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Welcome to my page! My name is Saffron, I'm a freelance photographer living in Amsterdam. I’m not a chef but a passionate cook and lover of all things food. With this site I'd like to share my passion and knowledge and maybe even inspire you to go on an adventurous food journey as well.

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Aubergine & Mint Bruschetta

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Pork Schnitzel with Warm Potato Salad & Mustardy G

Pork Schnitzel with Warm Potato Salad & Mustardy Green Beans

I’ve had schnitzel before but to be honest I didn’t know the crust had to be ‘souffléed’. By this I mean that the schnitzel cooks so quickly and at such a high temperature that the meat steams inside the crust and lets go of the meat, making a little pocket of air in between. This makes sure that your meat stays nice and tender and the crust nice and crispy. To ensure there is enough moisture to soufflé the schnitzel, soak the meat in cold water for 2 minutes before coating with flour, egg and seasoned bread crumbs (remember to pat the meat dry after taking out of the water).

Traditionally schnitzels are super big and will hang over the edges of your plate, but that’s just a bit too much for me, nobody needs that much meat ;-)

I served it with a warm German potato salad with a dressing of shallots, capers, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, pepper and salt. The beans I simply steamed for 5 minutes and coated them in grainy mustard. Yum!

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Spicy Shrimp Salad on Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

Spicy Shrimp Salad on Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

I’m on holiday this week, but staying at home. I’m really looking forward to taking my time to make the dishes that have been on my list for a while, both difficult as well as simple. For todays lunch I made a prawn salad.

I absolutely love prawns: sweet soft meat with sea salty undertones, prawns are one bog umami bomb. The dressing was made from mayo, lemon juice, lemon zest, smoked paprika, lemon chilis, pepper, salt and parsley. Served on freshly bakes sourdough bread with some ribboned cucumber. A great holiday lunch!

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Easy Pea, Leek & Ham Risotto Earlier this week I

Easy Pea, Leek & Ham Risotto

Earlier this week I made homemade chicken stock, I love using it for risotto. This pea, leek and ham risotto is full of flavour and super easy for a Sunday dinner.

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Lemon & Ricotta Ravioli with Sautéed Cavolo Nero

Lemon & Ricotta Ravioli with Sautéed Cavolo Nero & Mixed Mushrooms

These flavours go so well together! A perfect vegetarian pasta dish. I’ve made fresh pasta before, but this was the first time I tried ravioli. Making tagliatelle is pretty easy, just cut the pasta sheets into long strips, ravioli is a bit more work. It didn’t go totally as planned the first round but the 2nd round already went much better. The trick is to either do it with 2 people, or if you’re by yourself (like I was), work with smaller sheets. Anyway, the main thing is making sure there are no air pockets in the ravioli cushions and that they’re sealed properly.

If you're not in the mood for making your own pasta, which I totally understand, you can also get ready made fresh pasta sheets at your supermarket, then you can skip straight to the filling part!

Quick side note on the video: the egg wash should have been brushed on before adding the filling. Oops!

For this recipe and more go to my link in bio.

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Classic Prawn Bisque Yes! What a winner! I knew t

Classic Prawn Bisque

Yes! What a winner! I knew this soup was going to be great as soon as I started smelling all the delicious ingredients coming from the pan. A real restaurant worthy showstopper of a starter, great if you’re hosting a dinner party ;-)

The base of the soup is made from the shells and heads of ± 800g of prawns, which are first sautéed in butter and then stewed in fish stock for 30 minutes (I used stock cubes, but fresh stock would be amazing as well).

In another pan I slowly sautéed onions, garlic, carrots, celery, fennel and fennel seeds until softened but not browned, ± 10 minutes. Turn up the heat, add some bayleaves, tomato purée and cayenne pepper and cook ±3 minutes. Deglaze the pan with some cognac (I used sherry, just as tasty). Add some chopped tomatoes, parsley and 100g of rice (this will work as the thickener) and add it to the prawn broth.

Let simmer for another 30 minutes and then ladel the soup (in batches) in a blender and whizz until smooth, ± 2 minutes per batch. Strain the soup through a sieve and discard the leftover pulp. The recipe says to strain it again through a muslin cloth, waaaaay too much effort for me, I like straining it once just fine.

Pour it back into the pan and heat up the soup, add a squeeze of lemon, a drop of coganc (or sherry) and a tabslespoon of heavy cream. Taste and season if needed, I didn’t need any extra salt, just black pepper.

Just before serving quickly sautée some chopped prawns in butter and parsley until just pink. Serve with crispy croutons and a slice of lemon on the side.

Recipe from @deliciousmag

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Crispy Salmon Skin & Creamy Spinach Pasta Cooking

Crispy Salmon Skin & Creamy Spinach Pasta

Cooking really isn’t that difficult, by knowing just a few basic techniques there are so many dishes you can cook without a recipe. A few techniques I used for this dish:
1. Sauté onions and garlic (and in this case also celery) on medium heat for ± 6-8 minutes until starting to caramelise. The slower you do it, the less it burns and the more it caramelises it.
2. Deglaze the onion mix with a fluid like water, stock or wine, this will help scrape all the goodness from the bottom of the pan.
3. For washing-up ease, try and do as much as you can in 1 pan, so cook in stages: Sauté the spinach and set aside, cook the salmon along with the onions (the need about the same time) and set aside.
4. Save some pasta water after draining to add to the sauce, the starch in the water will help emulsify and thicken the sauce.

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Miso, Ginger & Lime Chicken with Steamed Rice and

Miso, Ginger & Lime Chicken with Steamed Rice and Cucumber-Radish Pickle

I have a cookbook addiction, I love buying new cookbooks and leafing through them for inspiration. But to be honest I get most of my recipe inspiration online. To make better use of all my lovely cookbooks I’m going to be cooking a recipe from a different cookbook at least 1 time a week.

This week I chose a recipe from Ottolenghi’s book Simple and it was absolutely yummy. The sauce has a real umami flavour: tangy lime, sweet maple syrup, savoury miso and fiery ginger, yum!

The cucumbers and radishes I quickly pickled in a mix of min, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, chili flakes and salt. A perfect little side salad!

#homecooking #foodphotography #foodie #homemade #homemadefood #recipes #fromscratch #delicious #ottolenghi #chicken #fusion #cookbook #simple

Cannellini Beans & Kale Soup with Pork Sausage A

Cannellini Beans & Kale Soup with Pork Sausage

A healthy vegetable packed soup on the table within 20 minutes, a perfect weeknight dinner. You can of course make it vegan by leaving out the pork sausage and using vegetable stock. For extra veggies I added some string beans as well, but traditionally the recipe is just with the cannelloni beans and kale.

Serve it with buttered fresh crusty bread and maybe even a drizzle of pesto for extra flavour.

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Creamy Chicken, Leek & Mushroom Pie A perfect pub

Creamy Chicken, Leek & Mushroom Pie

A perfect pub grub but then at home. For the creamy sauce I made a roux with the milk in which the chicken was simmering (mixed with garlic, bay leaves, thyme, chicken stock cube, parsley and onions). For extra creaminess I added some crème fraîche. The rets of the filling is made with loads of sautéed mushrooms, leeks and carrots. Topped off with a crispy layer of puff pastry, yum, total comfort food!

Recipe by @bbcgoodfood

#homecooking #foodphotography #foodie #homemade #homemadefood #recipes #fromscratch #delicious #pie #chickenandleekpie #pubgrub

Garlic Bok Choy & Oyster Sauce Stir Fry with Shiit

Garlic Bok Choy & Oyster Sauce Stir Fry with Shiitake, Enoki, Ginger and Pork Meatballs

A total Sunday night fridge raid! I had loads of leftover goodies from a shoot I had earlier in the week, for example the Asian mushrooms, pork sausages and Bok Choy. The ingredients for the sauce I always have at hand (oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar & water), this was an absolute winner!

#homecooking #foodphotography #foodie #homemade #homemadefood #recipes #fromscratch #delicious #chinesefood #fridgeraid #nofoodwaste #bokchoy #oystersauce #stirfry

Turkish Spinach & Feta Gözleme I had these at th

Turkish Spinach & Feta Gözleme

I had these at the market the other day from a Turkish stall and they were so delicious! I knew I had to try them out myself as well. For a first time I think it went pretty well, although next time I think I need to let the dough rise a bit longer so it stretches a bit better.

Nevertheless, they were super tasty, great drizzled with some fresh lemon juice and served as a snack or as a side with soup for example.

For this recipe and more see the link in my bio!

#homecooking #foodphotography #foodie #homemade #homemadefood #recipes #fromscratch #delicious #gözleme #turkishfood

Slowcooker Chicken Laksa Woooowie this was a grea

Slowcooker Chicken Laksa

Woooowie this was a great little soup! I made it for friends yesterday who came over for dinner. I had a lot to do during the day so then anything slow cooker is the way to go. The chicken cooks slowly in it’s own curried broth for 6 hours, after which you add some coconut milk and other yummy flavourings. A definite hit, especially if you don’y have much time on your hands.

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