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Sunshine Brioche. An olive oil and orange blossom brioche with layer upon layer of melted butter, sugar and candied orange. The perfect antidote to these cold, grey and all around miserable winter days. After having sat on this idea for over 5 years, I am excited to finally share the recipe on the blog later this week!
Turkey has ruined me for worktrips anywhere else really. There. I said it. I already knew the food was phenomenal, and Turkish hospitality legendary. And then I discovered Turkish wine - oh my! I hear it’s hard to get abroad because taxes make it almost prohibitively expensive but I like to think they just want to keep all that good stuff for themselves. And then I also fell (hard) for Kunefe. Who knew you could take some stringy cheese, sandwich it between vermicelli noodles, douse it in sugar syrup and call it dessert? In equal measure looking forward to returning home soon but already looking forward to hopefully more Turkey trips, work or otherwise.
A new bakery just opened in my neighbourhood. Faced with an empty fridge and 3 days of work travel ahead of me it only made sense to pick up a little something for breakfast and check out the new place. Some people like testing bakeries based on the quality of their croissant, which makes a lot of sense. But I don’t care all that much about croissants. A pain au raisin, however, now that I can get excited about. And this was one of the really good ones. Flakey exterior yet chewy and soft interior, beautifully plump raisins and just enough custard to hold the different layers together. No overpowering sweetness or aromas like vanilla or rhum. Really good.
Sunday mornings call for lazy breakfasts in your pjs, right? And while I am generally more of a sweet breakfast person, sometimes only eggs will do. I started today with some scrambled eggs and bacon plus homemade sourdough toast but I just came across these fried eggs with labneh and za’atar oil on the blog that I need to recreate asap! If you want to have a go, the recipe link is in my profile.
The countdown is on. My big sister is getting married soon and when that wedding takes place near Jaipur and you have never been to India before, it only makes sense to tag on a proper holiday. Our tentative itinerary will take us from Jaipur to Jodhpur and Udaipur as well as Agra and the Taj Mahal. Since that will involve a lot of driving, we wouldn’t mind breaking some of those long drives up. Are there any must-sees in between those cities? Also, do you have any recommendations for hotels, restaurants, tourguides (eg walking tours, market tours etc) in these cities?
Thinly sliced persimmons. Shaved pecorino. Olive oil. Sea salt. Black pepper. Pul biber. Sumac. I never really paid much attention to persimmons until I tried some in Romania last week and it turns out I really like them. Saw a shaved persimmon salad on here a few weeks and decided to recreate this. Persimmons are at their peak now so this little dish was still quite sweet, even if I was quite generous with the pecorino, pepper and sumac. Next time I might mix in something else - I think thinly shaved daikon could be great, also in terms of texture. I think this would also stand up well to some sort of herby drizzle - e.g. some zhoug or za’atar olive oil. Or some fresh cheese like crumbled feta or buffalo mozzarella.

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December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

How to set up a successful supperclub – tips and tricks

Do you really enjoy cooking for friends and family but would love to test your kitchen skills in front of

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December 14, 2019December 14, 2019

Cardamom, Mahleb and Saffron Stollen with Apricots, Figs and Pistachios – Version 2

I first made this particular Stollen recipe last year. A result of some frantic recipe-testing in between hosting our first

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November 30, 2019December 14, 2019

10 recipes for delicious Christmas cookies and edible gifts

I will let you in on a little secret: I find buying presents for other people incredible stressful. Even more

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November 3, 2019November 8, 2019

Doritos Financiers – corny but good ;-)

Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks at some point wrote that she treats her blog like an exercise book. A place

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September 15, 2019September 16, 2019

Apricots – some ideas for what is possibly my favourite fruit to bake with

I have never been a slave to the seasons when it comes to this blog. Sure, I don’t tend to

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August 15, 2019

Fresh Turmeric and Lemon Curd

After over 10 years working in big law firms, making the move to the in-house legal department of a large

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July 30, 2019August 11, 2019

Portuguese Palmiers Recheados with Black Sesame Custard

A few weeks ago I started a new job here in Brussels – after more than 10 years I have

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July 21, 2019July 21, 2019

These recipes are bananas! A round-up of unusual banana recipes

For the longest part of my life I had a love-hate relationship with bananas and would only tolerate them when

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March 31, 2019April 2, 2019

Baking your own sourdough bread – tips and tricks and common mistakes to avoid

With close to 10 events under our belt, there are two constants to the Two Kitchens Brussels Supperclubs & Cooking

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March 11, 2019March 10, 2019

That Two Kitchens Brussels Miso Aioli … in a Baguette, with Pork Schnitzel and a Soy Sauce and Sesame Oil Cucumber Salad

A few months in, and Kaja and I have found a comfortable rhythm hosting our Two Kitchens Brussels Supperclubs and

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