)
8 slices of lettuce
tartar and sweet chili sauce if you like

1. Spread a serving of butter on each slice of bread.
2. Putt a blob of liverwurst on one half of 4 of the breads (so in the end you have 4 slices of bread with on half liverwurst).
3. Arrange two prunes in front of the liverwurst.
4. Put two slices salami in front of it.
5. Add the second blob of liverwurst. So in the end, your bread slices look like this: liverwurst, 2 prunes, 2 slices salami, liverwurst.
6. Arrange lettuce and shrimps on the other 4 bread slices.
7. You can add remoulade and sweet chili sauce to the shrimp sandwich if you like

Nyt ditt måltid!

Kung Po Prawns Recipe [Kung Po Garnelen] Gong Bao Prawns

For this recipe, you're supposed to use giant prawns, but as I've mentioned before, I'm highly allergic to shellfish, that's why I can't prepare prawns (my fingers swell). So when I'm making this dish for my family, who loves it, I'm using already prepared shrimps out of the chiller cabinet.

To achieve a more appealing look, you should try to use giant prawns with the head still on.

Kung Po Prawns for 4 (220kcal / serving)

400g shrimps OR 20 giant prawns with the head on OR you can use any other white fish or squid
200ml chicken broth
50g scallions
15g ginger
2 garlic cloves
2tbsp Doubanjiang (you can use chilisauce instead, but the taste will be slightly different)
2tbsp starch
8tbsp ketchup
4tbsp sake (rice wine)
1 1/3tbsp soy sauce
2tbsp sugar
2tsp rice vinegar
1 1/2tbsp salad oil
2tsp sesame oil


1. Chop scallions, ginger and garlic.

• When you're not using prepared shrimps, you should now prepare the giant prawns. Remove the legs and antennas with a knife or a pair of scissors. Remove the end of the tail and press out the liquid. Cut open the backpart of the prawn, but keep the first and last segment intact. With a thin skewer, remove the bowel.

2. In a bowl, combine chicken broth, ketchup, sake, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar. Mix well.
3. In another bowl, combine starch with 2tbsp water.
4. Let's fry the prawns/shrimps. In a pan, bring 2tsp salad oil to high heat. Add the shellfish.
5. When using prawns you fry them until they turn red. When using shrimps, you fry them for about 2-3 minutes. Then remove both from the pan.

6. In the same pan, heat another 2tsp of salad oil and add scallions, ginger and garlic. Add doubanjiang but be careful. The spiciness might make you cough or burn in your eyes. Cook until everything developed its aroma.
7. Add the prepared spice mix (the one from step 2). Bring to a boil.
8. Add the shellfish and fry for another few minutes.
9. Slowly add the starch mixture while stirring fast to thicken the sauce.
10. At the end, add the sesame oil and done!

请慢用!!

Spicy Fried Eggplant Recipe [Auberginen in pikanter Sauce Rezept]

This recipe is rather oily, so you should serve it with a plain side dish like rice to take in the extra oil. You can also consider steamed or cooked side dishes.
Fry the meat together with the garlic to give it an extra aroma, then add the fried eggplant.
You can use pork or beef and chilisauce instead of doubanjiang, but the taste will be not the same.


Spicy Fried Eggplant for 4 (500kcal / serving)

800g eggplant
150g - 200g (what you like) of  ground meat
200ml chicken broth
70g scallions
15g ginger
2 garlic cloves
2tbsp salad oil
3tbsp soysauce
2tbsp sake
2tsp sugar
1tsp Doubanjiang
2tsp starch
2tsp sesame oil
oil for deep frying


1. Cut the scallions into small rings. Peel the ginger and garlic and then thinly slice both of it.
2. Remove the stem of the eggplant. Cut it into bitesize pieces.

3. Now it's time to deep fry the eggplant. In a pot, heat enough oil to 180°C. Add the eggplants and deep fry until the skin is deep purple (2-3 minutes). Take them out and place them on a plate with a kitchen towel to drain.
4. Let's fry the meat. In a pan, bring the salad oil to medium heat. Add the ground meat and fry until crumbly.
5. Add ginger, scallions and garlic and keep frying.
6. Add doubanjiang but be careful, the spiciness might make you cough or burn in your eyes. Add soysauce, sugar and sake. Add the chicken broth and boil up.

7. Add the fried eggplant and let everything boil for 1-2 minutes.
8. In the meantime, combine the starch with 1 1/2 tbsp water. While fast stirring, add the starchmix to the pan and thicken everything a bit.
9. When it has thickened, add the sesame oil and done!

请慢用!!

Beware, you might need some bitters afterwards.

Sopa de Fideos Recipe [Nudelsuppe Rezept] Noodle Soup Recipe

This soup is not one of my all time favourites. But I've made it for a lots of people, who actually liked it a lot, so I guess it's just me.
In this recipe I'm using chorizo - a Spanisch sausage. You can use salami oder speck or other sausages with distinctive taste. But since every sausage is different, you have to be very carefully with seasoning.

Sopa de Fideos for 4 (90 kcal / serving)

100g chicken breast (with skin or without)
20 chorizo
20g thin noodles or actual soup noodles
1l chicken broth
salt
pepper
chopped parsley for the finishing touch

1. Put chicken breast, chorizo and broth together in one pot. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat. Let slightly cook for ca. 5 minutes and then take the pot from the stove.
2.Remove chicken and chorizo from the pot, but keep the broth!
3. Let the meet cool. Remove the chicken skin and tear it into stripes.
4. Cut the chicken skin into fine stripes. If chicken was skinless, skip this step.
5. Cut the chorizo into fine stripes.

6. Bring the soup to a boil. Break the noodles into 3cm pieces and add them to the soup. Let everything boil for ca. 3 minutes or until the noodles get soft.
7. Add meat, skin and chorizo back to the broth, so they warm up.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste. Arrange in a bowl and sprinkle with parsley.

Buen Provecho!

Mussels Soup Recipe [Muschelsuppe Rezept]

This recipe uses mussels from can. You can also use fresh mussels, still in their shell and add clam shells (it looks better), but then you have to clean them first, which is not described in this recipe. Please be careful when cooking shells, if they don't open while cooking, they're not edible anymore!

When mussels are cooked too long, the taste will change for worse.

Mussels soup for 4 (80 kcal / serving)

18 mussels
20g butter
20g celery
1l chicken broth
salt
pepper
2tsp chopped parsley (for decoration and finishing touch)

1. Wash the celery and chop it into fine pieces.
2. In a pot (big enough to hold all the ingredients), melt butter over low heat.
3. Add the celery and fry until soft.

4. Add the mussels and fry for a few moments only.
5. Add the broth and bring to medium heat.
6. Let simmer for ca. 5 minutes.
7. Taste with salt and pepper.
8. Arrange in a bowl and sprinkle with the parsley.

Bon Appetit!

Salade des Carottes [Karottensalat Rezept] (French Carrot Salad Recipe)

Be warned ... the pics don't look very appealing, but the taste is fine!

Carrot Salad for 4 (270 kcal /serving)

400g carrots
2tbsp white wine vinegar
4 tbsp salad oil
4 tbsp olive oil extra vergine
2 tsp medium hot mustard
2 tsp lemon juice
chopped parsley as decoration
salt and pepper to taste


1. Peel the carrot. Rasp it.

2. In a bowl, combine salt, pepper, mustard and mix. Add the white wine vinegar and lemon juice. Mix everything well.

3. Keep mixing and slowly ad salad oil. Add olive oil the same way.
4. Add the raspes carrots to the bowl and mix until they're covered with the dressing.
5. Sprinkle with parsley.

!Bon Appetit!

Changes

I've changed the layout. You can now directly pick a recipe you're interested in by first clicking on the continent and then the dish. Everything is arranged alphabetically and some dishes are explained. First, I was going to make the usual division in starters, soups, desserts etc. but this isn't the purpose of this blog. This blog wants to show you the different nations of the world by their foods. A culinary world tour, you could say.
If you're not sure what to cook, you can still use the search function and look for words like 'tomatoes' or 'noodles'. Every post comes with lots of tags to make sure, you find what you're looking for. :)

If this is not working for you, please tell me!

Bruschetta with Tomatoes Recipe [Bruschetta con pomodorini e olio] (Tomatenbruschetta Rezept)

Bruschetta are a very easy dish, but not very filling. It's best served as a starter or as a quick and delicious small dinner.

Bruschetta for 4 (120 kcal / serving)

200g tomatoes
30g finely chopped Spanish onions (the big, watery ones) (you can take regular ones, but they might be a bit too spicy)
5 basil leaves
2tbsp olive oil extra vergine
8 slices of baguette
1/2 - 1 garlic clove (to taste)

1. Remove the tomatoe stem, cut the tomatoes in half and remove the core. Cut into small cubes.
2. Cut the basil into fine stripes.
3. In a toaster oven or your regular oven or with the grill function of your microwave: toast the baguette slices until crisp.
4. Cut the garlic clove in halb and then rub the toasted baguette with the cut face.
5. In a bowl, combine tomatoes, onions and basil. Add the olive oil. Mix well and taste with salt and pepper.

6. Just before you're serving the bruschetta, arrange the topping on the baguette slices. If you're doing it too early, the bread will get all soggy.

Buon Appetito!

Spaghetti alla Siracusana Recipe

I haven't been blogging for over half a year now. Not because I'm not cooking anymore - I still am several times a week - but because posting recipes is kinda hard work. The bigger was my surprise, when I saw, that this blog is still visited by people, looking for recipes.  I would have never expected it. I hope, I can blog recipes more often from now on. Maybe every friday... I'll try my best.

Spaghetti alla Siracusana for 4 (610kcal / serving):

400g spaghetti (or other noodles if you like)
100g egg plant
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
160g zucchini
700g tomatoes
black olives (I think that 10 are okay, but if you like them, you can add more and if you don't like them, you just leave them)
fresh basil leaves (ca. 8)
2 garlic gloves
3 filets of anchovies (Don't worry, it won't taste like fish in the end. But be careful, just take the ones in oil, not the salty ones.)
olive oil
salt and pepper to your taste
parmesan

1. Wash the zucchini and eggplant and cut them in 1 cm cubes. Sprinkle with a bit salt and let stand for ca. 20 minutes. It'll increase the aroma.
2. Meanwhile, remove the stem of the bell peppers. Wash and cut into 1 cm cubes.
3. In a pot, big enough to hold the tomatoes, bring enough water to boil. Scratch a cross in the bottom of each tomatoe, that'll help the peeling later. Now blanch the tomatoes in the boiling water.
4. When the skin starts bursting, get the tomatoes out, chill under cold water and then peel the skin.
5. Cut the tomatoes into 1cm cubes.
6. Cut the olives into half.
7. Peel the garlic and crush it with a wooden spoon.
8. Now you need a pan. Add like 4tbsp of olive oil into the pan and bring to medium heat. Add the garlic and let brown. Then take out.

9. Put zucchini and eggplant in the same pan. Fry until they're getting slightly brown.

10. Add the anchovy and while frying, squash them with a spoon.
11. Add tomatoes and bell pepper. Mix well an keep frying.

12. When everything's covered with oil, reduce to low heat and let simmer for 10 minutes.
13. In the meantime, cook the spaghetti.
14. When the time has passed, add basil leaves and olives to the sauce and bring to medium heat again.

15. Add the cooked spaghetti to the sauce and stir everything. Add salt and pepper to your taste.
16. Finally arrange the spaghetti on a plate and sprinkle with parmesan and you're done!

Buon Appetito!