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Cut the heart of an artichoke in thin slices and keep in ice water and some lemon juice to keep from browning. Melt a knob of butter, add a splash of olive oil. Add 4 tbsp Panko and 2 tbsp grated Parmesan . Brown and keep on kitchen paper. Then put 4 egg yolks and 2 anchovies in a mixing cup, add 150 ml sunflower oil and use a mixer to make a nice thick mayonaise. Season with lemon juice , pepper and salt. Slice 100g mushrooms, mix with the artichoke and a couple of tbsp mayo. Slice 200 g steak , add peper, salt and olive oil. Serve as shown (Here the original recipe by Peppe Giacomazza) from simple food, looking good Italian steak tartare Recipe from Sweet Cake Italian steak tartare Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/italian-steak-tartare-recipe.html

Mix 2 tbsp fresh cheese with dill , basil , chives and some finely sliced garlic. Toast a slice of pumpernickel sourdough bread . Use a serving ring to cut nice circles from the bread and from corned beef. Cover the toast with the cheese, then the corned beef, more cheese and finally a halved scallop (Here Sven Orelis' original recipe) from simple food, looking good Corned beef, herb cheese, scallop Recipe from Sweet Cake Corned beef, herb cheese, scallop Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/corned-beef-herb-cheese-scallop-recipe.html

Cut 80 g salmon in small cubes, mix with 1 tsp finely sliced shallot and a little bit of  a red chili pepper. Then make a dressing from the juice and zest of 1/2 lime , 1 tbsp soy sauce , 1 tbsp olive oil , 1 tbsp whole grain mustard , 1 tsp grated ginger and some hacked coriander leaves  Just before serving  mix the salmon with the dressing. In the meantime peel and halve 2 white peaches. Replace the stones with the salmon mix (Here Sven Orelis' original recipe) from simple food, looking good Very Seventies tartare of salmon on peach. Recipe from Sweet Cake Very Seventies tartare of salmon on peach. Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/very-seventies-tartare-of-salmon-on.html

I was lucky and had some leftover sauce in the freezer. To make it from scratch slice 1   onion   and 2 cloves of   garlic  finely. Stir fry  the onion, garlic and 1 tsp  sambal oelek. Add 1 tbsp  tomato puree  and fry for another minute. Add 1 tsp  ginger powder , 1 tsp  curcuma,  2 tsp  curry madras  powder, keep stirring to avoid burning. After another minute add 3 tbsp  mango chutney  and  200 ml cream, simmer another 2 mins. Clean the  monkfish cheeks , remove the membranes, dust with flour and fry each side for 40 sec  Serve with samphire from simple food, looking good Spicey monkfish cheeks Recipe from Sweet Cake Spicey monkfish cheeks Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/spicey-monkfish-cheeks-recipe.html

The halved  tomatoes   need to be in the oven for 4 hours at 100°C, so start early! First sprinkle them with  salt ,  pepper ,  sugar ,  olive oil  and  lemon juice. Serve with fried  prawns  or leftover  mussels  on  wakamé . Finish the prawns with  wasabi mayo  and  leek sprouts. from simple food, looking good Oven dried tomato bites Recipe from Sweet Cake Oven dried tomato bites Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/oven-dried-tomato-bites-recipe.html

Difficult part: finding Japanese tempura flour.  Follow instructions on the pack, but use ice-cold sparkling water. And lumpy is good! Cut   beetroot, celery stick, paprika   into bite sizes. Buy celery with leaves , as they are the best part!   Soooo nice and crispy!  I added   prawns  and   sea bass. Dip veggies and fish in the batter and deep fry.  Eat with chopsticks and soy/mirin  sauce. from simple food, looking good Fish & veg tempura Recipe from Sweet Cake Fish & veg tempura Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/fish-veg-tempura-recipe.html

  Mix 250 g mascarpone with 100 ml egg  liqueur and 1 sachet of vanille sugar. Chill. Serve with 1 cup of chilled espresso , sponge fingers and cacao from simple food, looking good Tiramisu rapidissimo Recipe from Sweet Cake Tiramisu rapidissimo Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/tiramisu-rapidissimo-recipe.html

Dip 120 g yellow cherry tomatoes in boiling water for 10 secs, cool under cold water and take of the skins. Slice in 4 parts. Hack 60 g wakamé  finely, mix with the tomatoes and keep cool in the fridge. Slice 1/2 filet of sea bass into small cubes, mix with 3 tbsp olive oil  and 2 tbsp chives and season with salt and pepper. Spoon the tomatoes in a glass,. Top with the fish and finish with the zest of a lime and some lime juice  (Here Sven's original recipe in Dutch) from simple food, looking good Sea bass, yellow cherry tomatoes, wakamé Recipe from Sweet Cake Sea bass, yellow cherry tomatoes, wakamé Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/sea-bass-yellow-cherry-tomatoes-wakame.html

T his is a great recipe for all those who like mint chocolate chip pancakes. We usually make the regular pancakes as my kids are big time pancake lovers. I just tried these as my son likes the mint chocolate chip ice cream. There is nothing delightful as towering a stack of fluffy pancakes. The green food coloring and adding the ground mint leaves are optional as you can add the mint essence. Making pancakes from scratch is easier and doesn't take much time. As toppings you can have whipped cream or chocolate sauce or cut berries or maple syrup.  If you like pancakes, you must try this recipe....   Ingredients: Whole Wheat Flour- 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour- 1/4 Cup Baking Soda- 1 tsp Egg- 1  Milk- 1/2 Cup Butter- 2 tbsp Sugar- 1 tbsp Salt- 1 pinch Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp Mint Leaves- 1 Cup Green Food Coloring- 1-2 drops Chocolate Chips- 1/2 Cup Method: Grind the mint leaves adding little water to a fine paste. Add this paste along with the whole wheat flou

Clean the monkfish cheeks , remove the membranes. Use the blender to mix  rucola , a clove of garlic and  mayonnaise to make a nice smooth green sauce. Prepare a tempura batter, following the instruction of the package. I used 100 ml tempura flour and 125 ml  ice-cold sparkling water. Dip the cheeks in the batter and deep-fry in 170°C archaide oil till nicely browned and crispy. from simple food, looking good Tempura from monkfish cheeks Recipe from Sweet Cake Tempura from monkfish cheeks Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/tempura-from-monkfish-cheeks-recipe.html

Slice 1/2 red onion in very thin half moons. Soak in 3 tbsp white wine vinegar and 1 tsp sugar. In the meantime grate 1/2 courgette and use a clean tea towel to wring out as much water as possible.  Them mix the courgette with 50 g flour , 1 egg , 25 g sunflower seeds and the chopped other half of the r ed onion . Season with pepper and salt. Finally mix this thick batter with 50 g crumbled feta cheese Fry spoonfuls in sunflower oil, 2 -3 mins per side, Serve on leaves of  little gem with the pickled onion and sweet chili sauce on the side. (Another Yvette van Boven recipe) from simple food, looking good Feta-courgette frittata Recipe from Sweet Cake Feta-courgette frittata Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/feta-courgette-frittata-recipe.html

Wash and dry the smelt, then dust with flour Deep fry about 4 to 5 mins till golden and crispy. All it further needs is  salt , pepper and lemon   * (Spiering, for my Dutch followers) from simple food, looking good Fingerfood: crispy smelt Recipe from Sweet Cake Fingerfood: crispy smelt Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/fingerfood-crispy-smelt-recipe.html

Mix 1/2 tsp balsamico crème , 1 tbsp olive oil , 1/2 tbsp runny honey, 1/2 tsp ketjap manis and 1 tsp raspberry vinegar. Taste and season with pepper and salt. Start plating with thin slices of smoked duck breast, then wedges of fig . Spoon some dressing on top and finally leaves of fresh thyme and (Here the original recipe by Virginie Schoelinck) from simple food, looking good Smoked duck breast and fig Recipe from Sweet Cake Smoked duck breast and fig Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/smoked-duck-breast-and-fig-recipe.html

Fill a baking tin with 3 cm hot water, put in the oven and heat at 185°C. Sweat a chopped shallot for about 3 mins in butter, the add 1 pressed clove of garlic and 125 g  (cooked, fresh or canned)   corn kernels . Stir and simmer for another 5 mins. Taste and season with salt & pepper. Liquidise in the blender. Whisk an  egg white  real stiff The whisk 50 ml cream , but it has to keep runny. Add 1 tsp cornflour to the corn mix, stir in the cream and finally fold in the beaten egg white. Fill 2 buttered soufflé molds and put them in the water in the oven (au bain marie) for 25 mins.  DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN IN THE MEANTI ME! I the meantime reduce 100 ml lambs fond with a sprig of rosemary till 1/3 is left. About 10 mins before  serving cover one side of 4 lamb cutlets with 1 tsp miso , first fry the other side for 2 mins in a hot pan, turn and fry for another minute. Take out and let rest in alu foil Serve with some extra kernels as decoration. PS. I added roasted s

Start with the sauce: mix 3 tbsp peanut butter with the juice of 1/2 lime , 2 tbsp salt soy sauce , 1 tbsp ginger syrup , 1 tsp sriracha , 1 cm grated ginger and a bit of water . Then mix 250 g courgetti, 60 g grated carrot , 75 g bean sprouts and 7 g coriander.  Keep cool in the fridge. Cut 150 g tofu into 1x1 cm cubes. Put 2 tbsp cornflour in a deep dish and spoon the tofu through it, before frying the cubes in 2 tbsp sunflower oil till nicely browned and crispy on all sides, this will take about 10 mins. Just before serving stir half the peanut sauce trough the courgetti mix. Plate in a bowl and finish with the tofu, rings of spring onion, segments of lime and some more coriander leaves. Finally spoon the rest of the sauce over the dish (recipe by Yvette van Boven) from simple food, looking good Courgetti, crispy tofu, peanut sauce Recipe from Sweet Cake Courgetti, crispy tofu, peanut sauce Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/courgetti-cri

An hour in advance cut 1/2 watermelon in 3 cm slices, then use a serving ring to make 8 cm discs. Sprinkle some salt on them and drain on kitchen paper. Reserve the rest of the melon. Blanche 2 Roma tomatoes 20 secs in boiling water, cool under cold water and peel. Them quarter and separate the flesh, press the rest trough a sieve and mix in the blender the juices with some watermelon and the juice of 1/2 lemon .  Add some lemon zest, olive oil, salt, pepper and whisk into a dressing. Finally add a tbsp small oregano leaves. Then cut the tomato flesh into small cubes. By then the watermelon discs are drained. Fry them in 1 tbsp olive oil in a hot pan till lightly blackened. Cool in the fridge. Just before serving fry or grill ciabatta slices , rub with a garlic clove. Serve the chilled watermelon on a bed of watercress (which I did not have, so used spinach).  Cover with 80 g crumbled f eta cheese Spoon tomato on the ciabatta and ass some oregano leaves. Fin

In a sense this could be a Thai recipe, combining salt (herring) with sweet (mayo, beetroot) and sour (gurkins, capers).  Basic ingredients are equal parts of  boiled potatoes  and yellow b eetroot , in 5x5 mm dices. The dressing is made from  mayonaise  and  horse radish.   Half a red onion , spoonful of  capers  and finely cut  gurkin  or cornichons. Spoonfull of  dill .  Mix and taste, leave in the fridge for at least a couple of hours. Taste again, now you can always add more of one of the ingredients.  I like the   raw, salted herring  on top, but others might mix the herring with the salad. Some caviar on top? from simple food, looking good Herring salad with golden beet Recipe from Sweet Cake Herring salad with golden beet Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/herring-salad-with-golden-beet-recipe.html

A very easy, simple, delicious, fudgy and a gooey recipe with just 6 ingredients and baked in a very less time is what is required to celebrate any occasion. This chocolate lava cakes are enjoyed by every chocolate lover with the desired toppings. These chocolate lava cakes made in ramekins are perfect for single servings. A perfect chocolate lava cake is the one with gooey in the middle. I made these in ramekin bowls, you can also use muffin tray if you don't have ramekin bowls. This is made within 25 minutes. These cakes are easier than you think. These became famous because they are cakey on the outside with an irresistible center of dark warm chocolate flowing. This will be a super hit among guests and no need of spending too much time for preparation. Ingredients: Chocolate Chips- 6 ounce Unsalted Butter- 1/2 cup All purpose Flour- 1/4 Cup Sugar- 1/2 Cup Eggs- 2 nos Egg Yolk- 1 no Method: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the ramekins with

Blacken a red paprika under the grill.   When ready, place in a bowl, cover with cling film and allow to cool.  Once cool, carefully remove the blackened skin from the pepper and cut the flesh into a medium dice.  Mix the pepper with 40 ml olive oil , 2 tbsp lemon juice , the zest of 1/2 lemon and 1/2 orange, 1/2 shallot finely diced, 1 small clove of garlic finely chopped, 1 tbsp chopped chives , 1 tbsp chopped parsley , freshly ground black pepper and sea salt   in a bowl Then marinate 2 filets of sardine in 1/2 tbsp soy sauce , 1/2 tbsp ponzu , 1/2 tsp yuzu and 1/2 tsp sesame oil for half an hour. Serve as sown, with wakamé. ( H ere the original recipe by Tom Aitkins) from simple food, looking good Yuzu and ponzu marinated sardines Recipe from Sweet Cake Yuzu and ponzu marinated sardines Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/08/yuzu-and-ponzu-marinated-sardines-recipe.html