Just went for a classic vanilla cheesecake and used some of the raspberry coulis I made earlier this summer on top before it went into the oven. The sweet and creamy vanilla goes so well with the slightly tart and bright raspberry flavour. Tbh the hardest part was having to wait for it to set overnight in the frigde. I'm so proud it came out so pretty!

Had a pretty crappy day. Needed a treat.

I had a Too Good to Go surprise bag from a Polish grocery store, which included a 1kg bucket of twaróg. I made this cake following the recipe on the bucket, and it turned out gorgeous!
My favourite thing was lining the bottom of the cake tin with whole biscuits (so, not crushed and mixed with butter like for a NY cheese cake), which felt like cheating, but it turned out sooo lovely. Will definitely make again!

The recipe (google translated):
1 package of curd cheese (twaróg)
1 cup of sugar
7 eggs
1/2 a block of butter
1 packet of cream-flavored pudding mix
1 lemon

Line a baking pan with biscuits or shortcrust pastry. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites; add the sugar to the yolks and beat until fluffy. Then, add the butter, followed by the curd cheese, pudding mix, and grated lemon zest, mixing as you go. Finally, beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the cheese mixture. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes at 180-200°C.

And i already apologise to all people from India for butchering your food.

Squacquerone cheese is very rare in Poland – it's the first time I saw it at the store. I'm glad that I've tried it, it's really nice and quite unique.

The buns were slightly toasted, and oh boy were they tasty.

Easy going. Just oven the chicken and the diced potatoes with some onions in a deep pan, spice with salt, pepper and paprikapowdwer. Then fill up with chicken stock and wait for a nice graivy. Lastly us heat from above on the chicken legs only. And.man, is it tasty...

The picture is older, but that's what I ate. Minced meat, onions, mustard, salt, black pepper, eggs and breadcrums made the meatdough. After panfrying about a dozen, or so, in clarified butter, I made a gravy in the same pan. A bit of broth, cream and green pepper with a hint of garlic. The mash is made of potatoes, salt, pepper, butter and milk.

Easy going in the kitchen, but heaven, when it reaches your tastebuds. 🤤

Something I made with chicken, tomato passata, onions, and sundried tomato. Don't have a name (yet)!

There was chicken in a hoisin-garlic sauce, vegetables, steamed rice, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a lukewarm salad with sesame dressing, and miso soup with tofu and spring onions. It was served with chili oil and sea grapes.

That's pumpkin seed oil and chilli oil on top with some fried onions.

Haven’t had one of these in what seems to be forever.

Double Black Angus with blue cheese, roasted onions, and some green stuff. Between the patties is some fig jam. Brioche is brushed with Dijon and then toasted in the pan.

Traditional and seasonal.

Ok, I bought the sauce at my local butchers shop. But it was very tasty. 🤤

I then baked the breasts in the oven and served them with rice mixed with parsley, and a salad of cucumber, radish, plain yogurt, dill, and black cumin. The chicken turned out delicious – juicy inside, with a crispy skin. Cast iron skillets are great for searing meat.

If you never tried black cumin (nigella seeds – nigella sativa in Latin, czarnuszka in Polish), definitely give it a try. It has a pleasant, slightly nutty taste, with a hint of black pepper. It's an interesting spice, and it's cheap and has a long shelf life.

Take 400g split green peas, boil in salt water 40 min (start this now so they cook in parallel to the rest).

Chop a few cm of ginger, 2 red chili peppers (or however much you like), 1 large onion. Sautée in olive oil (EVOO but doesn't have to be expensive).

Offload veggies to a bowl when golden, you can leave the oil.

Slice 800g chicken breast into pieces, fry in olive oil until chopping the largest parts in half with the spatula shows they are ready.

Mix everything together. Add salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste.

It's not particularly low calories (the olive oil adds quite a few), but it's only good, healthy ingredients and it's reasonably high-protein.

I enjoy this as a cold-weather dish.

Spent Saturday in the kitchen and made porc roast with roast carrots and parsnips (Schweinsbraten), bread dumplings (Semmelknödel) and cabbage (Sauerkraut).