Previously I suggested recipes with European Perch, Zander and Walleye…now it’s the time of the Pike, probably the fish with the best tasting flesh in my opinion (if properly cooked), between the freshwater fish. Not many people know it, or at least not many people know how to cook it, probably the fact that it…
Category: Sunday lunch ideas
Zander/Walleye “al Cartoccio” (in aluminium foil)
Here we are with another beautiful Zander from Balaton lake 🙂 In the previous recipe we made fillets from it and cooked in a pan, this time instead we are going to cook the whole fish in the oven, with an old and simple technique, which is very efficient 🙂 Cooking “al Cartoccio” requires to cook our…
Gnocchi with Sheep Meat Sauce
This is a typical dish you can find in many regions of central Italy, where still nowadays (luckily!) there are a lot of sheeps. As everyone knows, sheep meat has a stronger taste than usual meats, it’s used to say that or you love it or you hate it, personally I love it. I’m going…
Risotto with European Perch
The European perch is one of my favorite fish, sure is one of the best between the freshwater fish, it’s part of the same family of the zander/walleye, and its fillets are completely boneless (and quite easy to make), so it’s perfect for many kind of recipes. Risotto with European perch is a very common recipe from…
Carbonade Flamande (Flemish Stew)
This typical recipe from Belgium comes together with my passion for Belgian beers. The original recipe is usually made with beef, but since I had a nice venison (roe deer), I decided to try with that, and it was really good! Believe me! 😀 The choice of the beer is very important, I suggest to use…
Polenta & Baccalá 