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Doggie Bag Stew

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I love the fact that you can ask for a ‘doggie bag’. Sometimes I ask for it even if I didn’t like the food. Once I got a pork chop that was tasteless. I felt so sad about the meat so I took it home and made a tasty stew with mustard…

some pork or beef (minute steak, filet…)
one yellow onion
garlic
dijon mustard
cream, milk or just water
a little flour (not necessary with cream)
fresh or dried herbs (thyme, parsley, oregano, rosemary or/ and….)
salt and pepper

Heat up a pan and sauté the finely chopped onion and garlic. Shred the meat into thin pieces. When the onion starts to get soft add the meat and sauté until it’s done. Add some mustard. Powder carefully a little flour over the meat and stir before you add the milk or water. Let it cook and season the stew with the herbs, salt and pepper. Serve the dish with a green salad, cucumber pickles and rice.

Almond Trout with Cous Cous Salad

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Yesterday I walked by the local fish shop again. This time I bought some lovely trout filets. In the winter I often buy the whole trout and bake it in the oven. Now in the summer heat I wanted something that I could fry quickly so I didn’t have to stand by the hot stove so long. Well, this was so delicious that I was very close to going back there again for some more!

trout

trout fillets
milled almonds ( I do that in our coffee grinder)
salt and pepper
butter
lemon

Mix the milled almonds together with some salt and pepper on a plate. Turn the fillets in the mix before you sauté them with a big spoon off butter.

We had them with lemon and a simple cous cous salad.

cous cous
lettuce
carrots

vinaigrette
3 parts olive oil
1 part balcamic vinegar
mustard
1 glove of garlic
thyme
salt and pepper

It was great!

Fresh Shrimps with Lime

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Some days ago we went into our favorite fish shop. We were actually supposed to have beetroots with goat cheese but as we are afraid our fish shop will close down we just had to support them. Oh well… we found some nice raw shrimps and some organic shampoo (as they have other things too) and went home.

Years ago I had a similar dish together with my cousin in Spain. Then we were sitting outside and fried the shrimps directly on a table cooker. Instead of lime we used lemon. This was not bad at all. Either then or now!

raw shrimps
olive oil
garlic
chili pepper
fresh lime

Heat up the olive oil and add chopped garlic and the chili pepper. When the garlic starts to get golden brown add the shrimps. Fry them quickly and serve them with finger salt and a slice of lime.

The shrimps are great as a starter with some cold white wine. They are also great with fresh pasta. Use the fry-juice from the shrimps together with cream. Add some salt and pepper, white wine and fresh herbs (such as dill, thyme). When the sauce start to boil, lower the temperature and add some Parmesan or other similar cheese. Poor the sauce over the shrimps and serve it with pasta and lime.

See also Grilled Spicy Shrimps