Fresh recipes
Irish soda bread
Irish soda bread, made in a cast iron skillet with buttermilk, sour cream and caraway seeds, is super simple. Mind, it’s heavy bread and therefore excellent served with soup, stew or any dish where you may need to soak up natural juices or gravy.
Irish coddle
Coddle is a traditional Irish dish made up of layers of bacon rashers and sausage, sliced potatoes and onion. It is steamed or partially boiled and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Feijoada
A hearty bean dish in the best Brazilian and Portuguese traditions. Not only beans, count on finding almost every part of the pork, including sausages, and some beef.
Brazilian churrasco
Brazilian churrasco consists in a variety of barbecued meat. Brazilian chefs may grill beef steaks, pork tenderloin, chicken, or spicy Brazilian sausage, similar to chorizo. This recipe employs sirloin steak and a dipping sauce.
Balmain bug salad
This salad is a specialty of Sydney. Contrary to what any may might think, balmain bugs are not insects. Balmain bugs are a type of slipper lobster, not a true lobster, but they have a taste and texture similar to the real one.
If you cannot find balmain bugs, which are usually sold in fish markets along Australian eastern coast, especially Sydney, any crustacean will be a boog substitute. Substitute balmain bugs with prawns, shrimp, crab or lobster - use 1 lobster, cooked and prepared for this recipe.
Guacamole
It can be served as a dip or as a topping for many Mexican, and Tex-Mex dishes such as tacos, tostadas or fajitas.
It is claimed that the Reuben sandwich was created by a wholesale grocer in Omaha, Reuben Kay, in the 1920s. The recipe was originally shared with a few of his friends, but someone in Omaha entered it in a national recipe contest and won.
The Runza is a tasty sanwich made with bread, shaped like a big dumpling, filled with ground beef, cabbage, onions and seasonings. Use simple white bread dough, or frozen or chilled dough.
Yee sang salad
The salad for the prosperity toss. This salad is only prepared during the celebrations for the Chinese New Year in Singapore and South Eastern Asia. It is not part of the Chinese traditions.