Pizza, pies, quiches & galettes
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Continue readingThis butternut, membrillo and Stilton quiche is a wonderful recipe form ottlenghi to celebrate the autumn. I really enjoyed the sweetness of the membrillo (quince paste) that contrast perfectly with the Stilton cheese and the roasted butternut. It’s definitely a wining combination. This savoury – sweet quiche is quite rich due to the custard made from the double cream, crème fraîche and whole eggs. Serve it with a nice green salad and you have a perfect vegetarian meal. And like any quiche you can serve it for lunch, dinner or a brunch. You can also make it in canapé form…
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Continue readingThis curried cauliflower cheese pie turned out utterly, incredibly delicious. It’s an amazing vegetarian master piece to impress your friends and family. This recipe is from « OTK : Ottolenghi Test Kitchen – shelf love », new Ottolenghi’s cookbook co-wrote with Noor Murad. They described this pie as a « molten hot cheese lava », I couldn’t find better words to describe how indulgent, creamy and very delicious this pie is. It’s true that is very easy to prepare, but I have to say that it takes some time. So I decided to make it Friday for lunch as a weekend project. The…
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Continue readingThis savoury – sweet butternut, orange and sage galette is incredibly delicious. It has so many layers of flavours, the flaky rich pastry, the mascarpone garlic and shallots cream that serves as a bed for the roasted veggies drizzled with an amazing orange – maple syrup. This recipe is from Ottolenghi’s cookbook « Flavour », it’s clearly one of the best sweet – savoury galette I have made. How to make this sweet – savoury butternut,orange and sage galette ? This galette does take some time to make but the flavours you get worth it. Like all Ottolenghi’s galette recipes « Swiss chard…
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Continue readingI’m a big cheese lover, proof I had a raclette party twice in October. I know it’s a lot of calories, don’t worry it was during my cheating day ( actually my hubby said it’s everyday my cheating day ) . But I have to say, that as much as I love cheese as much I hate blue cheese. The recipe is from Ottolenghi, so I said to myself he does miracles with his way to cook, there is no doubt that he can turn a blue cheese hater into a fan of it. Well needless to say I wasn’t disappointed.…
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Continue readingWhat a wonderful galette!! I loved it, all I have to say about this recipe is just do it. This recipe is taken from “Falastin” coobook. Which I had already shared some recipes of it like :« open cauliflower pies – Sfiha», « butternut squash & saffron soup with caramelised pistachio and herb salsa », « lemon chicken with sumac & Za’atar », or this unforgettable « orange blossom, honey and Baklava semifreddo » This galette is amazing. The combination of roasted beetroot, feta, ricotta, honey and thyme, is absolutely sublime, all the ingredients go perfectly together. All wrapped up in a flaky golden pastry, perfectly flavoured…
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Continue readingthe simplest things are often the best, and the “sfiha” also called Arab pizza is one of my favourites recipes from “Falastin” cookbook. What is sfiha ? Sfiha or sfeeha in arabic صفيحة , is a dish consisting of flatbread cooked with a minced meat topping, often lamb flavored with onion, tomato, pine nuts, and spices. It’s traditionally found in the countries of the levant, and is closely related to manakish and lahm bi’ajin لحم بالعجين . The recipe of the day : In his book, Sami Tamimi call the “Sfiha” “open pie”. He proposes two toppings to choose, depending on if you’re a veggie or a meat person. I tried the…