Gluten-free Cooking!
The damned standard
There's only one way to make chicken soup. And it's a harsh, long process that separates the boys from the men.
Taste of summer
This dish brings back souvenirs of Rome at it's summer best. The typical use of a local white whine with it's complex acidity makes for a wonderfully light tomato sauce. Serve with grilled courgette.
Solid beef done good
Probably the best Flemish dish for cold weather. Serve with fries, mayonnaise and salad.
Crunchy delight
In 1924 Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant, living in San Diego but also working in Tijuana where he avoided the restrictions of Prohibition, invented the dish when a Fourth of July rush depleted the kitchen's supplies.
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Sweet warm & filling
This is a big taste stew for summer and winter.
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Petra's favourite dish is simple and yummy
The Rompmeister mix
There's no one way to make Chili con carne. My version add chocolate and chili sauce for an explosion of flavor.
nice and rounded
Super tasty for those summer days. Serve with a salad or snack on the go.
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Healthy, yummy and easy enough for the kids to make- if you use premade dough.
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Probably the simplest dish on here. Quick and yummy
Quick stew
A rich curry stew loaded with vegetables that could stand on it's own. But it's actually really quick with steamed instead of stewed veggies.
Hearthy goodness
Another favourite of Petra; this is a hearty, meat-centered dish.
Soupish yummyness
Loaded with ginger this is a simple but very asian dish- and yet the best noodles for it I can get here are Italian! To be honest it falls a bit between actual asian dishes, but it's tasty which is what counts!
in case of Fall
This pumpkin soup rules the roost and should be accompanied by cheese, pumpkin oil, sour cream, ham, fried pumpkin seeds and good bread to make a more than suficiently full meal.
for when you?re Hungary in Austria?
An Austrian classic with Hungarian influences, served with rice.
The best potato dish
A Van Rompaye family standard. The creative English name dates back to when I first introduced Petra to this dish.
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The recipe we go with is the rich Austrian one. Best served with some fresh side salad.
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A hearthy and spicy foccacia variation.
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Oven-grilled meatballs, loaded with feta, cumin and spices, make this dish irresistable. Few meatballs make it all the way to the table
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Preparation and rolling is a family affair, and these are undefeated for soup, vol au vent or on their own. Fried in their big version with inlaid cherries they are a Belgian classic.
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We once had a competition too see whose recipe was best. Petra's standard won from my experiment hands down.
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Quick, easy and the perfect dish for a summer evening.
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Though meant to go with steak, this rich archiduc sauce can easily manage a superb plate of pasta on it's own.
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Super yummy- but totally uneconomical compared to the take-out version.
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One of Petra's favourites.
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The first dish Petra cooked for me
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A real man can make quiche and make it look manly, too.
Moeke's standard Petra's way
This is the cake my mom used to make. I've long used an elaborate mixing and baking process- but Petra's recipe just tosses everything together and works out better!
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A great dish with loads of flavor. Be careful with the amount of sauce base and don't skimp on the salt!
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With the flavor of dried forest mushrooms, this is the perfect winter risotto.
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My first risotto, taught to me by Petra, is a creamy classic.
The burger- refined
Perhaps somewhat frivolous, delicate and complex to assemble- but so worth it.
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A summer standard. It took ages to get the right cooking time for the green beans.
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Surprisingly simple and super yummy. Serve with rice, brocolli and mustard dragon sauce.
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Solid and simple winter food.
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The key to a good schnitzel is a good chicken cut and delicate flouring.
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A recipé stolen on a summer day and still a favourite with it's roll of crunchy fish.
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My undefeated favourite. I'm literally capable of eating this every day. And it drives Petra mad. The northern Italian recipe is dark, complex and very rich.
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Quick and filling, perfect for any hungry stomach.
Steak
Don't you know what this is? It's god-damned steak!
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A lighter version of a traditional dish. Fights have erupted over the leftover filling at the Van Rompaye family.
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Another delicious favourite of Petra.
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Surprisingly simple, yummy and healthy.
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These 'boomstammetjes' are a calory bomb - but so yummy!
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Easy, reasonably spicy stew for winter and summer.
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Did you know that original canneloni are rolled sheets? Use lasagna sheets to make this scrumptious dish.
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Healthy and light, perfect for summer. Serve with 'mystery' sauce.
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It's a harsh, long process to make chicken soup. And that's only a small part of the journey towards perfect vol au vent. Ask anyone who's had it if it's worth two days work...
