On Saturday we celebrated my daughter’s birthday and enjoyed a lovely lunch at the Hotel Les Trois Rois in the restaurant Brasserie. Before we sit down for lunch, here is some
Prune Chutney Recipe
Prune Chutney Recipe Ingredients 3.5 kg prunes (= 3 kg fruit) 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp mustard seeds 3 fresh chili 3 Kafir leaves (fresh or dry) 10 Curry leaves (fresh or dry) 3 onions 6 garlic cloves 5 cm grated ginger 4 TS olive oil 4 dl aceto balsamico 8 TS honey salt + pepper Method Pit prunes and …
Spicy Nectarine Chutney Recipe
Spicy Nectarine Chutney Recipe Yield: 2 L Source: recipe adapted from Angoot Ki Lonji by Madhur Jaffrey Ingredients 3.2 kg fresh nectarines (= roughly 2 kg fruit) Part 1 (spices): 1 ½ tsp Jeera, 1 ½ tsp Kalonji (black cumin), 1 ½ tsp fenugreek, 1 ½ fennel seeds Mixture 2: 6 TS lime juice, 6 TS brown sugar, 3 tsp …
Tomato Ketchup Recipe
Tomato Ketchup Recipe Yield: 1.5 L Ingredients 2 large onions 2 stick celery 1 red pepper Olive oil 5 cm fresh ginger 4 cloves garlic 1 mace 1 fresh red chili, deseeded and finely chopped 2 TS coriander seeds 2 TS Jeera 4 cloves 1 tsp black pepper corns sea salt + pepper 2 kg tomatoes 5 dl water 3 …
Summer Bounty
What do you do when summer is here but it does not feel like summer? At least, here in Switzerland, it looks like early autumn, temperatures down, no sun, grey skies, wind, rain. I go shopping for food and start cooking, for me this is sheer meditation: Prunes are early this summer, we are still in the middle of the …
You missed out on some fun
Did you miss me? I have had a busy fortnight: Tuesday See the annual Tattoo in Basel Wednesday Break a toe! Thursday Fly to the USA We arrive in the middle of the heat wave and drive to Northampton where we stay at the Hotel Northampton in Northampton, a member of the Historic Hotels of America, lovely place. Northampton feels …
Sunday bloody Sunday
This is not about the movie Sunday bloody Sunday, this is my very own Sunday, bloody Sunday. This is supposed to be summer? Ghastly weather outside: thick clouds down to my eyelevel, rain coming from all sides and temperatures down to a felt zero. The choices are: go back to bed (the dog is waiting for her walk) read a …
Cherry Almond Cake
It is the end of the cherry season, the memories of walks amongst the cherry trees will linger, the sun kissed smells of nature captured in numerous pictures. Today, I will bake the last cherry almond cake of this season. You will find the recipe further below. Lovely juicy cherries Batter – ready to go …
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Hot Sunday Morning
You do not know what to do on a hot Sunday morning? Chica, a lovely puppy of 4 months in 2000 This is what I have done today: I took Chica for a walk to the Lange Erlen (Basel’s green lungs and drinking water regeneration zone) to the woods and the river Wiese, lots of water for her to swim …