Jun 13, 2012

Cooking wednesday! potatoe & fennel casserole

Hi there!

As i told last week i wanted to use my free wednesday as a cooking wednesday.
I was already think about it all week: what should i do?? So far i only placed baking things so i decided to make a dish this week.
But then, what kind of dish? I bought the Jamie Oliver magazine monday and there i found it!!
A potatoe fennel casserole! i love fennel, it's fresh and i like the anise taste of it.

We are lucky to have our own dutch version of the Jamie Oliver magazine. I love Jamie Oliver, he's cute, british, can cook and give you the idea that's easy :) I have quite a few of his books but i haven't tried one of his recipes until now.

Of course i had to make some adjustments as i couldn't found some sort of cheese. I also halved the ingredientz, the recipe is mad for 8 person but still it tasted good!

so this is what's needed:
- 1 fennel
- 450 gr sliced potatoes
- 100gr parmesan
- 50gr rasped cheese
- 2 steaks ( added to complete the meal)
- 1 oignon, sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, sliced
-1 branch of thyme
- 35 gr of butter
- some olive oil




Here it's how it goes:
- start the oven on 180 degree
- cook the sliced potatoes for 3 minutes
- slice the fennel in thin slices and cook it for 2 minutes
- in a frying pan fried the thin sliced garlic with the butter and oil until it's golden
- put a layer of potatoes (about the half of it), then the half of the oignons,the half of the fennel, the thyme, the cheese and the garlic
- put another layer of potatoes and the rest of the ingredients.
- on top of it put some rasped cheese
- foil the dish with aluminium foil and set in the oven for 30-45 min (according to your oven)
- then take the aluminium foil out and set it again in the oven to let the cheese melt and gril.

Enjoy!!

if you have a good tip on the recipe, let me know ;)

Jun 6, 2012

Cooking wednesday: the start of it!

Hi there,

Sinds last week i worked less at the office which gives me some time to discover what my hobbies are and experience it.
As i like cooking in general and baking in particular, i've decided that i will have a cooking wednesday!!

Starting today, which is also my birthday!! YEAH!!

And last time i asked you what your favorite birthday cake was and i had no answer!! :( Which didn't help me make a choice for today.

So i baked all my favorites:

- the chocolate cake, the strawberries cake and the cheesecake!


Jun 4, 2012

what's your ultimate birthday cake??

Hi all!

It's almost my birthday and the last two years i've always make a cheesecake, the years before it was always a chocolate cake.
But this year i want to try something new!

So i was curious to know what's your ultimate birthday cake!!
Let me know and inspire me!! :)