3 Stars Orange Cake

by Angélica Reyes

Ingredients:

• 2 organic oranges (big and nice ones)
• 200 g sugar
• 80 extra g of sugar for the syrup
• 190 g of flour (sieved)
• 95 g cream
• 70 g melted butter
• 3 medium eggs
• 1 heaped tsp of baking powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• Loaf pan (20 cm) coated with butter and flour to bake the cake 

Method

• Preheat the oven at 160°C.

Preparation

Scrap the zest, that is the outer orange part of the peel, of the two oranges. Keep the oranges for preparing the syrup.

Use a big bowl and mix ¾ of the orange zest with 200g sugar until it is completely blended. Add the eggs, the cream, the butter, the salt and mix well until you have a smooth mixture. Add the flour and baking powder, mix well for 5 minutes.
Pour the whole mix into the cake pan. Bake for 50 minutes...

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Fresh pasta gamberi aglio, olio e peperoncino

by Klaasjan Ypenburg

Ingredients:

• 400 g of flour type 00
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
• 300 g fresh tiger shrimps 
• 8 cloves garlic, chopped
• fresh red chilli, chopped
• extra virgin olive oil
• parsley
• salt 

You’ll need 

• hand mixer with kneading hooks, rolling pin

Preparation

For the fresh pasta

Mix eggs, flour, olive oil, and salt in a bowl with your hands until a shaggy dough forms. Knead with the dough hooks until the dough is smooth and elastic, that will take about 10 minutes. Cover dough with cling film and let rest for at least 30 minutes. After restint, roll out the dough as desired, using the rolling pin and cut the pasta into a shape of your choice, I recommend tagliatelle...

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Gnocchi della Nonna

by Elodie Vadala

Ingredients:

For the gnocchis:

• 500g potatoes, cooked
• 100 g flour
• 1/2 egg
• salt and pepper

For the bolognese sauce:

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery sticks, chopped
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 10 g fresh parsley, finely chopped 
• Nutmeg
• 400 g minced beef
• 1kg peeled tomatoes
• 20 fresh basil leaves picked, ¾ finely chopped  ¼  left whole for garnish
• 1 beef stock cube
• 1 red chili, chopped
• 125 ml red wine
• olive oil

Preparation

Gnocchi

Peel cooked potatoes, mash, I recommend a ricer, and season with salt and pepper...

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Pelmeni

by  Britta Stumvoll

Ingredients:

For the dough

• ½  egg
• ¼  tsp salt
• 50 ml water
• 50 ml milk
• 200 g flour

For the filling

• 250 g ground beef & pork
• ½  onion
• ½  egg
• salt
• pepper
• Parsley, finely chopped
• Flour for the work surface
• melted butter
• vinegar
• sour cream

Preparation

Mix the water, milk, egg and salt in a large bowl with a whisk.

Gradually sift in the flour and keep stirring constantly. As soon as the dough becomes firmer, knead it with your hands. Cover it and put the finished dough aside...

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Japanese Curry for the Soul

by Natalie Hagewood

Ingredients:

• 1 large yellow onion, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 5 large potatoes, chopped into 1-inch pieces
• 1 pck Golden Curry Mix by S&B, found at any Asian market
• 5 carrots, halved and chopped 
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small of cup rice
• 2 chicken breasts, roasted and sliced

Optional: 

• 2 squares of dark chocolate, 1x espresso shot, 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
• sambal oelek

Preparation

Curry

Heat oil in a large pot on medium heat. Add onions and garlic until onions are translucent and cooked through.Toss in potatoes and carrots and saute for a minute, until warm. Add water to the pot, usually no higher than 1 cm above the potatoes. 

Add in Golden Curry Mix once the water has started to simmer and mix to incorporate. You will begin to see the soup thicken into more of a curry texture...

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Menemen

by Eleonora Chenkova

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 green, mild peppers, seeded and chopped (or substitute ½ green bell pepper)
• 4 large tomatoes, chopped
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• Parsley, chopped to sprinkle on top 7-8 walnuts
• 75 g goat cheese
• Salt and pepper to sprinkle on top

Preparation

Place a large frying pan over medium heat and add the butter. Once the butter has melted, add peppers, a pinch of salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, for around 5 minutes or until peppers have softened and smell fragrant. Then add the chopped tomatoes. Cook, stirring occasionally until the tomatoes have lost some, but not all of their liquid and everything is coming together. This will take between 5 to 8 minutes, depending on the juiciness of your tomatoes and how thick or liquidy you want the end result to be. While the tomato mixture is cooking, lightly beat the eggs together in a bowl. Slowly add the beaten eggs to the frying pan, folding them gently into the tomato mixture but take care not to stir too much.

Then add the goat cheese and the walnuts. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until the egg whites are barely opaque and goat cheese is slightly melted...

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