List of recipes from category World recipes: 44 recipes (gluten free)
List of recipes from category World recipes
- Amuses-bouches (small appetisers): 4 recipes
- Beef and veel: 5 recipes
- Cakes: 5 recipes
- Creams and foams: 1 recipe
- Entremets: 3 recipes
- Fish: 3 recipes
- Gratins: 3 recipes
- Meat: 5 recipes
- Miscellanous: 11 recipes
- Pasta and rice: 5 recipes
- Poultry: 5 recipes
- Salads: 6 recipes
- Sauces: 1 recipe
- Shellfish: 3 recipes
- Small cakes: 5 recipes
- Soups: 3 recipes
- Vegetables: 5 recipes
Amuses-bouches (small appetisers)
Nachos
Nachos (or tortilla chips) are small Tex-Mex snack triangles, often served with guacamole. Authentic nachos are made from tortillas, cut into triangles and fried, but here is a lighter, oven-baked version. The recipe is very simple, though the cutting out is a bit of work, and I've given you 2...November 4th 202037K 1 hour 6 min.
Beef and veel
Express chilli con carne
This is a really express recipe, a "true" chilli is longer and more difficult to do.February 21th 2011385K3.8 33 min.
Saltimbocca
Saltimbocca literally means "jumps into the mouth" in Italian. These delicious little meat rolls, made with veal, ham and sage, will do just that!July 20th 201569K4.9 40 min.
Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe"
For this delicious roast, the beef joint is seared all over, then wrapped in slices of grilled (broiled) bacon before the final long, slow roasting in a bag with aromatic ingredients (bayleaf, shallots, carrot, thyme and chilli). Cooked this way, the meat will be well done on the outside, meltingly...July 30th 201760K4.5 5 hours 39 min.
Cakes
Santiago Cake
Santiago cake (or Torta de Santiago) has a lovely moist texture. It is made with almonds and lemon and contains no butter or flour. This Spanish speciality from Galicia is still often decorated with the cross of St James.April 24th 201668K5 52 min.
Creams and foams
Tzatziki
Tzatziki is an ideal summer recipe: a cooling combination of Greek yoghurt, onion, garlic, cucumber and herbs. It is normally served as a side dish or condiment. This is a Greek recipe, but similar dishes exist in other eastern and middle-eastern countries, under different names.September 8th 201553K4.7 16 min.
Entremets
Pavlova
Pavlova is a dessert which originated in New Zealand (or was it Australia?). It consists of a meringue shell filled with a layer of whipped cream and topped with seasonal fruit.March 24th 2013113K4.3 2 hours 34 min.
Fish
Mexican ceviche
Ceviche is typical of South American cuisine, made with avocados, tomatoes and fish fillet cured in lime juice. This is a personal version of Mexican-style ceviche.October 13th 2010355K 15 3 hours 9 min.
Tahitian style fish
Little pieces of fish marinated overnight a night in lime juice.February 21th 2011264K5 12 hours 57 min.
Erika's ceviche
Ericka's ceviche is a Peruvian version of the classic South American dish. The diced fish is cured (effectively "cooked") in lime juice. This dish is fairly simple to make, but delicous and full of fresh flavours.December 30th 201970K 1 hour 9 min.
Gratins
Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole)
This hash-brown recipe is an American version of the classic grated potato cake (like roesti), baked in a pan. In the USA hash browns are often served for breakfast.May 24th 2012112K3.8 1 hour 46 min.
Meat
Home-made doner kebab
The kebab is a way of cooking meat that originated in the Middle East (the word means grill or grilled meat in different languages). The doner kebab is made up of slices of meat skewered and grilled vertically. The Turkish version is traditionally served with a yogurt and herb sauce in bread and/or...May 20th 2015336K 15 2 hours 32 min.
Sautéed Pork with Peanuts
This sautéed pork has a hint of Thai style, with its accompaniment of chopped vegetables, dry-roasted peanuts and soy sauce.April 3rd 201648K4 55 min.
Taos hotpot
This hotpot inspired by a stay in Taos (New Mexico) is a mix of different meat and vegetables cooked long and slow, served with polenta. The preparation is rather long, as is the cooking time, but it reheats very well.January 10th 201839K 3 hours 14 min.
Miscellanous
Sushi
Sushi is probably the best known element of Japanese cooking outside Japan. For the Japanese it's a culinary art learned over time from masters, but we can make simplified and easier sushi which are still pretty and delicious. The most common types of sushi are nigiri: a little oval-shaped mouthfuls...October 13th 2010327K4.5 1 hour 38 min.
Paella
Paella is a traditional Spanish dish made with round rice, associated mainly with the Valencia region. The name comes from the large two-handled pan in which it is traditionally prepared. This is an adapted version with a mix of meat, vegetables and shellfish.February 21th 2011336K4.1 2 hours 58 min.
Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette)
Tortilla is a recipe from Spain, which can be eat hot or cold. It's a kind of omelette, with several ingredients, in this recipe potatoes, onion and smoked ham. Ingredients are cooked first, then mixed with egg, to make a tortilla which is cooked on both sides.February 21th 2011286K 34 1 hour 17 min.
Röstis
Probably a swiss recipe originally, but also known in the French region of Franche-comté. This version is more sophisticated.February 21th 2011258K4.2 40 min.
Spinach fritters
This Indian inspired recipe gives a delicious contrast betwen the hot crispy fritters and the cool, slightly sharp herb dressing.May 20th 2015225K3.3 2 hours 6 min.
Eton mess
Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.July 25th 2010158K5 4 hours 55 min.
Papadums
Papadums (pronounced "poppadoms") or papad are very thin, crisp Indian crackers. They are often served as an aperitif snack in Indian restaurants. The tricky part of making them at home is rolling them out thinly enough.June 26th 201496K4.5 22 min.
Indian rice pudding
This Indian-inspired version of rice pudding, with its dried fruit accompaniment, is very fragrant.August 9th 20239,963 2 50 min.
Pasta and rice
Pea risotto "Mantecare"
This pea risotto recipe is finished with a typical Italian 'mantecare': mascarpone and Parmesan are incorporated at the end of cooking to make the dish incomparably smooth.September 23th 2012102K4.9 1 hour 26 min.
Spaghetti Bolognese
Spaghetti "bolognese" (after the town of Bologna, Italiy) is a well-known dish, but so often amounts to nothing more than pasta topped with minced meat in a plain tomato sauce. Here is a more traditional version, in which the sauce is made with tomatoes, herbs, red wine and - of course - meat.September 29th 2022102K3.8 1 hour 19 min.
Rice à l'italienne
A simple recipe full of Italian flavours: cooked rice, morsels of ham, tomatoes, sage and Parmesan.December 6th 202046K 24 min.
Poultry
Chicken nems
Nems are probably the best known Far Eastern dish in France. These small crispy rolls can be made in different flavours: chicken, crab, pork, etc. Making your own is not very complicated, the only difficulty is in the rolling stage. You will find in this recipe full details on how to successfully...April 6th 2017500K3.8 2 hours 21 min.
African style chicken
This is a sort of smoked chicken, cooked in a tomato-coconut sauce, and served with kidney beans and plain rice. It's quite a simple recipe, with ready-made ingredients, but which needs a long cooking time on low heat (one hour).February 21th 2011400K5 2 hours 4 min.
Chinese style chicken
Only "chinese style", not a true chinese recipe.February 28th 2012297K4 1 hour 38 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
This Thai-inspired recipe combines diced chicken with cashew nuts, spring onions, herbs and a lime-soy sauce.June 21th 201573K5 24 min.
Chicken "cantina"
Chicken cantina is a simple recipe for spicy chicken with onions and tomatoes, served with rice, red beans or both.March 10th 20249,352 37 min.
Salads
Piedmont salad
Piedmont salad is a mix of potaotes, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, gherkins and cervelas sausage dressed with mayonnaise.September 29th 2012268K 14.5 1 hour 19 min.
Coleslaw
Coleslaw is a cabbage salad that is popular in North America. This version includes carrots as well.January 3rd 2014102K 14.9 38 min.
Hot tomato sauce
This is a quick tomato sauce, just the thing for dipping crisps (chips, if you are American), or nachos. It is very similar to the sauce served with aperitif snacks in Tex-Mex restaurants.September 20th 2012113K4.1 42 min.
Greek salad with chicken
This Greek-inspired recipe, in which tomatoes, zucchini and diced feta are accompanied by sautéed chicken pieces, is typical of simple, delicious summer salads.August 20th 20239,504 43 min.
Sauces
Pesto
Pesto is an Italian sauce made from pine nuts, Parmesan and basil. It's very simple but quite delicious, and goes particularly well with pasta.July 25th 2020264K 25 15 min.
Shellfish
Potatoes with prawns
This recipe, originally from Belgium, consists of baked potatoes which are hollowed out and filled with fried prawns. A cream and white wine sauce is then poured over the potatoes before returning them to the oven.January 14th 2016113K3.8 1 hour 49 min.
Vietnamese prawns
In this recipe, the prawns are first lightly fried, then spiced up with a piquant sauce.May 26th 2013144K4.3 54 min.
Small cakes
Amaretti
Amaretti are little Italian almond biscuits. They are a bit like meringues, very sweet, and made with ground almonds.May 31th 201565K4.5 1 hour 3 min.
Soups
Minestrone
Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. It is made with a mix of vegetables and a poultry stock. It is quite simple to make, but preparing all the vegetables takes time. There are doubtless as many minestrone recipes as there are Italian cooks, but here is my version.May 29th 2011168K4.3 3 hours 30 min.
Chinese Soup
This delicious soup is a flavoursome mix of herbs, mushrooms, soya noodles and small diced vegetables briefly cooked in vegetable stock. It takes a while to make and there are lots of ingredients, but the result is worth it.April 6th 2017109K 24.5 1 hour 15 min.
Vegetables
Hummus
Hummus (or houmous), is one of the famous and delicious Lebanese "mezzes".May 30th 2020328K4.7 16 min.
Guacamole
For this typically Mexican recipe there are two main methods: smooth mashed avocado (made with a blender), or simple mashed avocado (made with a fork) with small pieces. And you can add, or not, finely diced tomato. You will find the first version (smooth) below.November 26th 2011290K4.1 1 hour 21 min.
Colcannon
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish, made by mixing creamy mashed potatoes (or purée) with cabbage, chives and spring onions. There are many different versions and ways to adapt this classic recipe. My version here serves it with baked sausages.April 23th 201747K4 1 hour 8 min.
Shakshuka
This spicy, ratatouille-style tomato and onion purée can be eaten on its own or to accompany other dishes. Here, I've baked it in individual ramekins, topped with an egg. This recipe originated in North Africa and has spread all around the Mediterranean.January 19th 202034K5 1 hour 38 min.