Recipes from Ingredient: Tomato
Spaghetti alla Trapanese (Spaghetti Trapani Style)
For this dish you can also use linguine, buccatini, penne… I like to use whole grain spelt pasta. The pesto-like sauce is really simple to make and above all it is very tasty. But before cooking, you need to coarsely ground whole almonds (skin included) in the food processor. Quantity ...
Read more
Loubié Bizeit ( Flat Beans in Tomato Sauce)
This dish must be made with the flat and stringless beans known as Helda or Romano beans. They are flavoursome and are great cooked with tomato sauce (our recipe) or just cooked in water then seasoned with garlic, lemon and olive oil (served as a warm salad). Before cooking them, ...
Read more
Patatas Bravas (fried potatoes with spicy tomato sauce)
Patatas Bravas is a basic and traditional Spanish tapa, quite popular all over Spain. It can also be served as a side dish. It is spicy, delicious and easy to make.
Read more
Ragu alla Bolognese (Bolognese Sauce)
In Italy, Ragu alla Bolognese is referred to as Ragu and in Bologna as Tagliatella. Whereas, outside Italy, it is referred to as Bolognese sauce and commonly served with pasta. There are many variations for this famous sauce but my recipe is a traditional one and I use it with ...
Read more
Ceviche (Marinated Raw Fish)
Ceviche was on the menu of my own Tex-Mex restaurant in Mali, back in the 90’s. It became a big hit with the customers when they were told that the raw fish in this delicate dish was in fact “cooked” by the lime juice. You can use fresh or frozen ...
Read more
Bigos
This is my version of this famous Polish stew. My mother used to cook it the traditional way, using both sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) and fresh white cabbage, carrots and dried wild mushrooms. The original recipe Includes also the use of various kinds of meat (pork, beef, chicken, duck, turkey, charcuterie…) ...
Read more
