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Light spanakopita recipe with spinach herbs and feta: oven and air fryer version
Light spanakopita is a crispy Greek pie with spinach, feta, eggs, and fresh herbs, made with phyllo dough. To lighten it, brush the dough with a mixture of olive oil and water rather than with a lot of butter. It is cooked for 35 to 45 minutes in the oven at 180°C, or about 20…
Rou Jia Mo: The Melt-in-Your-Mouth flavorfoul Chinese Burger
There are recipes that change the way we look at street food. The Rou Jia Mo, also known as the “Chinese burger”, is one of them. A golden brown bread, slightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, stuffed with melt-in-the-mouth meat simmered with spices, flavored with Shaoxing wine and Sichuan pepper. It…
Tarte al djote de Nivelles: the traditional Belgian recipe
The tarte al djote is one of the great specialties of Nivelles, Belgium. Behind its Walloon name is a rustic, generous and very fragrant savory tart, prepared with yeast dough, Nivelles dumplings, chard leaves, parsley, onion, eggs and lots of salted butter. Serve it hot, ideally with a knob of salted butter that melts on…
Pomidor yumurta: Azerbaijani-style eggs with tomatoes
Discover the pomidor yumurta, an Azerbaijani breakfast with tomatoes confit in butter and eggs. 3 ingredients, a frying pan and 15 minutes.
Algerian Zviti: the Bou Saâda mortar crushed flatbread
Zviti is an Algerian speciality from Bou Saâda, in the M’Sila region. This hot dish, also called slata mahrez or slata mehras, is prepared by crushing a semolina flatbread while still hot with tomatoes, peppers, garlic, coriander and fennel seeds in a mortar. Zviti is an authentic dish of Algerian origin that has its roots…
Peruvian Beef Empanadas: Lima-Style Meat Pies
Peruvian empanadas are savory Meat Pies filled with beef, onion, ají amarillo, garlic, cumin and sometimes hard-boiled egg, olives or raisins. They are usually baked in the oven and served with icing sugar and a squeeze of lime. We discover our “dumpling” of the country with Peruvian empanadas! As in all former Spanish colonies, empanadas…