Crème Caramel

120 g caster sugar

Cold water

5 Eggs

6 dl milk

Vanilla sugar
-Preheat oven to 180°C.

-Cook milk and vanilla in a saucepan until boil. Set aside to cool down.

-Combine 20 g of sugar with 2 tbsp. cold water in the metal cream caramel mold. Place the mold directly on the burner on low heat. When the sugar is melted and golden remove from the heat.

-Whisk eggs and the remaining sugar in a bowl until creamy. Slowly add the cooled milk mix and whisk gently. Pour into the mold with the melted sugar.

-Place the mold in a round baking dish. Pour boiling water into the dish until half full. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove baking dish from the oven and the mold from the water. Set aside to cool down.

-Before servingrun the point of a sharp knife around the top edge of the mold, place a dessert plate on top and invert. Give the mold and plate a sharp shake and carefully remove the mold.

 

Buon Appetito!

Vitello Tonnato is one of my favourite summer dishes, it is easy to prepare and as you can make it in advance it is one of the best dishes to serve for guest when you are not sure of the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival).

 

Meat:

600g Veal girello / Veal nut (tied with string)

1 carrot

1 onion

1 celery stick

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

Olive oil

1 pinch of salt

Water

 

Sauce:

200g of tuna tinned in olive oil, drained

3 anchovy fillets

2 eggs, hard boiled, just need to use the yolks

2 tbsp capers, drained

1 lemon, juice only

Pepper and saltto taste

5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Bring the water to boil in a large saucepan add salt, meat, carrot, onion, celery, the vinegar and olive oil. Cover and simmer for 1 ½ to 2 hours.

Remove the saucepan from the heat, leave the meat in the liquid and allow to cool completely. Don’t throw the liquid away.

While the meat is cooling, make the tuna sauce. Place the tuna, capers, anchovy fillets and egg yolks in a food processor and blitz for about 30 seconds. Add the lemon juice and olive oil and whiz for another 10 seconds. Season with black pepper. If the sauce is too dense you can add a bit of the cold liquid from the saucepan. The finished sauce will have a similar consistency to fresh mayonnaise

Remove the string from the meat slice the veal thinly and place the slices on a large serving dish. Pour the sauce over the top of the meat garnish with whole capers or cornichons. Leave covered for a couple of hours before serving.

Buon Appetito!

 

 

 

Nice winter soup to heat you up on a cold winter day

Serves 4

1 kg tomatoes chopped into pieces

6 big red bell peppers cleaned and chopped into pieces

4 red onions chopped into pieces

4 cloves of garlic sliced into halves

Dried chili pepper, powder or fresh (according to taste)

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

A handful of fresh basil leaves

1-2 dl milk

 

1.

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.

2.

Place the chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, garlic and chili in the baking tray season with olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake for 45 minutes, stir occasionally.

3.

Remove baking tray from the oven and let cool down a bit. Puree the soup in batches in a blender together with basil leaves until smooth add milk until you get the right consistence.

4.

Transfer the soup to a pot and heat up again. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve with a piece of homemade bread.

Buon Appetito!