Warm salad with butternut squash and beetroot
A warm salad with butternut squash and beetroot to make an autumnal dish full of flavor thanks to spices, feta cheese and nuts! Try it and you will be pleasantly surprised :-)
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Tag: cumin
Cumin is a spice that we use in Greece but that I was not used to use. In France, I started to eat it and love it very much because it’s very aromatic and gives a special character to the final dish. Since then, I have completely integrated in my pallet of spices :)
Beef Curry – Madoo Curry
A beef curry without curry! You make your own curry (!) and it’s easy ;-) You use coriander, turmeric, cumin, chili and mustard seeds! The beef is cooked slowly in a pan and at the end you add coconut milk! So good and surprisingly powerful ;-)
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Chick peas keftas with spinach and spices
These wonderful keftas are made with a chick peas cream that has spinach and onions and is seasoned with cumin, paprika and turmeric! It’s not very spicy but the spices are there and bring their character and make this dish interesting!
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Kibbeh – Beef Meatballs like in Lebanon
These beautiful keftas are very special because they come with a feeling of ground beef, onion, pine nuts, cinnamon and allspice! Outside this filling we create something like a thick cream with ground beef as well, but also with bulgur and we season it with cumin, allspice and mint! It’s deeply fried and so surprisingly good!
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Beetroot salad with breuil fresh sheep cheese and cumin
The breuil is a cheese that can be found in France at the Pays Basque and the Béarn but in this recipe can be replaced by the Greek myzithra or the Greek anthotyros or even with ricotta! These types of cheese go well with the beetroot and the whole thing goes marvelous with cumin! Try it and see for yourself!
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Houmous with spices, sweet potato and butternut
A wonderful houmous with spices (curry, cloves, cinnamon, coriander, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, cumin, paprika) and a little bit of sweet potato and butternut squash! It's very good and delicate like a baby!
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Lamb shoulder the Moroccan way by Paul Bocuse
This lamb shoulder comes from the great French Chef called Paul Bocuse who was elected the best Chef in the world by Americans! It’s cooked into a paste of spices (paprika, cumin, curry) with rosemary or thyme and garlic! At the end of cooking, it’s glazed and caramelized with a mix of cooking juice, beer and honey! It’s perfect for a dinner with friends or even for you alone!
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Red Lentils Soup (Velouté) with Cumin and Tomato
This is a fine lentils velouté and cumin goes very well with red lentils! The tomato sauce and carrots help the soup to be more gentle and the overall result is rather comforting and nice! All ingredients are well proportioned and it’s a nice alternative for a light lunch or dinner that keeps you warm and brings comfort!
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