Tarte Tatin

On a recent trip to France I got the chance to eat a home mage Tarte Tatin - which is similar to an upside down apple cake but I felt that the ratio of apples to dough was more to my liking ( = more apples).

Upon my return I searched for a recipe and found this one that I adapted a bit since I don't have a pan that can go into the oven.

Ingredients
Apples, peeled, cored and quartered
Lemon juice
100g sugar
2/3 stick butter, cubed
2 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of allspice
3 tbsp calvados
Puff pastry, rolled out in a circle shape a bit larger than the baking dish.
Egg yolk with a bit of water

Mix apples with lemon juice.
Add sugar to a pot and heat on medium heat until the sugar caramelizes.
Then add butter, cinnamon, and allspice.
When the butter is melted, and the mixture boils, add calvados and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add the apples, then cover and let cook on low for 10 minutes.
Get a baking dish ready. Add the apple mixture and cover with puff pastry.
Brush the egg yolk onto the dough. Bake for ~30 minutes.

When I took the cake out of the oven, I let it stand for a little bit before I turned it over, to let the liquid settle.

Curry - #Whattodowithpotatoesmushroomsandtofu

Today we had some dish in mind that would use up the soaked beans we had in the fridge. But the beans had other plans - they must have spoiled some time this week.

We were left with potatoes, mushrooms, tofu and onions. A quick google search revealed a bunch of great recipes with those ingredients, and we settled on a recipe for a curry with coconut milk

Ingredients
Oil
2 onions, chopped in half rings
3 potatoes, chopped into cubes
6 big mushrooms, sliced
1 package of firm tofu
100ml vegetable stock
100ml cream
400ml coconut milk
Curry powder, cumin, salt, pepper to taste

In a dutch oven, heat some oil, then add onions and potatoes. Cook for 5 mins until the potatoes start to soften. Add tofu and mushrooms, and cook for a few more mins, adding stock to avoid burning on the bottom. Add spices, cream and coconut milk, and simmer for 10 mins.

The potatoes came out very creamy, and the tofu was flavorful! We served it over brown rice and it was delicious!

Breakfast roll ups

When I made enchiladas recently, I had some tortillas leftover. So I looked online to see what else I could make and found breakfast roll ups!
They are very easy to make, quite tasty and they look wonderful.

Ingredients

Eggs
Tortillas
Cheese
Spinach

Beat the egg and fry it in a pan, covering the whole surface. Slide the cooked egg onto a tortilla and top with grated cheese and spinach. Roll it up and enjoy!