And I’m keeping with the Italian theme, this time with saffron arancini with mozzarella. These beautiful rice balls are a favourite of my boyfriend and every so often he asks for it. I know that it’s quite easy to find them ready madealmost everywhere here but I still think that what we make at home…
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Pork shank roasted in beer
Now, don’t you think that a Sunday deserves a roast? That’s why I’m sharing with you my pork shank roasted in beer recipe 🙂 It’s a classic piece of meat with the beer sauce as a twist. Result: finger licking delicious 🙂 Back home, Sunday was the only day that my mum would cook lunch…
Mexican steak fajitas
We really like Mexican food in my house… from tacos to fajitas, tortilla chips, burritos, enchiladas, you name it 🙂 so Mexican steak fajitas it’s a dish I cook a lot. It can me messy but we like it and the boyfriend asks for it quite regularly! Although we call it Mexican, fajitas it’s actually…
Squid in mustard sauce with sauteed potatoes
I actually cook squid in mustard sauce with sauteed potatoes quite often… don’t know why I didn’t share it with you before… But better late than never 🙂 My boyfriend likes seafood but it’s not so used to it. So I try to “educate” him as much as possible. So far I’ve introduced a few…
Roasted pork chops with aubergines, potatoes and mozzarella
No idea where I got this roasted pork chops with aubergines, potatoes and mozzarella recipe but it’s one of those dishes that just worked really well 🙂 In the end it was just a way of using the ingredients I had in the fridge. Although I love to cook and I love to come up…
Cuttlefish in the oven with potatoes
My mum cooks cuttlefish in the oven with potatoes quite often and we all love it. Back home we find cuttlefish quite easily in the fish market and supermarkets. And it’s not that expensive so we can afford to eat it quite often. We have several ways of cooking it: on the BBQ, in a…
Chilli con Carne
If you’re looking for comfort food, easy to cook and delicious, chilli con carne is a very good option. It’s a dish that I like to cook in advance and freeze for those days when you just don’t have the time to cook it all from fresh. And I actually think it tastes better if…
Mini Beef Wellington
I’m quite a fan of beef wellington. If on the menu, for sure I will choose it, in any restaurant. But it’s not an easy dish to get right. Mainly because of the beef because you need to get the meat just right otherwise it will be ruined. So I decided to try individual portions:…
Salmon baked in foil with dill potatoes
Being a fish lover I’m finding it hard to enjoy it as much as I would like to. First reason: the local fish shop is not exactly easy walking distance from work so I end up at the butchers almost everyday. Second reason: the boyfriend is not so comfortable eating fish because of the bones…