Pasta Casarecce

You'll need ::

1 diced fillet of chicken 

1 eggplant cut into cubes

10-12 cherry tomatoes

3-4 slices of smoked bacon

2 small garlic gloves

1 tsp tomato paste

1/4 tsp sugar

1 cup of wine

1/2 cup of chicken stock

olive oil

salt & pepper

anthotyros cheese  

a handful of arugula

500gr pasta casarecce

How to::

Cook the chicken and then set aside. In a frying pan add some olive oil, the bacon, the garlic and the eggplant. After a couple of mins add the chicken too and stir fry for a couple of mins more. Pour in the wine, lower the heat and let the alcohol evaporate. Then add the tomato paste, the cup of sugar, some olive oil, salt, pepper and the chicken stock. Cook till the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon. In a different pot boil your pasta. When the pasta and sauce are both ready combine them in a large pot and add the cheery tomatoes. Leave it for about 10mins and then serve with fresh arugula leaves and crushed anthoryro cheese on top.

Bone appetite!

Arugula Pesto

You'll need::

a handful of arugula

1/2 cup of pine nuts

1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

1/2 tsp salt 

1 tbsp garlic paste or if you don't have any use 4 garlic gloves unpeeled and boiled

1/2 cup of fresh Parmesan cheese

How to::

Toast the nuts in a pan over medium heat until light brown.

Combine the arugula, nuts, salt and garlic into a food processor. Pulse while drizzling the olive oil into the processor. Remove the mixture, put it into a bowl and stir in the Parmesan cheese.

Ta da!

(if you don't eat it right away, store it in the fridge)

Beef Stroganoff

You'll need (2 portions) ::

80gr mini potatoes halved

olive oil

350gr rump steak cut into strips

25gr butter

1 onion finely chopped

2 garlic cloves crushed

1 tsp groud paprika

80gr mushrooms quartered

1 green pepper roughly chopped

1 tbsp flour

200ml water

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp worcester sauce 

100 ml sour cream

a handful of parsley finely chopped

How to ::

1. Cook the potatoes for 15mins. drain and put aside

2. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat

3. Stir-fry the steak until golden brown. Remove and put aside

4. Heat the butter in the same frying pan 

5. Stir in the onion, garlic, paprika and potatoes

6. Add the mushrooms, pepper, flour and cook until the mushrooms are soft 

7. Add the water, lemon juice, worcester sauce and bring to boil

8. Add parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste

9. Return the meat to the frying pan, add the sour cream and simmer untilthe meat is fully cooked

#easter

Dying Easter Eggs

According to tradition in Greece, today is the day to dye your eggs, if you are an orthodox christian. Most of you know that the original dying color is red (symbolizing Jesus blood). Through the years dying easter eggs has evolved to a really nice tradition for many of us, not always using red as our main color. 

So, this year I chose to dye my eggs with food coloring, making all these cute and pastel combinations.

In case you are dying your eggs too today and want to give it a try...you'll need food coloring, vinegar and water. Also, I used white eggs.

In a coffee cup, mix together a 1/2 cup of water at room temperature, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, and several drops of food coloring.  Prepare several different colors in this manner. Carefully place one egg in each cup of food coloring. Watch the eggs carefully and remove them when they reach the desired shade. Use a spoon to remove the egg and place it in an egg holder or on a paper towel to dry. You can also try two or three different colors on each egg, or dying it half and half. 

Have fun guys! And happy easter to those of you who are celebrating now !! xoxo

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