Cauliflower risotto

Though I love risotto and I cook some often, I don’t post recipes as often as I would like just because I really fond it hard to photograph. I already mentioned that before, I’ve tried several techniques but I am not often satisfied with the results. In particular because I cook chiefly for dinner and don’t use professional equipment, lighting is hell. Plating is not always easy too. Anyway, I managed to get my hands on a lovely little cauliflower, probably the last for this year, and with chilly evenings a warm dish was much needed. I prepare a simple risotto with nothing extra. I roasted the cauliflower cut in little bouquets in olive oil, the added the rice, some vegetables bouillon and cook without cover until the bouillon was all gone. And serve with grinded pepper. Nothing more.

Spring donburi

Simple to prepare, all served at once, colorful and super delicious, I wonder why I don’t prepare some more often! With fresh green peas and snap peas, a bit of pork from Isumi and some Koshiikari from Isumi too, nothing much simple than preparing a delicious spring donburi. For the seasonning just a few drops of soya sauce and some golden sesame seeds. In order to keep the greens soft and tender, yet crunchy at the same time I only washed them and then cook them with a really little bit of water in the same pan with the pork. No additional fat, no salt nothing. For the pork I just cut slices in little bites and cook in a pan until golden and crispy. I serve the rice cooked alone, top with the pork and veggies, add a spoon of golden sesame and only 5 drops of soya sauce just to enhance the taste but not spoil it. One must be careful in using soya sauce because it has a tendency to cover all other tastes,

Improvised dinner for friends

Our friends visiting from Germany spent the weekend with us in Tokyo with daytime busy visiting the city, museums, flea markets, and kabuki, trying some nice cafes too, and evening at home, I’ve cooked for them Japanese as much as possible but not only, in particular for an improvised late dinner at home after a long day out and a fridge almost empty. So I opted for a potatoes and baby spinach salad with tofu and poached egg and topped with sunflower seds and flax seeds. Simple, ready in 10min and delicious!!

Na no hana quiche – 菜の花キッシュ

With some ricotta I wanted to finish and some na no hana that are just in season I was thinking about making some kind of pasta but finally I suddenly changed my mind and went for a tart. Indeed recently I have made so many ravioli but so little tart that it was time for a change. So I made a simple dough with buckwheat flour, then I prepared a base with egg, soya milk and ricotta cheese, and lay it on the dough, and finally added raw, just washed, na no hana on top, and cooked until just golden.

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