Tuna mousse sandwich

That's what was for dinner last night. I needed something cheap and quick for dinner and this is as easy as it gets...

The tuna mousse can be made the night before you need it and all you have to do then is chop the salad and vegetables you need... Anyway here's my recipe for an absolutely delicious tuna mousse:

Tuna Mousse

For four people you'll need:

2 cans of tuna (drained from the water)

3 gelatine leaves

300 ml cremefraiche (sour cream)

1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I've also had success substituting with paprika and chili powder)

1½ teaspoon salt

Drain the tuna in a sieve put it into a bowl and break it into small flakes.

Put the gelatine leaves in cold water for about 5 minutes.

Add the cremefraiche, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and salt in the bowl with the tuna and mix it together.

Pour the water from the gelatine leaves and squeeze them free of most of the water, put them back into the bowl and melt them in the microwave oven for 10 seconds or over a pot of boiling water. Put a spoonful of the tuna mix into the bowl with the gelatine and mix it to cool the gelatine. When it's cooled add the gelatine/tuna mix into the rest of the tuna mix and stir until it's all mixed together. Season to taste, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge for at least five hours.

For the sandwiches you'll need:

Bread (whole wheat grain or whatever kind you like)

Butter (my husband loves butter underneath everything)

Lettuce (chopped finely)

Cucumber, sliced

Tomato (sliced)

Onion (optional - we never use it)

Toast the bred and butter it. Spread put a layer of tuna mousse and top it off with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and onion. Finish with a slice of bread and there you have a quick and easy tuna mousse sandwich.

Bon appetit...

Basic Bolognese

I love a good bolognese made from scratch and this bolognese was one of the fastest (if you don't count pouring Dolmio bolognese over ground beef and serving that) and easiest to make. This is a basic recipe intended for further use so it only had to contain the most basic vegetables and spices so they won't overwhelm whatever it is supposed to be a part of later on. I thought it tasted quit well but as Carina said, there is absolutely nothing funky about it. Take a look at Carina's experiences with this dish - HERE

Anyway here's the recipe for a large portion, which you can split up into smaller portions and freeze for an easy dinner on a busy day.

2 onions
4 carrots
4 sticks of celery
2 cloves of garlic
500 grams of ground beef
2 tablespoons of extra virgin oil
1 tablespoon of tomato purée
4 bay leaves
10 sprigs of thyme
2 cans of skinned tomatoes (I used organic ones)
1 teaspoon of sugar
salt and freshly ground pepper

Cut the onions, carrots and celery into fine squares. Peel the garlic cloves and chop it finely, then fry it in the pot with olive oil. Add the meat and brown it. Add the chopped vegetables along with tomato purée, bay leaves, and thyme and let it simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the skinned tomatoes and the sugar and let it simmer for another 20 minutes. Season it with salt and pepper.

Bon appetit...

 

Spanish Tortilla with sweet potatoes and tiger prawns

I chose to make this our 12th dish today because I put the tiger prawns in the tortilla and because we decided to try out a follow up recipe with the leftovers for lunch. I then had to make this where I had two consecutive days avaliable to make such food so the prawns wouldn't go bad...

This dish was perfect for this evening - it has been a HOT day in Aalborg and we really weren't that hungry so this easy dish was just what we needed. It took me no time to make and it tasted really good! My husband liked it as well but we agreed on it needing a bit more seasoning as it was a bit bland. You could also easily substitute the prawns with chicken or Italian ham. That would also go very well with the sweetness of the potatoes. I just LOVE sweet potatoes... if they weren't so expensive I would buy them more often. They go really well with grilled food and are quit quick to get tender compared with other types of potatoes.

So if you need a quick and easy dinner for tomorrow evening or for lunch, this is what you could whip up and serve for your family or friends. They'll love it too...

For four people you'll need:

2 kg onion

600 grams sweet potatoes

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

6 organic eggs

Salt

Freshly ground pepper

16 tiger prawns without shell


Accompaniment: 300 grams cherry tomatoes, 4 spring onions, 1 dl. teriyaki dressing*


Peel the potatoes and onions and cut them into coarse cubes of 2 by 2 cm. Fry the onion and potato cubes in a skillet with olive oil for about 7-8 minutes without it taking too much colour.


Whisk the eggs and season with salt and pepper. Add the prawns to the eggs and pour the mixture into the skillet with the potatoes and onion.


Stir a bit with a spatula until the eggs start to stiffen. Let the tortilla cook slowly on the stove until it's done or let it cook the last 10 minutes in the oven at 200 C (about 400F)


Cut the cherry tomatoes in halves and finely slice the spring onions. Mix it with the teriyaki dressing. Serve the tortilla in the skillet sprinkled with roughly chopped parsley and the tomato salad. I made the salad a bit different - I didn't make the dressing, so i just quartered the tomatoes, finely chopped the spring onions and mixed it together in a bowl. When the tortilla was dine I sprinkled the salad on top and decorated with parsley before serving.

Bon appetit...

*Teriyaki dressing:

5 dl soy sauce

3 dl mirin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin)

2 dl Sake

3 tablespoons sugar

2 organic limes


Stir the soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar together in a bowl. Grate the lime zest and squeeze out the juice. Stir both the zest and juice in with the rest of the ingredients and you have a teriyaki dressing.