This salad is a must-have at every Vukov-Colić BBQ Ingredients: 4 green peppers 400 g fresh cow-milk cheese 4 tbsp sour cream 2 tbsp olive oil + 1 tbsp for the cheese 1 clove garlic 2-3 tbsp wine vinegar Method: Arrange the peppers in a baking tin and bake in the oven. Use [...]
Simple perfection Ingredients: 1 cup long-grain rice 1 cup wild rocket leaves 1 cup pomegranate seeds Unlike most other risotto recipes, this one calls for a variety of rice that will not become sticky (like medium- and short-grained rice), but rather remain crunchy like pomegranate seeds. Method: Boil the rice in salted water. [...]
A chocolate refresher with no sugar! Ingredients: 1 banana 1 dl coconut milk 1 teaspoon bitter cocoa powder ½ dl milk or water Method: Chop the banana into several pieces and put in a blender. Add the remaining ingredients, chop finely and enjoy a great morning “pick-me-up”! During hot summer months, add an [...]
Ingredients: 1 ½ cup sushi rice (short grain) 3 cups water 3 tbsp rice vinegar 1 ½ tbsp sugar 1 ½ teaspoon salt 4 nori sheets For the filling: smoked salmon a cucumber a carrot an avocado scampi tails wasabi paste soy sauce pickled ginger Method: Wash the rice well under running water. Place [...]
Ingredients: 2 cups plain or integral flour 140 g butter a pinch of salt 3-5 tbsp ice-cold water 40 g butter 5 large white onions 1 tbsp mustard 4 eggs, lightly beaten ¾ cup sour cream 1/3 cup grated parmesan salt Method: Combine the flour, butter and salt in a food processor. Add [...]
Ingredients: 1 onion 2 cloves garlic 120 g sun-dried tomatoes 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar) 300 ml passata (puréed tomatoes) lemon pepper (search Ciao Karmela for recipe) 1-2 tbsp olive oil 500 g gnocchi (search Ciao Karmela for recipe) Method: Chop the onion and the garlic. Dice the sun-dried tomatoes. [...]
Grandma Ivka, my dear colleague Mirko Fodor's mother-in-law, makes the World's best pumpkin strudel! Signed and sealed! It is so tasty and unique that it literally melts in your mouth! I tried to bake it on several occasions, following her instructions word-by-word; however my pumpkin strudel fails by comparison. Yet, I managed to copy-paste another [...]
A warm starter known in Italian as “suppli al telefono”. A telephone, the old one with a spiral cord connecting the handset to the hook, made its way into this recipe because the cheese from the centre of the rice balls, when cut in two, stretches just like the phone cord. More than that, this [...]
A traditional Portuguese snack - bolinhos de bacalhau - to impress your guests. Ingredients: 300 g cod, desalted in water for at least 24 hours 4 large potatoes, boiled unpeeled 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1 small onion 1 clove garlic chopped parsley leaves, optional salt and pepper 1 teaspoon Port wine ½ teaspoon hot [...]
Ingredients: 500 g Styrian pumpkin 1 small apple 1 large onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon paprika (optional) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 l vegetable stock 250 ml cooking cream salt lemon pepper grated parmesan cheese dried pumpkin seeds for garnish Method: Peel, seed and dice the pumpkin, [...]
