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Feb 28

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BOOK REVIEW + RECIPE
I recently received the translated (Dutch) version of this beautiful book by @huwsgarden and @chef.sam.black, and what a joy it was to read it!

It is the perfect manual to start or improve your own vegetable garden and enjoy its produce the whole year round, with great instructions on just everything: how to plant and what, growing month by month, composting, building your own greenhouse and a ton of other great tips.

The last part of the book is dedicated to the “transformation” of your harvest in the kitchen.

If you’ve ever had a few courgette or pumpkin plants, you know that you get so many that you don’t know how to use them anymore. That’s when the “In the kitchen” chapter comes in handy, with great recipes for sauces, salads, soups, preserves, fermented foods, condiments, pastry, drinks and a lot more.

I got inspired by one of their dishes, a tray-bake made with left-over potatoes, so I used some thinly sliced taters that I had previously blanched, together with some cavolo nero (Tuscan kale) that had been blanched too. Both were left-overs from one of my cooking classes.

I added a jar of cooked white beans as an extra source of protein, and two different types of cheese, and the result was this delicious tray-bake.

Try it whenever you have left-over potatoes (also boiled or steamed, whole or diced) and choose any vegetables you have available to go with them.

You can find the recipe in ENG and NED on my blog here/link in bio:

https://www.cucinadelsole.nl/book-the-self-sufficiency-garden-recipe-potato-tuscan-kale-tray-bake/

Dutch publisher: @goodcooknl

English publisher: @penguinrandomhouse

Dish photos by me.
Backdrop: @llbackdrops

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🍎 Apples and other beautiful products that make the colder months more enjoyable.
Couldn’t do without them. Wouldn’t want to do without them.

As a matter of fact, I’m eating an apple right now. 🍎

Do you eat your apple a day? 🍎♥️

#apples #pumpkin #pomegranate #cabbage #romanescobroccoli #vegetables #vegetableslover #fruitandveg #foodphotography #foodie #nikonphotography #igersamsterdam ...

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The next “Basics of the Italian cuisine 1” course starts on February 8.
4 classes full of the most delicious and iconic Italian dishes.

Want to join? Follow the link here and in bio! 😃🇮🇹🍝

PS: receptuur enz. ook in het Nederlands 😉

https://www.cucinadelsole.nl/the-basis-of-the-italian-cuisine/

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🫘 After the excesses of the festivities, I love to go back to the simple, nourishing meals that are my favourite since I was a child. Like 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘪, pasta with beans, a beloved family meal.

In the original recipe there’s also some diced lean pancetta or pieces of raw ham. You can use them for extra taste but with enough salt you won’t need them.

The beans need to be cooked until they’re still somewhat firm. The perfect balance of softness without mushiness.

You can soak and boil them, or use pre-cooked ones.

The type of pasta used for this dish is usually a short one: tubetti, ditali, penne or similar.

This is a simplified recipe without soffritto, the finely chopped mix of carrots, onion and celery.

For tastier results, use fresh herbs instead of dry ones.

🫘𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜🫘

Serves 2

150 gr. dried brown beans (or 300 gr. cooked)

2 cloves of garlic

3-4 bay leaves

1 sprig of thyme

1 sprig of rosemary

water

sea salt

e.v. olive oil

about 150 gr. of short pasta

Soak the beans in cold water for at least 8 hours. Rinse them well and put in a pan covered with abundant water.

If you use pre-cooked beans, rinse and cover them with (hot) water.

Add the herbs and the peeled garlic cloves, then put the pan on a very low heat with the lid on.

Leave to gently boil for about 1,5 hr. Check the pan from time to time: when the beans are getting softer but are not yet fully cooked, add some salt and let them boil further.

NOTE: the cooking time for pre-cooked beans is a lot shorter: just warm them up with water, garlic and herbs until they boil, then add the pasta.

Add the pasta and leave it to cook until al dente. Add some hot water regularly to avoid drying. The result has to be a little soupy without being as liquid as a real soup.

Taste and add some extra salt if necessary.

Serve with a drizzle of good olive oil.

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Kookworkshop De keuken van Puglia, 20 februari 2021

Name: Kookworkshop De keuken van Puglia, 20 februari 2021
SKU: 0219
Price: 94.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

€94,00

Kookworkshop over Puglia (Apulië), de “hak” van Italië. Deze streek heeft een van de meest verrukkelijke en pure keukens van het land.
We beginnen met als borrelhapje polpette di melanzane (gefrituurde aubergineballetjes met pecorino en oregano). Daarna komt er capunti, een zelfgemaakte pasta bereid met meel en Primitivo wijn, in een rode Primitivowijn saus met verse kruiden, kikkererwten en groenten. Daarna gaan we een klassieker uit Bari, “hoofdstad” van Apulië bereiden: de braciolette al sugo (kleine rundvleesrolletjes in tomatensaus, gevuld met knoflook en pecorinokaas) samen met een calzone di cipolla (een heerlijke focaccia gevuld met zoete uien, pecorino en olijven) voor de vegetariërs. Als bijgerecht hebben we heerlijke peperoni ripieni (gevulde paprika’s uit de oven). En dan, dulcis in fundo, twee desserts: fichi ripieni al cioccolato, zongedroogde vijgen in likeurwijn gevuld met amandelen en gedoopt in gesmolten chocola en crostata di ricotta e agrumi, een boerencheesecake met ricotta en citrusvruchten.