An Italian cooking in the Midwest

Goat milk yogurt and thyme biscuits

PolaM — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:01:35 +0000

Last week I made my first biscuits ever. It was easier that I imagined and they turned out way better that I expected. I followed the recipe in Micheal Ruhlman’s Ratio. And his procedure. The recipe is more of a … Continue reading →

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Tags: biscuits breakfast goat milk thyme yogurt

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Homemade bread rolls

PolaM — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:07 +0000

Lately, I have decided that there is no reason why I shouldn’t have some great bread rolls always at hand. After all I can just prepare them and freeze them and they will be ready to eat whenever I want. … Continue reading →

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Tags: Bread chickpeas corn flour milk olives pita raisin rolls rye sun dried tomatoes sunflower

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Meeting Nancy Silverton and her beet salad

PolaM — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:51 +0000

This post is long overdue. Last month chef Nancy Silverton of Mozza Mia and founder of LaBrea Bakery came to Minneapolis to present her book at Macy’s. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to see her in action … Continue reading →

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Tags: beets dressing horseradish mustard salad vinaigrette

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#SRC: simit

PolaM — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:21 +0000

And it is time once again for the secret recipe club. This time I was assigned to Evelyne’s blog: Cheap Ethnic Eatz. She has a pretty neat concept: she pulishes easy recipe from around the world so that all of … Continue reading →

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Tags: breakfast poppy seeds sesae simit SRC turkish

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Braised red cabbage (soup) with pineapple and turnip, and a blood orange chipotle reduction

PolaM — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:39:06 +0000

So tonight I participated in the awesome MMD on-line cook-off by Mary Makes Dinner. I competed with Mary and Amy of What Jew Wanna Eat to create a recipe using 3 surprise ingredients. We got the ingredients by mail and opened them up … Continue reading →

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Tags: pineapple red cabbage turnip

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#SRC: Oatmeal Pancakes

PolaM — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:41 +0000

It is Secret Recipe Club reveal again and I have been assigned to It’s Good to be the Cook. It took me a while to settle on a recipe. I had seen more than one interesting ideas. Topping the list … Continue reading →

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Tags: breakfast maple oatmeal pancake SRC

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Roasted leg of lamb for easter

PolaM — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:40:24 +0000

Happy Easter! And as I promised, here I am with a recipe for roasted leg of lamb. And as you know this is not just a leg of lamb, but THE leg of lamb I got from the wonderful people at … Continue reading →

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Tags: easter roast

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The secrets of lamb and a #giveaway

PolaM — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:29:43 +0000

So this is going to be lamb week. For multiple reasons. First, sunday is Easter and Easter means lamb. Second, yesterday I went to a great class at kitchen in the market were I learned how to perfectly french a … Continue reading →

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Tags: butchery cooking school frenching giveaway lamb technique

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Sundried tomato bread

PolaM — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:19:20 +0000

Today I am sharing a bread that smells like summer. It is a simple bread to which I added sundried tomatoes and oregano. The result is a bread that brings summer to all of us who have been fighting the … Continue reading →

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Tags: Mediterranean oregano sun dried tomatoes

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#SundayPasta: cocoa and gorgonzola ravioli

PolaM — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:50:08 +0000

So a couple of weeks ago Bf’s sister told me about a recipe she made for a dinner with friends. It was home made cocoa pasta dressed with a Gorgonzola based sauce. It got stuck in my head, the way … Continue reading →

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Tags: blue cheese chocolate cocoa Gorgonzola pasta ravioli Sunday pasta

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