Monthly Archive for novembre, 2015

Pumpkin/ beetroot spätzle

pumpkin spatzle

pumpkin spatzle

beetroot spatzle

beetroot spatzle

Yes I know, I blogged the spinach spätzle not so long ago. So what is this? I am cheating, right? Well…in truth, although technically they are the same thing , in practice they taste very differently because of the ingredients I used. Plus I was dead chuffed with my experimenting and wanted to share it.. Both my pumpkin and beetroot spätzle  were very successful and dead easy to make. Not to speak of their lovely colour: bright orange and bright purple. Ironically I never used the spätzle maker for God knows how long, and in the space of a few weeks I have used it several times. Just like London buses: nothing comes for ages and then three come all at once. Isn’t that what you say? I have got to confess this blog has become my online personal recipe book. Dead convenient to use and much better than the old flying bits of paper and torn up greasy recipe pages from various magazines I used to keep tucked in many notebooks.  Continue reading ‘Pumpkin/ beetroot spätzle’

Torta salata di radicchio, cipolla e mandorle

20151122_115608_Richtone(HDR)Ah, povere noi, siamo tutte e due subissate di lavoro e il blog ne va di mezzo. Io ho ancora un anno di una carica malandrina che mi asciuga tutto il tempo e l’energia, ma a novembre 2016, scado come un yogurt e la vita, spero, scorrerà più normale. E ho grandi progetti bloggheschi… Chissà.

Intanto mi trovo a cucinare, fare goffe fotografie ma poi non avere tempo di bloggarle in modo decente. Oggi però facciamo un’eccezione per questa tortina fatta per la cena di Maltrainsema e la blogghiamo. A scapito del pranzo, con Luigi che gira come un avvoltoio impaziente. Continue reading ‘Torta salata di radicchio, cipolla e mandorle’

Pumpkin, lentil and leek nut roast

pumpkin, lentil and leek nut loaf

pumpkin, lentil and leek nut roast

Hello everyone, and sorry for not blogging as often as I could but sadly, once the academic term starts, free time is at a premium! Still I must continue experimenting in the kitchen when I have the opportunity so here is this lovely recipe for you to try. I kind of half invented it. It’s a mix of several nut loaves recipe I found on line. Really tasty and not particularly difficult. Plus this is the pumpkin season so what better way of using them. I favour the pumpkins which have a more fleshy, dense texture, not the watery ones. I usually get these from markets and independent vegetable stalls. In supermarkets they tend to sell the watery variety.  Continue reading ‘Pumpkin, lentil and leek nut roast’