http://www.kayotic.nl/blog Welcome to Kayotic Kitchen. Where food and photography unite! Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/focaccia-pesto-buns http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/focaccia-pesto-buns#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:13:03 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14975 Remember the La Place tuna salad I did ‘a little’ while ago? Oh come on, it was like yesterday I posted it! Well, I made the focaccia buns to go with them and people have nagged me for the recipe ever since, so here they are! These buns are so good. The bread is soft and fluffy, yet still dense enough to stand up to the tuna and all its...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/focaccia-pesto-buns/feed 16 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/la-place-tuna-salad http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/la-place-tuna-salad#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:45:56 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14931 By far the best tuna (salad) sandwich you’ll ever sink your teeth into. There, I’ve said it. This is the tuna salad I paid good money for when I didn’t have the recipe yet; I thought it would be far more complex. They sell this beauty over at la Place—a lunchroom in the Netherlands that belongs to a chain of stores (V&D) that recently went bankrupt. Such a shame. Anyway,...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/la-place-tuna-salad/feed 22 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/smoked-salt http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/smoked-salt#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:14:12 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14892 Or lemon smoked salt in my case. After years of buying smoked salt in tiny jars with prices up to €10 per 200 grams and beyond, it finally dawned on me: I can easily smoke my own salt. Why don’t I? And so I did and it turned out fantastic! I needed a delicately smoked salt for a few special chicken and fish recipes, so I used my Moroccan lemon wood chips and soaked...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/smoked-salt/feed 12 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/barraquito http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/barraquito#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14873 This will probably bring back memories for those of you who vacationed in Tenerife, Canary islands. Barraquito: a sweet coffee drink that combines creamy condensed milk with a shot of espresso, licor 43 (cuarenta y tres) and frothed milk. It’s so darn good. I was reminded of this drink when I was watching Koffietijd (Coffee time—a morningshow on Dutch tv) a week ago. They made a smaller and more dessert-like...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/barraquito/feed 5 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/huevos-estrellados http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/huevos-estrellados#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:00:28 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14854 This tapas recipe by Omar Allibhoy has been on my to-do list forever now. What kept me so long? I couldn’t get my hands on Padrón peppers. Sad, isn’t it? You just couldn’t find them here… up ’til now. Last week I got a food pr-box (called the foodybox — muchisimas gracias, Robert Kroon) and lo and behold, in it I found these green beauties from the guys over at...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/huevos-estrellados/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/herbed-eggs-in-a-hole http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/herbed-eggs-in-a-hole#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:35:22 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14829 The best breakfast sandwich ever! I can’t imagine my lazy weekend breakfast or brunch without eggs in a hole. Here’s how you fix our (and yours probably too) family favourite for lots of people at once in a fuss-free way: your oven. Of course the amount of people you can feed at once depends on the size of your oven, and size does matter, but it should give you far...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/herbed-eggs-in-a-hole/feed 11 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/pineapple-fish-curry http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/pineapple-fish-curry#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:59:31 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14813 Hi there, remember me? It’s been a while, but I’m still kicking! Life got in the way of blogging. I hate it when that happens, but the good news is: I did manage to create a few pretty awesome recipes, if I say so myself. I’ve especially gone crazy ever since I bought my masala dabbas —round Indian spice boxes made from stainless steel with 7 round compartments and two measuring spoons....]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/pineapple-fish-curry/feed 14 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/miso-udon-noodle-soup http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/miso-udon-noodle-soup#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:25:36 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14800 You know that pesky 4pm snack phenomenon, right? Around that time most of us suffer from a serious energy dip, I know I do. What a lot of Dutch folks do (and probably a gazillion others around the world as well) is whip up a cup-a-soup. For years I kept a package or two in the cupboard, while I never really did like how it tasted. Heck, it’s powdered instant soup: flavour-wise...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/miso-udon-noodle-soup/feed 4 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-patties http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-patties#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14787 I came up with this recipe years ago, when the kiddo was still a toddler and was going through one of his super annoying “No. I’m not eating vegetables and you can’t make me!’ phases. I found a workaround when it finally dawned on me that once I turned vegetables into patties and browned them, he’d eat anything I’d put in there. Ha, take that, punk! 1-0 for the self-proclaimed...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-patties/feed 9 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-hot-dogs-jalapeno-cucumber-relish http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-hot-dogs-jalapeno-cucumber-relish#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:45:32 +0000 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=14772 This is, hands down, the best relish I’ve ever had and it will become a serious staple in our home. It’s a flavour explosion like no other: sweet, sour, slightly salty, fresh, crunchy, spicy and so darn flavourful. It really packs a punch. This simple and fast relish from the Tacolicious book alone makes the gazillion calories in this bacon wrapped ‘hot dog’ totally worth it. While the original recipe...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-hot-dogs-jalapeno-cucumber-relish/feed 17