Month: December 2020

Sriracha & Honey Chicken Wings

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Week 53 – 2020 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. It’s the last week of the year and my partner and I decided to try and do chicken wings at home. We like them but we didn’t know we can actually grill them at home the way we want to. We don’t have a barbecue so we decided to use the oven. They turned out really delicious so I am going to share with you how we’ve done them. Ingredients chicken wings sriracha honey salt pepper American BBQ Spice mix oil Method Preheat the oven at 180°C on the fan setting and prepare a wide tray with a grill on top of it. We used one of the grills that came with the oven. It’s a good idea to lay foil on the tray because the fat from the wings is going to drip. Season the chicken wings with salt, pepper and the spice mix. We used the bbq spice mix but you can mix your favourite spices, …

Crispy Rye Bread

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Week 52 – 2020 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. Lately I have been watching some cooking shows and have been inspired to bake more. I like crispy bread because you can use it for canapés or for breakfast, it’s very simple to make and delicious. I am going to share with you a super simple rye crispy bread recipe. I used a Swedish sifted rye flour but you can use any rye flour, you can even mix it with barley flour if you like to use that in baking. Ingredients 25g fresh yeast / 12g dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 250ml lukewarm milk 5dl rye flour Method Mix the yeast with the lukewarm milk in a bowl and when the mixture is smooth add the salt and the flour. Then use a hand mixer to make the dough. After the dough is mixed divide it in 10 equal parts. Each part should be around the size of an egg. Leave the dough under a tea towel for …

Udon Noodle Miso Soup

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Week 51 – 2020 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. My partner and I like to try a lot of new recipes and new techniques when it comes to food. Every now and then we pick something that we are not comfortable cooking and we try to do it. We always put our own twist to it and if turns out ok we iterate on it, we alter the recipe after our own taste and we just make it better after a few tries. This week we made a soup with udon noodles and miso. When we saw this recipe we thought that some of the ingredients in this soup have never actually made their way into our cooking. A good reason for us to try. It turned out really well so I am going to share our adapted recipe here. We made 2 generous portions of soup. Ingredients 2 spring onions 250g shiitake mushrooms 1 Pak Choi 300g cooked udon noodles 1 tablespoon grated ginger 3 tablespoons …

Stopping the Time with Short Stories

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Week 50 – 2020 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. I have written a few blog posts about trying something new each week and they were mostly about food but last week was a bit different. I wanted to start focusing on something that I wanted to do for a long time – learning how to write short stories. I am a big fan of short stories, I read anything that I can my hands on. From Chekhov to Neil Gaiman. I recently re-read some of the Grimm stories. I am particularly passionate about mythology and folklore stories. And I always wanted to learn how to write my own. In all honesty, I am not sure I am good at it, I have started to write and develop quite a few ideas, from stories that I heard as a child from my grandmother to fantasy stories that I came up with during my travels. There is only one way to find out if I am any good at …

Romanian Meatball Soup (Ciorba de Perisoare)

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Week 49 – 2020 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. I grew up in Romania, in the region of Transylvania, in a small village with no restaurant or food delivery services. Buying ready meals was not popular at all in the area. And in all honesty, is not popular today either. Everyone cooks at home and I grew up on home-made food, which I crave now from time to time. With Christmas coming, and me not able to see all my family this year, I need to bring some childhood home smells and tastes into my own home. Today I decided to make sour soup after one of my mum’s and aunt’s recipes. They have been sharing recipes for so many years and I grew up eating food cooked by both of them so it’ hard to separate. For me, all the Romanian recipes I have come from both. They are family recipes! Sour soups are very popular in Romania so I will share more with you in …