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Tomato juice

14Sep

Tomato juice, using the last tomatoes from the garden Tomato juice, around 8-10l, pour in the big pot, add salt, to your taste, around 1/4 cup or less, sugar 2/4 cup, bay leaves, black peppercorns, 1tsp, 6 garlic cloves, smashed. Boil for 15 min, pour to the clean jars. (more…)...

Oven baked blooming apples with caramel sauce

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12Sep

Oven baked blooming apples with caramel sauce, trying to use more apples from my tree. Recipe is here (more…)...

Apple and pear juices

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08Sep

Made some juices this week, apple juice, pear juice and 12 l mix of apples and pears. Just used the juicer, poured to the big pot, boiled for 10 min, added some sugar and picked a foam. (more…)...

Slightly salty salmon with cucumber and cream cheese / jalapeño goat cheese

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07Sep

Slightly salty salmon with cucumber and cream cheese / jalapeño goat cheese, it was so delicious! (more…)...

Smoked pasta sauce with vegetables

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07Sep

Smoked (smoked paprika and smoked liquid) pasta sauce with vegetables, this year garden produced a lot of everything! And this is my last canning with vegetables this year :) (more…)...

Burrata with grilled peaches, balsamic glaze, tarragon and mint

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07Sep

One of our favorite dish, burrata with grilled peaches, balsamic glaze, tarragon and mint (more…)...

Colorful corn and corn smut

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05Sep

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...

Juice from the garden: pear, beets with apples and carrot with pear

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02Sep

Juice from the garden: pear, beets with apples and carrot with pear, so delicious! (more…)...

Plum jam

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31Aug

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! (more…)...

Homemade sauce from baked vegetables, garlic, herbs

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29Aug

When you have a lot tomatoes, zucchini and onions in your garden… homemade sauce from baked vegetables, garlic, herbs. Also added some hot peppers for nice kick. You can can it or freeze it. (more…)...

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