Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's Pie brings back fond memories of Bob and Heidi... It is pretty easy to make. 

Put a handful of dried porcini into a bowl with cold water. Fry 500g of minced meat (I used minced beef) in some oil until slightly brown and almost or completely done. Remove from the pan. Put in more oil and finely diced mirepoix (1 part celery, 1 part carrot, 2 parts onion, plus the porcini, water pressed out). Fry, add some tomato mark, fry more and start adding some red wine and the water of the porcini. Let boil down a bit, add back the meat, season everything with salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard, and worcester sauce. Add some frozen peas. Make a sauce from 20g butter and some flower, add 250ml chicken stock, season to taste. Put the meat in a form, pour the sauce over it, and cover it with potato puree. Preheat oven to 225°C, put form in for about 25 to 35 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Gambas and Couscous

Simple and good! Gambas fried in oil and butter. Salted and peppered, removed from the pan, added cherry tomatoes and paprika, added scallions, added back the gambas, Finish with a spritzer of Balsamico and salt/ pepper in case some is missing, and done. Serve with couscous.

Deer Gulash and Spaetzle

A dinner fit for kings and queens, it tastes even better than it looks.

I am not going to share the recipe. :)

French Apple Pie

For my birthday, after a recipe from Nick Malgieri (http://www.nickmalgieri.com/).

Piccata Alla Milanese

Pork cutlet, coated in egg and parmesan. Penne Rigate in a simple tomato sauce. Fresh salad. Dry red wine. Yum!

Chicken Mediterranean Style

I love this dish because it is so easy to prepare. Cut up some veggies and put them in a pan: Potatoes (a lot), bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes, leek, onion, garlic. Add chopped rosemary, thyme and oregano, salt and pepper! Sprinkle generously with olive oil. Stir to get everything well mixed.

The chicken pieces need to be coated. We use Maggi No. 3 which we put in a bit of olive oil, stir, and use a brush to paint the chicken parts with it. Simply use the chicken seasoning mix of your choice. Put the chicken parts on top of the veggies, skin side up.

Put the pan in the preheated oven at 180°C with circulating air (fan) for about 45 minutes. Depending on the accuracy of your oven you might need a higher temperature setting to get the chicken thoroughly cooked, I use 200°C.

Serve with Ciabatta bread or baguette, and a light red wine, for example a Bardolino.

Depending on the size of the pan and the amount of veggies and chicken, this can serve 2 to 4 or even six.

Enjoy!

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