Walkiry | June 11, 2009
“What’s a Tatin?” You may ask. A Tarte Tatin is a kind of cake made “upside down”. Legend has it (I haven’t bothered verifying if it’s true) that two French sisters wanted to cook an apple pie, but they were a bit on the light headed side, and while they prepared the apples beautifully, they [...]
Walkiry | May 9, 2009
Time for something sweet! Actually, I have a few sweet things lined up, just so happens that I feel like posting this one first, as it’s the one I’m om nom nomming now! So, Cookie Pie! Typically, this pie is made as if it were a cookie, i.e., one makes a cookie-like dough, pours it [...]
Walkiry | April 30, 2009
A very easy lamb roast! Lamb is kind of an institution here in New Zealand. It’s also very tasty ^_^ Here’s a very simple roast I make when I don’t have much energy to be creative (there will be more creative roasts here now that we’ve entered winter, roasted lamb is nice in these cold [...]
Walkiry | March 25, 2009
So! We have made a few things so far! We have made a plain cocido – with soup. And we have leftover stock we can use to make more soup in a hurry, with easy to cook pasta or parboiled 5-minute-done rice, or even ramen-style noodles. Very nice in these wintery days. Then we made [...]
Walkiry | March 25, 2009
Next part, is using the meat for a couple of things. I’m going to do them simultaneously because I’m just that damn good. First off, we start by chopping up all the leftover meat(s): There are several kinds of meat there, it’s just that I haven’t mixed it yet (it’ll be more obvious in a [...]
Walkiry | March 25, 2009
Okay, so we have a huge amount of leftovers from the cocido. Usually you eat the cocido for lunch and start having the leftovers for dinner. Anyway, let’s start with the simplest stuff. So, what’s that? That’s hummus! We had a ton and a half of chickpeas, and what’s best to do with them? Well, [...]
Walkiry | March 25, 2009
Whew! It’s been quite a while without an update! Well, that’s okay, because the one coming is definitely a big big big one. Cocido. What is Cocido? It is, quite simply, a huge dish of boiled meats and vegetables. Quite simple to describe, huh? Well, let’s take a look at what we’ll be using: So [...]
Walkiry | March 9, 2009
It sure has been a while! I have had a very busy week, with section meetings and, erm, “other” stuff (which I shall post in the near future) that basically meant lots of eating out and not being and home and, thus, little cooking. Eventually, though, one has to go back to eating proper food [...]
Walkiry | February 24, 2009
They are probably not Russian, but that’s what we call them in Spain, “filetes rusos.” Apparently the more literal translation, “Russian Fillets,” doesn’t sound right, go figure! This is one of my mom’s favourite dishes, as she likes the fact that one can convert meatballs to Russian steaks if anyone complains about not liking meatballs. [...]
Walkiry | February 20, 2009
In yet another “are you serious??” recipe, we are going to make a fantastic dish with something as lowly regarded as a humble leek. And, once again, I have to say that I’m not kidding! You will need: Some leeks. Onions. Cream. Eggs. Salt. Pepper. Nutmeg. Butter. You can also include other vegetables in the [...]
