French omelet 💚

Egg is one of my go-to ingredients when I’m in a hurry. It’s something I always have at home, it cooks fast, it’s wonderfully versatile and it’s low carb. Today, I treated myself to a smooth and silky French omelet paired with a fresh green salad. At medium temperature, melt butter in a pan. Homogenize…

An ode to cabbage 🌱

The cabbage family is plentiful. In taste. In structure. And in color. I bumped into beautifully vibrant purple and shining white cauliflowers, neon lime green Romanesco and richly deep green broccoli. I couldn’t resist the temptation of these organic goodies and used my plate as a canvas for a luscious vegan dish. Rehydrate sultanas by…

Chestnut mousse with sour cherries and merengue

Vermiselle was a new culinary encounter for me when I moved to Switzerland. This Swiss dessert specialty is eaten in autumn and winter and consists of puréed chestnuts mixed with sugar, vanilla and milk pressed through a perforated plate into long worms (vermicelli in Italian). Usually, vermiselle is accompanied by merengue and whipped cream. And…

Spaghetti carbonara

What’s your favorite pasta dish? I have two. And spaghetti carbonara is definitely one of them. It’s wonderfully creamy, yet incredibly light. That’s the eggs. Flavorful, yet mild. That’s the pancetta and the Parmesan cheese combined with the pasta. That’s it. No cream. No parsley. No bells and whistles. Well. Black pepper, obviously. Otherwise, it…

Pork • Parsley root • Parsley • Pimenta

Remember my Cinque Pi? This is my Quattro Pi (with some additional ingredients). Turn pork shanks (also know as ham hocks or pork knuckles) in wheat flour and roast them in olive oil. Taste with salt and black pepper. Add quartered onions as well as pimenta (allspice) and rosemary. Braise in white wine until the…

Heirloom beetroot carpaccio 💚

In 1950, Giuseppe Cipriani, the founder of the Venetian restaurant Harry’s Bar, invented a red and white dish honoring the colors characteristic to Vittore Carpaccio’s paintings. While the original dish excels with thinly sliced raw beef served with Parmesan cheese as well as lemon and olive oil, my version is vegetarian and based on radiant…