Kidney Bean Brownies

almond

Today I am here with a "special" recipe that has done the tour of a lot of blogs.

 I am talking about the famous brownies filled with beans, instead of flour.
These brownies are completely gluten free and delish.

 I took major inspiration here.

 You will need:
  • 1 cup and 3/4 cooked red kidney beans
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup sugar powder
  • 90 g dark chocolate (bain-marie)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • Handful of flaked almonds (optional)
  • chopped dark chocolate
  • a pinch of salt
  • food processor or blender 
Preheat your oven at 175 °C.

Melt the dark chocolate in a sauce pan on a low heat.
In the meantime rinse en drain the beans, then put them in your food processor and mix until your beans get a texture like a puree (I added some water).

Put your pureed beans in a bowl and add all the ingredients except for the flaked almonds, the chopped dark chocolate and the melted chocolate. Once everything is well mixed, add the melted chocolate and the chopped chocolate. 

Pour the mixture in your lined baking dish.

Sprinkle some flaked almonds on top.

Put in your oven and bake between 25 and 30 minutes.

Allow your brownie to cool before to cut it. 



PS. They are even better after chilling a whole night in the fridge.

Until next time (actually until next recipe)!

XO

Ndundari con salsa di pomodoro e basilico di Contaldo

basil

Today I present you a recipe from Gennaro Contaldo.
I discovered the existence of this dumplings in 'The greedy Italians'. 
I'am talking (actually writing) about Ndundari. Ndundari are Italian ricotta dumplings that Gennaro's mother used to make for him. 


For this recipe you will need:

 -200 gr of flour (tipo '00')
-220 gr of ricotta
-3 egg yolks
-20 gr parmesan
-Salt and pepper 
-Vegetable oil
-Homemade tomato sauce
-Fresh basil
Optional: nutmeg, parmesan to sprinkle over the dumplings

 Proceeding:

 Start off by making your usually tomato sauce*.
While your tomato sauce is cooking, make your ricotta dumplings.

 In a big bowl mix the flour with the ricotta, egg yolks, parmesan and salt and pepper (if using: nutmeg). 
Knead three to five minutes.
Roll the dough out to 'sausage' and cut it into little squares. 

 In the meantime bring some salted water to boil. When it boils add a teaspoon of vegetable oil to the water and add immediately the dumplings. Cook them two to five minutes.

 Drain the Ndundari.

 Assemble the Ndundari with the sauce. Finish off by adding a leaf of basil.


Serve immediately!
XO

*If you want a recipe for the tomato sauce: go to the original recipe of the Ndundari.





Outrageous Cheese and Vegetable Burger

aubergine

Lately I have been making dinner every day. 
Suddenly I wanted to have a nice juicy burger full of vegetables, but WITHOUT meat. 
So some kind of an healthy burger.


For 3 people you will need:

 -one courgette or zucchini
-one aubergine or eggplant
-one pepper
-some goats cheese
-balsamic vinegar
-vegetable or olive oil
-salt and pepper
-3 little buns (in french we call them 'pistolets').

 The first thinh you want to do is to cut your aubergine in slices. On every slice you should put some salt and then superimpose the slides on each other as if you were reconstructing the aubergine. Let them sit in a plate for at least 30 minutes.
In the meantime slice your courgette and bake it in the pan. 
You can also start now with your pepper. Take off the green part of your pepper, make a vertical incision in your pepper, take out the seeds. Add some salt in the pepper through his incision. 
Take out a casserole and heat up some oil.
Once it's hot add your pepper and lower the heat.
Keep on eye on the pepper and make sure to turn your pepper so that it won't burn.

 Once you're done with baking your courgette, it's the turn of the aubergine. Wash your aubergines well and wring them. Bake them as well in the pan.

 Once your vegetables are all cooked, let them rest a while.
Slice your pepper, put it in a bowl. Mix the pepper with some balsamic vinegar. 

 Now it's time to MAKE the burger! 

 Take your bun, slice it. 
Add your vegetables, making sure to add some goats cheese in the middle of all the vegetables.
Close all that goodness with the upperside of the bun.



Serve and be surprised by how good this is. 


See all the juice popping out of it! 
PS: it's better then an HAMburger ;-)

One-pan pasta from Martha Stewart

basil

Today a fast and quick recipe to celebrate my come-back on the blog.

 I know I have been absent of the blog, but that was because of  my exams. Now I am BACK to make some great stuff. As I didn't had a sea of time, because I was studying a lot, I made this recipe many times! It's simple, healthy and tasty... what can you ask for more?

 I found this recipe on Martha Stewart (link here).

 For 4 you will need:

 12 ounces or 340 gr of linguine (in my case spaghetti) 
12 ounces or 340 gr  of sliced tomatoes (in my case cherry tomatoes)
1 sliced onion
1 clove of garlic
A piece of peperoncino
Some fresh basil
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt (1 teaspoon) and pepper 
4 1/2 cups (560 ml) of water
Optional: freshly grated parmesan, pecorino, ricotta salata

 Now just put all the ingredients in your pan, even the water. And let the water come to a boil.
Once it boils, lower the heat and let it cook accordingly to time on the package of your pasta (in my case 20 minutes).



Time passed, the pasta should be cooked and the water dissolved.

 Serve immediately with some freshly grated parmesan, pecorino, ricotta salata or with nothing, like I did.



Buon appetito e a la prossima! 



Epic Fish Tacos with Homemade Tortillas

avocado

Here it is, the first salty recipe on my blog.
And it's not the usual, traditional Belgian course that I'm going to present you.
No, it's the recipe of the Epic Fish Tacos.


I found it here, a blog that I really like and from where I take a lot of inspiration.

 Without further-doing here is what you need to make those tacos (for 3 people):

 For the filling:
400 gr of white fish (I used Cod)
garlic
2 limes
4 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
salt
1 avocado
1 red onion
1 fresh salad

For the homemade tortillas (recipe here):

200 gr flour
37 gr of butter or vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt
90 ml hot water


Start of by making the dough for the tortillas, mix the flour and the butter/oil together until you get a sandy mixture. Dissolve the salt in 80 ml of the water and add slowly to the dry mixture. If the dough isn't soft add slowly the rest of the water. Divide your dough in 6 balls and let it rest for at least half an hour.

In the meanwhile make your guacamole accordingly to Roses recipe. Make the fish marinade by using a mortuar in which you 'mix' the salt with the juice of one lemon and  the olive oil. Lay the fish filets in the marinade for about thirty minutes.

 Wash your salad. Set aside in a beautiful bowl.

 Now unroll your 6 individual dough balls on a floured surface. Once that's done you can start baking them in a pan (without any butter or oil in it). Make sure to bake them enough. Set aside.

 Grill your fish in your griddle pan and set on a plate once it's well baked.

 Put your avocado, tortillas, fish and salad on the table and let everyone assemble their taco.





Enjoy!


XO!







Apple and Almond Cake, The A & A Cake

almond cake

Lately I've been really into cakes, which is quite strange since we are in the month of june. Let me explain. 
At this time of the year it should be nice and hot, so that the only threat that you could give yourself should consist of ice-cream. But this year it hasn't been neither summer, neither spring weather.
So I had to rely on those traditional filling desserts which are cakes.

 I decided tot make an Apple and Almond Cake (I am going to call it the A & A Cake). I just made my basic yogurt cake (which is a family recipe) and added apples and almonds (to enrich it a little bit).


For the A & A Cake you will need:

 1 pot yogurt (125 gr)(obviously)
1 pot vegetable oil
2 pots white sugar and vanilla sugar
3 pots all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
2 apples, peeled and sliced
40 gr almond flakes

 Preheat your oven at 170°C.

 Whisk the first 5 ingredients together. Separate the eggs. Add the egg yolks. 
Beat the egg whites until they're nice and fluffy. Add them slowly to the first mix.

 Butter and flour your tin (23 cm) and pour half of the mix into the tin and put the half of the apples in it. Pour the remaining mix on top of the apple-layer. Add the remaining apples, make sure to make a beautiful layer. Sprinkle the almond flakes on top.

 Bake it in the pre-heated oven for 45 to 50 minutes.

 Take it out. Let it cool on rack.

 Serve

I also made a mini one and that's how it looked like at the inside ...



Tasty isn't it! The next recipe will be a little bit more salty and fishy. On that final note.

Goodbye

XO

Super Chocolate Cake from Leila Lindholm

brown sugar

This week I had a massive dessert "order". I had to bake cakes for a party.
I was pretty sure that we couldn't miss a chocolate cake.





That's why I decided to make this cake from Leila Lindholm, which she describes on her website as 'My Sticky Chocolate Cake'

 And do I still have to tell you that this cake was Utterly delicious? No, I don't think so (just LOOK at it!).

 You will need:

 50 gr butter
50 ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
170 gr caster sugar
70 gr brown sugar, I used blond sugar (cassonade)
150 gr plain flour
4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 pinch of salt
Butter and flour for the tin 
50 gr dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
icing sugar (optional)

 Mix together the eggs and (white, brown and vanilla) sugar until the mixture "lightens up". Add the hot melted butter and the vegetable oil. 

 Mix in a separate bowl the (sifted) flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. 

 Add it slowly to the first mixture. 

 Cut your chocolate in little pieces and add them to your mixture.

 Butter your tin and pour some flour over it. Put in your mixture into the tin.

 Place it in the oven that has reached 150°C.

 Bake it for 30 minutes.
Let it cool down and sprinkle it with some icing sugar (optional).

 Serve and EAT!

XO

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