Ornella's Burrito's

avocado
I'm back with an all-time favorite.
My sister always asks to make my (even if I say it myself) famous burrito's.
It takes some work and time, but is SO worth it.
I took major inspiration from an restaurant in Brussels called Pablo's, that sadly no longer exists today.
One a side note it's also quite healthy.

For 6 hungry people you will need


For the marinated chicken

1 kilo chicken breasts
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp chili (add less if you don't like it too spicy)
Juice of one lemon or lime
2 tbsp liquid honey
5 tbsp olive oil
A pinch of salt


For the tomato sauce:

1 tbsp olive oil
A little bit of butter
1 sliced onion
1 pinch of salt and some grounded black pepper
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp cumin (add more to taste)
1 fresh bay leaf
Some cinnamon
1 glove of garlic
Some chili to taste (don't add if you don't like spicy food)
700 g passata (I used Mutti) or 800 g canned tomatoes 

Guacamole : recipe will follow

Rice

6 wraps


Start off by marinate your chicken.
Cut your chicken in little pieces. Put them in a bowl. Add the spices, olive oil and honey. Give it a good stir. Let it marinate for at least one hour (in the fridge).

Now make your tomato sauce. Melt the butter in a large sauce pan. Add the olive oil and heat it up. Add now the onion, sugar and the spices. "Fry" until the onion starts the soften. Add the garlic. And add in the end the passata. Let it simmer for at least 20 minutes. Now season your sauce to taste.

When the chicken has been marinating for quite a time. You can start grilling it.


Now it's time to assemble everything!!


Pour some tomato sauce on the bottom of your oven dish




Take your wrap and add some chicken and tomato sauce, fold the wrap over the filling. 



Do the same with the remaining 5 wraps and cover them with tomato sauce

Bake for about 15 minutes in a pre-heated oven (180°).

While it bakes in the oven, cook your rice and make a quick pico de gallo. 

Serve everything on table


Serve everything (burrito's, pico de Gallo, guacamole, sour cream and rice) on the table



Without further doing, dig in for God sake!!

Bon appétit!

XO


Ornella





Avocado Brownies FKA Green brownies

avocado

Back on track with some chocolate dessert, brownies.
The slightly "healthier" version of this one.
AVOCADO Brownies, but I prefer to call them green brownies.

You will need:

Two avocado's
170 g dark chocolate
50 g butter
80 g flour
Two eggs (optional: organic and free range ones)
40 g cocoa powder
120 g light brown sugar ("cassonade")
50 g butter
5 g baking powder
A pinch of sea salt
Optional: flaked almonds


Pre-heat your oven to 180° C.


Start of by mixing your avocado's like you would for your tradition guacamole.



Meanwhile melt your dark chocolate on a low heat.



Once melted add your butter and let it melt too.


Let the chocolate cool down a bit.



Now mix the "avocado puree" with the cooled, melted chocolate and butter.



Add the sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and flour. Mix well.



Now add your eggs and the sea salt. Mix well again.



Butter and flour your baking tin and pour in your mixture.

Optional sprinkle some flaked almonds on top!
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
And there you have the slightly healthier version of traditional brownies. 



YUM!


XO,

Ornella




Strawberry Tiramisù

egg-free

I wanted to make a light, summery, egg-free dessert.
For that purpose I used yogurt instead of mascarpone and a strawberry syrup instead of coffee.
People often state that a tiramisù without coffee and mascarpone isn't a real tiramisù.
Nonetheless I decided to call it a tiramisù.



I took major inspiration here, here and here .


For this summer dessert you will need:

Strawberries (washed)
Boudoirs or savoiardi (depending on how you like to call them)
125 gr yogurt
10 gr vanilla sugar
100 ml water
33 gr sugar
Optional: rum (if only served for adults)


Take about eight strawberries and cut/chop them in four. 
Then start to make your syrup by putting your water and sugar (the 33 grams) in a pot on medium heat. Let it not boil, but make sure the sugar has dissolved. At that point take the pot of the heat and add your chopped strawberries and a splash of rum.

Make then the "cream" by beating up the yogurt with the 10 gr vanilla sugar.

Then it's time to assemble the dessert.

Soak your boudoirs in the syrup. Align them in a glass container making sure to leave as less as possible space between them. Pour half of the "cream" on that range.

Soak again some boudoirs and align them as I stipulated above. 

TIP: If you still have some strawberries in your syrup put them on top of the boudoirs

Pour the remaining cream on the boudoirs.

Leave in the fridge to let it cool down!



Before serving slice a couple of strawberries and decorate your tiramisù.




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