wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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11 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 11Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Macmillan - 1995

Simple and good.

I am not completely sure the soaking of the onion is necessary, next time I'll try without.

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Simple and good. Don't skimp on the pepper, it makes a difference here. The garlic was hardly noticeable.

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Cauliflower cheese brought back to the essence. Nice.

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This simple recipe really lets the lamb chops shine. The wine, egg and lemon all combine very well and accentuate the lamb without taking main stage.

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Very colorful, but the taste wasn't that interesting. Nice enough though, I might make it again if I happen to have the ingredients on hand.

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As usual with this book: very basic but very good. The rosemary and garlic combined well with the sturdy flavor of the mackerel.
However, I did find it difficult to brown the mackerel on a less than high flame, it stuck to the pan a bit.

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This is simple and very tasty, and a nice change of pasta sauce.

Next time I will add the cream in the blender instead of later, as I suppose that will give a smoother result.

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Simple and classic.

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Brilliant in its simplicity. Only 4 ingredients, hardly any work (except for waiting and checking there's still enough liquid), and it tastes totally lovely.

Officially this has to be done with veal shank, but I'm pretty sure most other types of braising meat will be fine: beef, lamb, even horse.

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A lovely simple stew. I used chopped sage instead of whole leaves, and the taste of sage was quite subtle.

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A good simple salad to be served anytime you could serve a green salad. Good in winter.

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