tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39984527363936354402024-03-18T07:12:05.842+01:00My Little Expat KitchenGreek Cooking and Moremagdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-49367382655897356692023-06-30T14:09:00.001+02:002023-06-30T16:16:12.496+02:00Greek eggs with potatoes<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Wild garlic
season is here and for me this means one thing first and foremost. Wild garlic
pesto.
I’ve been
meaning to share my recipe for this for a while now, so here it is. Full of wild
garlic flavor, no other magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-30530519462487743472023-03-29T14:22:00.001+02:002023-03-29T14:22:25.935+02:00Cinnamon date muffins<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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I always
improvise when it comes to tomato sauces. I make them so often that I can’t
really stick to one recipe (even though I have a couple that are my all-time favorites),
because simply the ingredients that I use will magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-77100025326829801192023-03-14T17:55:00.001+01:002023-03-15T08:03:21.973+01:00Greek Lagana sandwich with burrata, harissa and cured meats<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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bitter mood lately. Bitter greens mood that is. Cavolo nero, endive, rocket and
radicchio were all part of our meals this past week.
I cooked
magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-82771382809090975492023-02-23T12:09:00.000+01:002023-02-23T12:09:01.509+01:00Yuzu cake with yuzu glaze
Other than
chocolate, my favorite flavor for cakes of any kind is citrus. Case(s) in
point: bergamot drizzle cake, lemon cake with Greek wild thyme honey glaze,
blood orange semolina syrup cake, lemon, polenta and yoghurt cake, and lemon and honey madeleines. For this cake, the citrus I chose is super special; it’s
yuzu.
I love the
flavor of yuzu, a Japanese citrus fruit that’s as magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-24229608071707515022023-02-10T16:32:00.001+01:002023-02-10T16:59:14.424+01:00Bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with Ibérico cheese and blanched almondsThis is a
dish made for when you really want to eat something sweet, salty and savory all
wrapped into two little bites.Or, for when you have friends over and you plan
on doing some drinking that will require some serious snacking later on, and
you want that snack to be really delicious and not just chips and dip.Or, for when
you host a dinner or a celebration and you want to serve something magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-24567648343593643582023-02-02T17:25:00.003+01:002023-02-02T18:06:51.084+01:00Warm potato salad with onion, capers and a tahini, miso and black garlic sauce<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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a sandwich is one of my greatest pleasures in the kitchen. I am a sandwich girl.
I don’t
like going overboard or adding too many ingredients; I want to taste each of
them and not get lost in a huge magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-89199510840439179982023-01-24T16:35:00.002+01:002023-01-24T16:39:08.199+01:00Kladdkaka – Swedish chocolate cake with dark chocolate ganache<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Food from
the Greek island
of Kefalonia and the
island itself always mesmerized me.The last time I was there was far too
long ago, a little over a decade, but magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-20206681280986976122022-08-21T18:17:00.001+02:002022-08-21T19:35:05.637+02:00Double chocolate no churn ice cream<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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So now that
you’ve made your own homemade elderflower cordial, or you just happen to have a
commercial bottle of the stuff in your fridge, let’s make the simplest, most delicious
and refreshing elderflower drinks.No fancy
ingredients needed nor mixologist degrees. You just take your elderflower cordial and mix it with sparkling water, or tonic if you prefer, and the
all-important ice cubes.
magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-8232332356120837782022-06-18T20:53:00.005+02:002022-06-18T23:10:45.389+02:00Elderflower cordial
We were in
the countryside a couple of weeks ago and there were elderflower trees all
around us, wherever we looked. They were in full bloom and so incredibly
beautiful.I am no
expert forager, far from it, but I couldn’t help but pick some to make elderflower
cordial.As I was
picking the creamy elderflowers, a purple elderflower tree caught my eye. It
was the first time I had ever seen this magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-15578962282812736802022-05-01T15:50:00.001+02:002022-05-01T15:55:48.220+02:00Tsoureki french toast wafflesHope you’ve
all had a lovely Easter with your loved ones and have enjoyed some beautiful, savory and sweet treats. Greek Orthodox Easter was only last week so I still
have some leftover tsoureki and koulourakia, and had been thinking of ways to use
them up.
I came up
with this idea just a few days ago; tsoureki french toast waffles. I’ve done tsoureki french toast before, but since I magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-86972931177265723192022-03-21T23:59:00.071+01:002022-03-22T13:26:09.394+01:00Pizza muffins (for toddlers and adults alike)I’ve been
making these muffins for Aris since he was about 15 months old. Every time, I
tried to make them taste better and this is the final version.
Filled with all
the good stuff, they not only appeal to my now 2 and a half year old son, but to me
as well. Granted, I eat them with Sriracha and sometimes with a side of crispy
chilli oil for dipping, but that’s me.
Hope your
little one, magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-56561856066076107142022-01-18T00:31:00.000+01:002022-01-18T00:31:26.190+01:00Bergamot drizzle cakeIn Greece,
bergamot is synonymous with our famous bergamot spoon sweet, a preserve using
the peel of the fruit, but even though I love eating citrus fruits, I’ve never been a fan of citrus peel preserves or
marmalades. Whenever I come across
bergamots, I prefer using them in cakes or in savory dishes.
This time,
I chose to use this gloriously heady citrus fruit in a drizzle magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-27775661533969191312022-01-14T23:42:00.003+01:002022-01-15T00:23:47.355+01:00Persimmon and pomegranate salad with Greek manouri cheese and a pomegranate molasses vinaigretteI made this
salad for lunch the other day, to treat myself.I’ve been dreaming of making it
since before the holidays but never got around to it.
The day I
finally did make it, was a shitty one. It felt like I was failing at everything,
most importantly at parenting. Aris was having a difficult day, with tantrums
every other hour; he was biting, hitting, screaming, resisting his magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-9326009019492281952021-12-24T00:10:00.004+01:002023-01-21T22:15:13.541+01:00Rich chocolate bundt cake with dark chocolate ganache<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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mso-padding-alt:0cm magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-7466697991793576622021-10-25T23:26:00.002+02:002021-10-25T23:44:21.960+02:00Tomato, feta and black garlic tart with puff pastryWhen I was
in Greece
last month, I took tomatoes, good tomatoes, for granted. They were just there,
everywhere, juicy and ripe, as red and as sweet as they could be. And then I
returned to the Netherlands, the land of the greenhouse tomatoes, which, don’t
get me wrong, have served us well all these years, they’re decent, but the mere
sight of them left me with a deep longing for the sun-kissed, magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-6587295704945282462021-10-18T23:22:00.004+02:002021-10-18T23:35:38.642+02:00Veal biftekia (Greek meat patties) with koulouri and tzatzikiNothing beats a nice, charred and juicy Greek bifteki (meat patty) for dinner, any day
of the week, especially when you serve it on top of a sliced, homemade koulouri
(Greek, sesame-coated bread ring) and some refreshing, pungent tzatziki. Last week, while shopping at a large super market that oftentimes carries unusual and rare vegetables and fruits, I came across a basket full magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998452736393635440.post-68905836513108284352021-08-03T15:32:00.000+02:002021-08-03T15:32:39.013+02:00Watermelon, feta and sumac salad<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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salad the other day, actually on my Name Day, on a whim, after inhaling the
sweet aroma of a freshly cut watermelon and wanting to eat it right then and
there but not on its own. Yes, it was my Name Day, and one would assume that
dinner would have magdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367645154577817408noreply@blogger.com5