Pastèque

Cheap, easy and healthy lunch when you're too lazy to cook;
 

Lunch with you.

Chicken pesto wrap, thaifood, tuna salad and chocolate cake.

Burrito.


Bibimpap.

Green Almonds

I went to the farmers market this morning and saw these green oval shaped things I've never seen before. I asked the seller "C'est quoi?". She told me that it's green fresh almonds. Basically almonds before they become more like almonds we know. I ate the whole green almonds. Crisp, tart, maybe a bit like a green apple or a green grape. I love trying new things, and I think if you see these green almonds next time, promise me you'll give this delicacy a try.
 
 




The healthy side of pastry




Streetfood festival

This weekend I've been enjoying some time with my friends at a food festival. Good weather, good friends and good food - I couldn't wish for a better way to spend my weekend.
 









Sushi - burger

Last nights dinner with some colleagues. I always have too high expectations, and this burger was okay. Just okay. So normal sushi is aloooooot better.
 

A food - list.

What is the most delicious breakfast? I’ll have to say oatmeal with almond milk, cinnamon, cardamom, chopped dates, sliced bananas and a handful of nuts!

How were you with food as a child? I was not very picky and ate everything mommy served me.

The best chocolate? Lindt 70% dark chocolate with sea salt!!

 


The top three best products?
Avocado, because it’s so freaking delicious! Butter, I don’t think I have to explain why. Quark, because it’s so easy, quick, and delicious with fruit, berries and nuts. Competitors on the list: banana, watermelon, cashewnuts, and onions that makes everything tastes sooo much better!

If you had to eat only food from one food culture for the rest of your life, which one would you choose? Hmm, tricky! I have to say Vietnamese. Coriander, fish sauce and all different banh’s and bao’s are so very good!!

What do you think the ultimate salad should contain? A filling base of brown rice, cucumber, avocado, fresh sashimi, edamame beans, nori, black sesame rice vinegar and soy sauce – basically a sushi salad.

 

Best potatoes type? Oh, sweet potatoes in the oven with black- and cayenne pepper.

Do you have some expensive food habits? Nuts maybe.

What do you cook if you have minimal time in the kitchen? An oatmeal bowl with egg white. Cook some oatmeal with water or any kind of milk in a casserole. Top with fruit, berries, nuts, seeds and nut butter. MMMMMM.

 

How does the best weekend breakfast look like? Freshly baked sourdough bread, waffles, squeezed orange juice, eggs in all different kinds of forms, avocado, cheese, fruits and berries.

Which is the latest ingredient or dish you learned to like? Liquorice. You constantly have to try everything you make in pastry, and I can’t dodge from trying products with liquorice every time. I’m happy my sensations for liquorice has opened up and now I actually like it a lot.

Your best budget dish? I always have eggs at home, so an omelette with whatever you have in the pantry


What do you eat for lunch?
Very different, it depends on my schedule. But I eat breakfast – food four out of five times a week.

What is the best thing to eat and drink on a Saturday night? Now that it's almost summer a thin-crust pizza at a park or on the beach with ginger beer sounds so nice! Otherwise at home, homemade burgers and strawberry lemonade.

Share some clever cooking tricks! Top all foods with fresh herbs, cook grains like rice and pasta in a stock, and fry in butter, not oil!

 

What do you cook if you are going to cook for many people? Tacos I think. A lot of many different components you can pick and mix by yourself.

Which dish do you think that more people should discover? Pork buns! It is a taste experience beyond the ordinary.

The best sauce? Bearnaise - or hollandaise sauce.


Five.

"Eat My Laundry".

Chocolate muffins.

Olive - cheese - and herbs naanbread.

Fruit salad #1.


Fruit salad #2.

Healthy Bountyballs

I made a healthy version of Bountybars today. With four ingredients you can make them too - SO HERE YOU GO!



YOU'LL NEED:

300 g shredded coconuts
250g coconut milk
15g honey
200g dark chocolate

Mix the coconut, coconut milk and honey together. Put it in the fridge to make the mixture more stable to roll. Roll to balls and melt the chocolate. Dip the balls in chocolate and sprinkle on some salt (optional). Store in the fridge or in roomtemperature if you tempered your chocolate. Finito!!


Strawberry Truffle Cake

It was a long time ago I shared a recipe, and I thought today might be the perfect day. I mean sunday = bake day. Chocolate and strawberry, what could go wrong?



FOR 16 SERVING YOU'LL NEED;

Chocolate cake
200g almondmixture
160g sugar#1
130g eggyolks
70g eggs
60g butter
60g cocoapowder
60g flour
200g eggwhites
80g sugar #2

Mix almondmixture, sugar #1, eggyolks and whole eggs to a paste. Melt the butter. Mix cocoapowder and flour. Whip eggwhites and sugar #2. Alternate with the flour mixture and butter and fold it in to the paste. Finally fold in the meringue (whipped eggwhites and sugar #2). Spread it out on three baking trays, the same way when you make rolling sponges. Bake it at 170C for 13min.


Strawberry Syrup
60g strawberry pureé
25g sugar
75g water
15g berry spirit

Boil all together.

Strawberry - and Chocolate ganache
90g sugar
50g glucose
170g cream
180g strawberry pureé
3g fleur de sel
200g dark couverture
120g milk couverture

Make sugar and glucose to a caramel. Warm the cream and the strawberry pureé. Temper the caramel with the cream and strawberry liquid. Pour it all over the couverture and mix it all with a mixture. Finally add fleur de sel.

Assemble

Soak the first layer of sponge with the syrup. Pour over the ganache and even out. Next layer of sponge, syrup and ganache. Repeat three times and end with ganache on top. Decorate and enjoy!


Eat good feel good

So good meals with roomie today. Two times á la carte. Now we're going to paint our nails. Hihi.












Apple - Caramel

Before I hurried to the trainstation to go back to Sweden on Thursday I finished my dessert assignment. There was some things we had to have in our desserts, and that was an apple compote, a sponge, a crispy part, something with couverture and a chocolate decoration. This is how my dessert and plate looked like.
 


Brown butter sponge, caramelized hazelnuts, caramel mousse, yoghurt - and cinnamon pannacotta, caramel glaze, brow butter cream and a apple compote. 

Pear dessert

Every week Wednesday's and Thursday's we have à la carte in school, and every week someone is responsible for the dessert. This Thursday it was my turn. I prepared a pear dessert which was a pearbavaroise with a pearcompott, brownies, caramelized hazelnut, butter caramel and a white chocolate decoration.
 


Everyday is cheat day

First attempt on making Cronuts. Didn't turn out perfect but it was fun making them.
 




Mozzarella di bufala

I discovered this cheese two years ago when my friend brought this back when he was in Italy. I've thought about it ever since, and then when I came here, to Italy, I found it. I've eaten it more than it's good for me. I'm telling you fresh buffalo mozzarella is one of the miracles of Italian cuisine. It’s exactly like regular mozzarella except that it’s made with milk squeezed out of a buffalo. The good stuff is almost unrealistically soft — it seems like the reason the word “mouthfeel” was invented. Yes, it's a bit more pricey, bit I promise, the taste is worth it. So don't miss out on this when you're in Italy (can be found in almost every supermarket).

 


A culinary journey

You should deifnitely go to Italy if you're into food. I did, and I enjoyed every minute, second and bite. A bunch of photos of food from Florence. And yes, we ate gelato everyday. Tomorrow we're heading to Venice. Hugs.





























 


 





Jiangbing

When I was in Milan, I had Jiangbing, a Chinese streetfood breakfast crêpe with an egg topped with scallions, baocui (a crispy cracker) and cilantro, for the first time. The balance between saltiness and sweetness was just perfect. And seeing the cooks making the crêpes was...oh wow. Quickly and effortlessly working with both hands, making two crêpes at the same time: cracking the eggs, sprinkling the herbs and schmears the thick sauces. I think this was so delicious and if you ever see a stand who makes Jiangbing on the street, don't hesitate to try.

I didn't have time taking more pictures because when I had the first bite...let's say, it stole my heart. (See this as a teaser).

Pad Thai

Finally.
 

Sad truth

No country makes better kebab than Sweden...not even Switzerland.

 

Tebirkes

My three main secret ingredients when I create something are; Love, time and butter.






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