Posts Tagged ‘food’

Jan 11 – Mussel soup

Just another try with my camera phone. Soup tasted very well though.

Just another try with my camera phone. Soup tasted very well though.

Jan 07 – Raspberry red

Fresh from the supermarket.

Fresh from the supermarket.

Jan 04 – Amuse Americain

Found some (very fragile) quail eggs in the supermarket and just wanted to do something with them.

Found some (very fragile) quail eggs in the supermarket and just wanted to do something with them.

Dessert-a-Week 01: Yogurt panna cotta with figs

Ingredients:

  • 4 dried figs (in pieces)
  • 75 ml red port
  • 100 g sugar
  • 3 leafs gelatin
  • 250 ml whipped cream
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 100 ml yogurt

Preperation:

  • Cook the figs with half of the port (37.5 ml) and 25 g sugar for 2 minutes on low fire. Let it cool down.
  • Soak the gelatin for 5 minutes in cold water.
  • Heat the cream, carve the vanilla pod open and scrape the pith. Put the stick, the pith and 75 g sugar into the cream and let it (almost) cook for 5 minutes.
  • Let it cool down a few minutes, squeeze the gelatin and add it to the cream together with the other half of the port.
  • Let it cool down for 30 minutes.
  • Add the figs and the yogurt, stir it and put it in 4 bowls.
  • Cover them and put them in the fridge for at least 3 hours.

Note: recipe is translated by me and I’m not an expert, so take care!  Please let me know if I made some mistakes.

Dutch readers can find the recipe on: http://www.ah.nl/recepten/recept?id=653574

 

Jan 02 – Sweet bell pepper

Sold as a tasty snack

Sold as a tasty snack

Jan 01 – Tomatoes

Trying out my new camera phone or is it phone camera? Impressed by the sharpness at 1/17 s without flash.

Trying out my new camera phone or is it phone camera? Impressed by the sharpness at 1/17 s without flash.

Dec 31 – Happy New Year

Traditional Dutch Old Year's Day food and my best wishes for the new year!

Traditional Dutch Old Year’s Day food and my best wishes for the new year!

Dec 29 – Savoury muffins with Dutch shrimps

Got a strange recipe in the mail last week, just had to try that!

Got a strange recipe in the mail last week, just had to try that!

Food macros – Photo-a-Week in 2011

Food-a-Week

Dec 28 – Orange

Dec 28 - Orange