Cosmo Cooking

There we were, on the last day of our stay in Paris we went to a cosy street-bistro in Montmartre for lunch. Inspired by a delicious bowl of salad, we tried to recreate this atmosphere. Luckily our basil plant has grown much into a little monster, thus we had to transform our hedge into an Italian speciality. Home-made pesto. When made by yourself, you kitchen should smell like a jungle of herbs.

Luckily we still had a very nice bottle from our former Parisian neighbours Marc & Emmanuelle, who have family that make this great Pineau des Charentes.

Ingredients

• 30 gr of basil
• 50

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Hummus, Arabic: حمّص‎, stands for chickpeas, which is the main ingredient of this dish. In this recipe the basic recipe is presented and can be used to make many different variations. This spread is easy to make and is great in summer time when having a pick-nick or just as an appetizer. It’s rather quick to make and should take maximally 15 minutes to make, but it’s every time a pleasure to make. The difficult part is only finding the Tahini (sesami paste) in your supermarket or Arabic convenience store.

The basic recipe is already good, but it definitely should be … Continue Reading

Ah, it’s again one of those days when you just don’t want to leave the house. It’s winter, and the rain is beating against the windows. Now, a good way to make yourself feel a lot better is to trust the power of a hot chocolate… however, with a little spicy twist.

Ingredients

• 600 ml milk
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 chili pepper
• 40 gr of cocoa powder
• 50 gr sugar
• 80 gr dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp Amaretto (optional)
• 1-2 tbsp starch

Bring the milk with the cinnamon stick to boil, then reduce the heat and let it simmer for a few minutes. In the meanwhile, cut the chili pepper lengthwise … Continue Reading

The vegetarian lentil tart/quiche

There we went for a weekend of sailing to the Netherlands. Up to Aalsmeer, which is not only known for the lake for sailing but also worldwide famous for the international flower market. On board of the polyvalk we wanted to go faster than the wind, but unfortunately the wind was not really present that weekend. Nevertheless, a very sunny weekend of being busy on the water requires energy and so a vegetarian quiche/tart was created. All the way … Continue Reading

The tabbouleh with just parsley, tomato and onion

Tabbouleh is one of those side dishes you taste, like, but never create yourself. Nevertheless, this simple dish is easy to make and amazes your table guests with a cosmopolitan meal. The recipe is all about the parsley in which you can decide for yourself your way of acidifying it and modifying. I choose for the balsamico vinegar, but lemon juice is also very good with it. Though you have to be greedy … Continue Reading

Beet hummus

Ingredients

• 1 large can of chickpeas
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 500 gr beet
• 125 ml tahini (sesame paste)
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Place all ingredients pureed possibly add a little water. Eat with fresh bread.