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Beef Meatballs with Cranberries and Fig Sauce

03Sep

Another Autumn/ Winter dish of tender meatballs with rich and delicious sauce. You can serve them with orzo pasta like I did or with rice, pasta, couscous, vegetables. Very tasty and fragrant! (more…)...

Elote Grilled Mexican Corn Salad

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24Jun

If you would like it spicier, you can add jalapeno to the corn. Replace the Feta with Cotija cheese if you want. (more…)...

Chicken Mini Pot Pie

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13Apr

My daughter asked me to make chicken pot pie so many times a long time ago. So, we finally decided to do it, especially now that the kids are home and I have this great mini pie mold which I use a lot for sweet mini pies. This mini mold makes...

Spanish rice

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09Apr

I made the rice in instant Pot. In mode ' Saute', heat the oil or lard, then fry the chopped carrots, onion, and garlic. Add the rice, and fry for a couple of minutes, mixing all the time. Pour in chicken bullion or water, salt, pepper, and optionally certain spices for the rice (I brought my from Mexico, special...

Tres Leches

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06Apr

The first time when I heard, made, and tried the Tres Leches cake was many years ago, when we had our cooking trip to Tepoztlan, Mexico. Chef Ana taught us how to cook so many delicious and unique Mexican dishes. You can read my Read more

Duck pate

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02Apr

Once in a while I make chicken pate, but when I buy duck, I definitely use the liver for duck pate, one of my favorites! If you are making this pate for a couple of days and will eat it right away, you can cover it with a or plastic, but if you are making pate for a longer...

Peking Duck, my new recipe

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27Mar

I made Peking Duck already so many times, but I keep changing or adding something to it to make it tastier and easier. This time the duck was perfect (ok maybe almost perfect). Not the same obviously like you‘ll get in a Chinese restaurant, but for homemade it was really good! More...

Sweet Rogaliki

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16Mar

Rogaliki usually are a sweet combination between a pastry and a cookie with or without filling. This dish occurs in many European countries, such as 'Rogalik' in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, 'Kipferl' in Austro-Germany, 'kifla' in Serbo-Croatian, 'rogal' in Polish, 'giffel' in Danish, 'rožok' in Slovak also, as well in Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Macedonian, Albanian,...

Asian duck soup with rice vermicelli and mushrooms ?

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12Mar

Duck, Day#2. Asian duck soup with rice vermicelli and mushrooms ? (more…)...

Buns with raisins, Instant Pot (IP)

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06Mar

Did you know that yeast dough rises perfectly in an Instant Pot on “Yogurt mode”? I found this recipe a long time ago on a Russian Facebook group about IP recipes. Finally I decided to make these buns, and they are super simple and tasty! The dough is easy to make because of the use...

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