Bean, ham and cabbage soup – Romanian style


This soup is one of those you make over and over and can’t have enough no matter how much or how many times you eat. This version is from the original recipe of a great chef from San Francisco area, Chef Gianni but I use the ingredients below with a bit more vegetables and make the soup an actual borsch.

  • 1/2 small cabbage
  • 6 baby carrots
  • Delikat – Borsch Magic, 5-15 g
  • 2-3 jalapeño peppers
  • Brown Shimeji Mushroom, 150 grams
  • 1 medium onions
  • 2 large celery stalks
  • 1/2 celery root 150 g
  • 1 large red bell pepper
  • 1 large parsnip
  • 1 Yukon Gold potatoes
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 x 375 g canned cherry tomatoes
  • 1 medium zucchini
  • 4 Shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 can x 15 oz white kidney beans
  • 4-500 g smoked ham
  • 2 x 900 ml chicken brought or water
  • lovage, parsley and some dill
Cabbage soup-1

Cabbage soup-1

Cabbage soup-2

Cabbage soup-2

Cabbage soup-3

Cabbage soup-3

Cabbage soup-4

Cabbage soup-4

Dinner for my Valentine


First time after almost 27 years of marriage, I cooked a nice and special dinner for my Valentine, Violet. I don’t know what you think about this food, but Violet said is “the best ever”, so………

I’ll just enumerate all the dishes and you guys will let me know what you think about each and one of them:

Jalapeno and roasted onions crackers

Jalapeno and roasted onions crackers

Miso soup

Miso soup

Tuna tartare with yuzu gelee

Tuna tartare with Yuzu gelee

Fresh mini parisien baquette

Fresh mini Parisian baguette

  • Beef tenderloin and stir fry vegetables with Ponzu sauce from an original recipe of Chef Doru
    Beef tenderloin and stir fry vegetables with Ponzu sauce-1

    Beef tenderloin and stir fry vegetables with Ponzu sauce-1

     

Beef tenderloin and stir fry vegetables with Ponzu sauce-2

Beef tenderloin and stir fry vegetables with Ponzu sauce-2

  • Sticky toffee pudding cake from Metro

    Sticky toffee pudding cake

    Sticky toffee pudding cake