Middle eastern carrot salad with caramelised pecans
Even just the smell of these caramelised cinnamon pecans in your house will make your day.
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Grilled peperonata salad
I created this recipe about ten years ago and some of my friends still make this salad regularly for their guests (and send me a pic when they do 🥰). I’d say I can call it a classic!
Carpaccio di Melanzane
I made a little dance of joy when I first tasted this one, because it turned out to taste even sĂł much better than I imagined…! I love it when a simple idea turns out so well. You do really need one of those super …
Magioni salad pizza
Is it a salad or is it a pizza? It’s contemporary festival food, that’s for sure! Fusion in every way imaginable.
White halibut with artichoke and pistachios
A light yet flavourful meal with the right combination of textures. If you can’t get a white fish with skin, you will still want the crunchiness that the baked skin would otherwise provide. You can get that by adding some crushed croutons. These are really …
Watermelon curry
This watermelon curry is great as a side to a main dish curry, but also serves very well as a summer day snack!
Ricotta bites
When we have drinks with friends – accompanied by some lovely snacks – ahead of dinner, in Dutch we call this borrelen. It doesn’t translate well into English, but luckily the French have a great word for it that seems to have been socialised around …
Rigatoni ‘carbonara style’ with smoked eel and truffle
There is no meat in this pasta, but you do borrow the technique of a carbonara pasta for this exquisite dish. The idea comes from Bistro de la Mer in Amsterdam – which is absolutely worth a visit should you be in town. My dear …
Meringue with coconut ice cream, passion fruit sereh coulis and kaffir lime
This is summer on a plate!
Tomate Américaine
The fabulous restaurant Zoldering in Amsterdam has invented this stunning dish. It has the texture and seasoning of filet Américain, but with the deep flavour of high quality dried pomodori. It takes some preparation, but it will be absolutely worth your while!