Cosmo Cooking

A friend of mine used to work for the German Chamber of Commerce somewhere in the world, far away from home. In spring, he was charged to organise the chamber’s annual asparagus dinner, which included the direct import of white asparagus from Germany. Unbelievable? No, because Germans are simply crazy about asparagus!

Well, even I cannot elude the phenomenon either. Even after having spent years abroad, which has marked me in so many ways, I realise every spring how damn much I am still German. The sight of white asparagus just makes my heart jump. Who would have guessed that?

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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

This is the first recipe with meat in it. It might not be surprising when you realize that one of the authors is vegetarian. Cooking with meat gives another dimension and in terms of tastes, no soy burger or carrot soufflé has ever replaced for me the unique qualities of a meat product. In the future I should give more recipes with meat in it, but don’t be surprised what you can do without.

The following recipe is a recipe from Bali, an Indonesian island. Once it was a colony from the Netherlands. Still in the Dutch supermarkets you can find … Continue Reading

Fish in a package … a gift on your plate.

After being a week with my son and haven’t had any fish, once back I was longing to eat again a portion of Dutch fish. Cod is such a delicious fish that is not farmed, but caught in a fair manner.

Ingredients
For these cod packets you need for 2 people:

• 350 gr cod
• 1 onion into rings
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
• 1/2 lemon sliced
• 2 sliced tomato
• 2 tbsp dry white wine
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Tear 4 pieces of baking paper and put them double.
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The best way to obtain a good recipe is to get one of your friend’s favorites. Or even better, when your friend even got it from a good friend. When my friend started backing this pie, in fact he started with la haute cuisine expérimentale. Though he abandoned now the experimental adding of tuna to random recipes, you might find that this recipe is one of those classic recipes, of which the simplicity is its strength. I can almost refer to the Minimalist who is the expert in making beautiful things with a minimal amount of … 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.