Bilder & de Clercq's New Recipes week 20 - 2016
As the chefs of Bilder & de Clercq, we develop new recipes for them every week. We'll keep you updated with the week's newest recipes. This weeks recipes are:
Bilder & de Clercq's New Recipes Week 18 - 2016
As the chefs of Bilder & de Clercq, we develop new recipes for them every week. We'll keep you updated with the week's newest recipes. This weeks recipes are:
Lemon Cordial
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 cups lemon juice
zest from one lemon
cold or sparkling water
lemon slices, optional
mint leaves for garnish
Method
Measure the sugar and water into a saucepan. Stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar, bring the mixture to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat. Let cool slightly.
Add fresh squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest to the sugar syrup. Cool completely. Pour the lemonade syrup into a jar or bottle. Cover tightly with the lid. The syrup can be kept in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 weeks.
When you’re ready to make into lemonade, put some ice cubes in the bottom of a glass. Pour ¼ cup of the lemon syrup over the ice cubes. Add ¾ cup cold water or sparkling water and stir. Float a thin slice of lemon and, if you like, a fresh mint leaf on top of each glass. The recipe makes enough syrup for 14 glasses of lemonade.
To make pink lemonade: add 1/2 cup grenadine syrup to the jar of lemonade syrup and stir. Strawberry lemonade: add 2 tablespoons of puree of fresh strawberries into each glass. Limeade: Replace lemon with lime juice and lime zest.
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
Sauerkraut with Sausages and Confit Duck
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 bratwurst or any of your favourite sausages
2 packs sauerkraut (zuurkool), about 800 gr
250 g lardons
2 onions
2 apples
olive oil
50 g butter
1 bottle beer
2 bay leaves
6 juniper berries
salt
pepper
boiled potatoes, to serve
4 confit duck legs, to serve
mustard, to serve
Method
Finely slice the onions. Peel the apples, discard the core and cut into 1 cm cubes. Place the sauerkraut in a sieve and rinse under cold running water. Dry the sauerkraut well. Heat a wok with 2 tablespoons olive oil and stir fry the sauerkraut until lightly caramelised. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Heat a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 50 g butter with the onion and lardons. Fry for 5 minutes. Add the stir fried sauerkraut, apple, the bottle of beer, juniper and bay leaves and cook gently over a low heat, covered with a lid, for about 40 minutes.
Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan and fry the sausages for about 12 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
Season the sauerkraut with salt and pepper. Serve with the sausages and confit duck, boiled potatoes and a little mustard, if you wish.
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Crostini
Crostini are one of the easiest canapés or small bites to make and are the perfect carrier for any topping.
This is how you make them:
If you have time to plan ahead, buy a French baguette the day before you need it. Day old bread is easier to slice thinly. So, once you've sliced it thinly, lay the slices on an oven tray and brush generously on both sides with olive oil. We generally use an extra virgin, but don't use an expensive one.
Preheat the oven to 180° C. Once the oven has reached temperature, bake the crostini for about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Depending on your oven, you may have to turn the crostini over during the baking so that they're an even colour. Once baked, remove from the oven and allow them to cool. When cool, store them in an airtight container; they'll keep for weeks. Be sure to make a large batch each time as they are a great stand-by to have when time is short or you have unexpected guests.
Now the world is your oyster when it comes to toppings. Use whatever you like and let your creative juices flow. Assemble them at the last minute so that you don't run the risk of them going soggy. Think wild mushrooms cooked down with a little garlic and cream, topped with Taleggio cheese and flashed under the grill; Parmaham, rocket, homemade chutney and a curl of foie gras or fresh pea and mint puree topped with pecorino and pea cress. Now all you need is a glass if bubbly and the party can get started!
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
Sinterklaas Cupcakes
Sinterklaas is a holiday celebrated in The Netherlands on 5th December where children are given presents to celebrate the arrival of Sint Nicolaas. Candy and spiced cookies are traditionally eaten. We've taken the idea of the spiced cookies, called Pepernoten and created a cupcake with the same flavours. A great idea for young and old and something the kids can help with.
Ingredients
220 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
220 g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs, whisked
220 g flour
8 g baking powder
pinch of salt
1 heaped teaspoon Speculaas or mixed spice
Frosting
250 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
500g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
handful pepernoten or spiced cookies, crushed
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 C.
Cream the butter and the sugar together in a until light and fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Graudually add the whisked egg to the mixture. Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and spiced together and fold in to the butter mixture. Spoon the mixture into a cupcake tin lined with paper cupcacke cases until two-thirds full.
Bake for about 20 -25 minutes until risen and bouncy to touch. Allow to cool.
For the frosting, beat the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract to flavour. If the mixture is a bit tight, add a splash of milk to thin it down.
Spoon the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe the frosting on top of the cupcakes. Sprinkle with the crushed pepernoten or spiced cookies and serve.
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
Cumin Fried Fish with Chickpeas and Fennel
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 leek
1 lemon
2 cloves garlic
1 tin chickpeas
2 fennel bulbs
5 g ground cumin
1 red chilli
2 x 180 g cod fillets
small bunch coriander
5 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper
Method
Slice the leek lengthways in half. Rinse under cold running water and cut into thin strips. Finely chop the garlic cloves and chilli, cut the fennel into strips and grate the zest from half the lemon. Drain the liquid from the chickpeas and rinse under cold water.
Heat a frying pan over medium heat with 3 tablespoons olive oil and fry the leek for about 3 minutes. Add the lemon zest, chilli to taste and garlic and fry for another 1 minute.
Add the chickpeas and fennel and fry for about 5 minutes. Heat another frying pan over medium heat with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season the fish with salt, pepper and cumin powder.
Fry the fish for 2-3 minutes on each side. Finely chop the coriander and stir through the chickpea mixture, seasoning with salt and pepper. Divide the chickpeas and fennel between 2 plates. Lay the fish on top and serve with the remaining lemon cut into wedges.
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
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Spinach and Chickpea Curry
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 onion
1 garlic clove
5 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
1-2 Tablespoons mild curry paste
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tin chickpeas
300 g fresh spinach
1 bunch coriander
2 naan breads
1 small tub Greek yoghurt
2 Tablespoons Olive or sunflower oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Finely chop the onion garlic and ginger.
Heat the oil in a pan on medium-high heat. Add the chopped onion, garlic and ginger to the pan and fry for 4-5 minutes until golden brown. Add the curry paste and fry for another 2 minutes.
Drain the liquid from the chickpeas. Add the tomatoes, 125 ml cold water and the chickpeas to the pan. Bring to the boil.
Simmer for 10 minutes over a low heat until the liquid has reduced slightly. Mix the spinach through until wilted. Season with salt and pepper.
Finely chop the coriander and mix through.
Serve the curry with the naan bread and yoghurt.
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
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Pumpkin and Chorizo Soup
This soup can easily made vegetarian by omitting the chorizo and replacing it with a little smoked paprika when adding the butternut squash.
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 – 2 butternut squash weighing 1,5 kg
250 g chorizo
2shallots
3 cloves garlic
2 tins tomato cubes
1 tin black beans
2 vegetable stock cubes
Method
Peel the butternut squash, remove the seeds and cut into cubes. Finely chop the shallots and garlic cloves. Remove the skin from the chorizo and cut into ½ cm cubes. Dissolve the stock cubes in 2 liters of boiling water.
Heat a pan with 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat and fry the chorizo for 2 minutes. Scoop out of the pan and drain on a piece of kitchen paper. Add the garlic to the chorizo oil and fry for 1 minute.
Sweat the shallots in the chorizo oil. Add the butternut and fry for 2 minutes. Add the tinned tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer gently until the squash is tender.
Blend the soup with a stick blender until smooth and season with salt and pepper. Drain the beans and add to the soup to warm through. Spoon the soup into bowls, sprinkle over the chorizo and and drizzle with a little olive oil.
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Upside Down Plum Cake
Serves 8-10
Ingredients
500g brown sugar
250 g soft, unsalted butter, chopped
12-15 plums, halved and stoned
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250 g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
160 ml cream
Method
Combine 300 g brown sugar with 120 g butter in a heavy-based saucepan and stir over low heat until well combined and smooth. Remove from the heat and pour into a well-greased, round, 26cm cake tin, spreading evenly. Place the plum halves on top, cut-side down.
Using an electric mixer, beat the remaining butter with remaining sugar in a bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each, then stir in vanilla. Sift combined flour and baking powder into a bowl with a pinch of salt. Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture, add cream and mix well.
Spoon mixture over plums and bake at 175°C for about 45-60 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand in tin for 5 minutes before turning out on a plate.
Serve with creme fraiche.
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