Here is my very own countdown to the world cup in Rio: I am trying to collect recipes or ideas for every single country participating in the world cup finals … Wish me luck!
As the World Cup is coming to an end, I would like to present you with the perfect dish to round off my tour of all the participating nations: grilled plantains. Brazil is famous for its rodízios, the ‘all-you-can-eat-type restaurants where waiters come round to the tables with skewers full of meat. To pay homage…
This risotto is probably the most simple of all risotto dishes in that it has such a limited number of ingredients: apart from chicken stock, parmesan, an onion and risotto rice, the standard ingredients of any risotto, it only calls for saffron and – if you can get hold of it, some bone marrow. But…
After last night’s rather comprehensive victory, the second semi-final tonight will decide which team is going to teach Germany a lesson or two about winning a match. Argentina will need some support, and I think a slice or two of this cake might just do the trick. Torta Rogel, or Alfajor Rogel, is a uniquely decadent concoction…
These little fake chicken drumsticks are a popular snack or side dish in Brazil, and they’re the perfect fingerfood for any party. They’re easy enough to make as long as you don’t mind deep-fat frying … Coxinhas mean chicken legs in Brazilian Portuguese, and the dumplings are filled with shredded chicken breast, wrapped in a dough…
This Russian salad – or Salade Olivier, comes with a lot of history: first invented in the 1860s in Moscow by a chef named Lucien Olivier, who guarded the recipe jealously. His sous-chef – apparently – stole the recipe and opened up his own restaurant to sell his version – needless to say, it simply wasn’t the…
I had this rice first at the home of a school friend, whose family had fled to Germany in the wake of the cultural revolution. I loved the flavours and textures of it: the crispy bottom – the tadiq – gives the dish a hint of caramel, which goes beautifully with middle eastern dishes of all sorts. Hoping to…
Quite a few people have been wondering the same nations always win, whereas others never get very far in world cups, and I think I have found a scientifically sound answer to this question – but it is hardly surprising when I tell you it all comes down to money. The German Institute for Economic Research…
That Uruguayans like meat is well known, not just since this World Cup; lesser known is the fact that they have quite a sweet tooth, as the dessert ‘Chajá‘ demonstrates: invented in 1927 by an Uruguayan pastry chef, it consists of layers of sponge, meringue, whipped cream, apricots and – sometimes – dulce de leche,…
This dish is one of the most wellknown dishes of the Balkan region, whether it is called zeljanica, as in the former Yugoslav republic, or spanakopita in Greek: spinach, feta and cottage cheese are wrapped into thin layers of filo pastry, giving it both strong flavours and lovely crisp texture. What’s more to want from…
Now as you would expect from a Swiss recipe, although it is a quick and easy mid-week dinner solution, you still have to pay attention to detail. Note the title: strips of meat – the closest I could come up with for ‘Geschnetzeltes’ – Zurich style is NOT the same as Zurich-style strips of meat. The…
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