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Liège-style meatballs: the Belgian recipe with rabbit sauce
Liège-style meatballs are one of the great classics of Belgian cuisine: large, fluffy meatballs made from beef and pork, topped with a sweet and sour rabbit sauce with Liège syrup, dark beer, vinegar, vergeoise and raisins. Contrary to what its name may suggest, rabbit sauce does not contain rabbit. It probably takes its name from…
Maqluba: Palestinian and Jordanian upside-down rice
Maqluba, or maklouba, is a Levantine dish of upside-down rice prepared with chicken or lamb, fried vegetables like eggplant, cauliflower, potato, and rice cooked in spicy broth. After cooking, the pot is turned upside down onto a large serving platter. Maqluba, also known as maklouba, maqlouba or makluba, is a large dish of upside-down rice…
Polvo à Lagareiro: Roasted Portuguese Octopus with Garlic and Potatoes
Polvo à lagareiro is a Portuguese recipe for octopus cooked in water and then roasted in the oven with plenty of olive oil, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, and mashed potatoes called batatas a murro. The dish is often served at festive meals, especially around Christmas. After dessert, today we tackle a very common dish during…
Bolo Polana: the Mozambican cake with cashew nuts
Bolo Polana is a traditional Mozambican cake made with ground cashew nuts, cooked potato, butter, eggs, cream, lemon and orange zest, vanilla and a little flour. It owes its name to the Polana district of Maputo and stands out for its dense, soft and very fragrant texture. Bolo Polana is a Mozambican cake with cashews,…
Quinua atamalada: creamy Peruvian quinoa with seafood
Quinua atamalada is a Peruvian dish made from quinoa cooked for a long time in a fragrant broth, until it has a creamy texture similar to risotto. In this seafood version, the quinoa is spiced up with ají amarillo, tomato, shrimp, scallops, squid and octopus. Quinua atamalada, or quinoa atamalada, is a creamy Peruvian quinoa…
Scottish haggis: traditional recipe, history, tips and secrets of a mythical dish
If there’s one dish that can sum up Scotland’s culinary soul, it’s haggis: rustic, generous, deeply rooted in history, and much tastier than it first appears. Haggis, a great classic of Scottish cuisine Scottish haggis intrigues, fascinates, sometimes confuses, but it deserves our attention. Behind its reputation as an atypical dish is actually an ancient,…