Sunday, October 30, 2011

SWISSFOODIES - GREAT BLOGS IN SWITZERLAND

It is not so easy to find other foodies in Switzerland writing in english.
I know there are many off us out there.
In this post I am making a little overview of the ones that I know.
Please let me know if you have a blog and would like to add it here or you know a great one.
It would be nice to meet some of you one day and share all this great knowledge we have.

Una Semplice Passione



This is for you who love italian food. Reading this blog you can feel the passion the blogger has for simple italian kitchen. She writes passionately and funny about her experiences with food in Switzerland and other countries. She shares some amazing italian family recipes with you in a very earnest and passionate way. You feeling like beeing in her kitchen cooking together with her.

http://unasemplicepassione.blogspot.com/



Once upon a Cakestand



This blogger from Zürich is cookbook author and food editor and currently baking a year in cakes. She has amazing pictures on her blog. It feels you already eating with your eyes before you even start cooking.









The Rambling Epicure

Jonell Galloway from Basel  joins the voices of food writers and artists from around the world who are interested in promoting a mindful, responsible approach to real food shopping, cooking, and eating, as well as food politics, safety, history, art, literature and philosophy.






Monday, October 17, 2011

SMASHING PUMPKIN SOUP

What can be better in the cold autumn day than a plate of yellow Smashing Pumpkin Soup. I love the roasted flavour of this soup.

And I am always associating pumpkins with my favorite band from youth - Smashing Pumpkins. So this is dedicated to the band, the best pumpkins ever :).




Soul Food:
Smashing Pumpkins
Disarm








Ingredients

ca 1,7kg pumpkin
2 onions
4 garlic cloves
600ml chicken stock
2 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon
2 dl cream
salt
pepper
chili


Preheat the owen to 200C.
Cut big chunks from a pumpkin (leave the skin), drizzle with olive oil and roast it in the owen 50min together with unpeeled onions. After 35 min add unpeeled garlic.

Peel and deseed the pumpkin and peel the onions and garlic. Blend until smooth, add cream, lemonzest and half of the lemon juice.

Bring the chicken stock to boil and add the pumpkin mix.

Season with salt, pepper and chili.