Slightly salty salmon with cucumber and cream cheese / jalapeño goat cheese, it was so delicious!
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Slightly salty salmon with cucumber and cream cheese / jalapeño goat cheese
About: Olya Sandstrom
Recent Posts by Olya Sandstrom
Smoked pasta sauce with vegetables
Burrata with grilled peaches, balsamic glaze, tarragon and mint
Colorful corn and corn smut
Colorful corn and corn smut, also known as Mexican truffle, cuitlacoche. We tried it at Tepoztlan, when we had our cooking classes there, it was tasty! The unique, earthy taste has been part of local cuisine since Aztec times. They would use the corn and the attached fungus in tamales and stews. Huitlacoche has a very pungent earthy, sweet...
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Juice from the garden: pear, beets with apples and carrot with pear
Plum jam
11 kg of my favorite plums went to jam. I cooked it for 2 days but it was worth it, no pectin, not too much sugar and was so delicious! Perfect recipe!
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Homemade sauce from baked vegetables, garlic, herbs
Old fashioned dill pickles
I canned already dill pickles this summer, I used this recipe, but added an extra 1 tbsp salt for each jar. Also, I prefer to put the jars in a pot with hot water for 15 min. (without tightening the lids) instead of the oven, after, release the air, close the lids tightly and turn the...
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Mushroom Piccata, I used shiitake, oysters and crimini mushrooms
Mushroom Piccata, I used shiitake, oysters and crimini mushrooms
I usually make a half of this recipe.
1 lemon, 2 tbsp olive oil, 12 oz mixed mushrooms ( crimini, shiitake, etc), cut into large pieces, 1 tsp flour or cornstarch, salt, pepper, 1 large shallot chopped or a small red onion, 3 sliced garlic, 1/2 cup dry white wine, 1/2 cup...
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Zucchini flowers, new recipe with club soda
Found a new easy recipe for zucchini flowers, so tasty and flavorful. Definitely will make it again! 1/3 cup of flour, 1/3 tsp baking powder, 1/3 cup club soda, salt, garlic powder and peanut oil
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and half of club soda, mix it good, add another half and mix it again. Fry in peanut oil, when...
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