#dirty_cooking

Honey sesame tuna:

For the fillet

1 Fresh tuna fillet

4tbspns honey

4tbspns sesame seeds

Pinch of salt

Pinch of ground pepper

For the side salad:

1 Pak choi, separated and washed

1 Garlic clove, sliced

1 Eye bird chilli, sliced (optional)

Soy sauce to serve

Process:

1. Season the tuna fillet both sides with salt and pepper.

2.Fill a quarter of a pot with water, bring it to boil, place a strainer on top and add in the pak choi leaves in order to steam cook them for about 8-10 minutes.

2.Place a pan on high heat, put a tablespoon of olive oil in or use grill and put the tuna fillet in. Let it cook for about 2-3 minutes each side or until golden brown in the pan or nicely grilled .

3.Time to prepare the sauce. In a small bowl put your honey and in a small pan heat up the sesame till golden brown. By doing this the essential oils of the sesame come out and their aroma is released. Put the warm sesame now in with the honey and mix up well. To make it crunchier instead of honey you can use caramel.

4.Take the tuna off the heat, and place on a chopping board. Now, when you take a fillet of the heat it will start drying out, so put a tablespoon of olive oil or a teaspoon of honey for this recipe and spread it on top, this will help your fillet to stay nice and moist. Slice the tuna in fine slices.

5. Finally, take the pak choi off the heat and cool it fast with cold water. This is called blanching, so by doing this you keep the texture of the boiled vegetable and it does not get soggy. Place it now in a mixing bowl with garlic, chilli and soy sauce and serve in a side plate.

Vegan Pancakes :

135g Grounded oats

135g Almond milk

1 Banana

2 Apples (1 grated and 1 sliced for serving)

1tsp Cinnamon

1 tbsp Vanilla extract or seeds from 1 vanilla pod

1-2tbspns of honey for serving

Use cooking spray or coconut oil for cooking

Add 1 tbsp of baking powder for more fluffy pancakes.

Process :

1. In a food processor put your oats and ground them till you reach flour consistency.

2. Add in the banana, cinnamon, vanilla extract and baking powder (if you want to add) and mix again in the food processor.

3. Add in the grated apple and just stir it with a spoon.

Orange & Nuts Salad :

A handful of wild rocket

A handful of lettuce heart

A handful of radicchio 

1 Orange peeled and sliced

A handful of nuts, beat them slightly 

1tbsp Orange jam

3tbspns Olive oil

1tbsp Balsamic vinegar

A pinch of salt

1/2tsp Ground pepper

Some grated pecorino on top

Process :

1. Put the olive oil, balsamic, jam, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl and mix them well.

2. Add in the oranges and stir.

3. Prepare your vegetables (wash, hand cut etc..)

4. Mix all together and serve.

Tsipouromelo (Greek liquor & honey) :

3oz Tsipouro 

2tbsp Honey

1/2tbsp Cinnamon 

3 Cloves

Optional 1/2tbsp lemon juice

Process :

1. Place a small pot on the stove.

2. Poor in the tsipouro and all the other ingredients.

3. Wait until the mixture is homogenous and poor in a nice glass.

Steak Noodles :

300g Egg noodles 

150g Sliced beef steak

1 Red pepper, sliced

1 Orange pepper, sliced

A handful of bean sprouts 

1 White onion, thinly diced

1 Chilli sliced

4tbspns Sunflower oil (for the wok)

2tbspns Teriyaki sauce 

A handful of fresh coriander chopped

Process :

1. Start by adding the sunflower oil in your wok of steep pan and put in the steak. It should take for about 1 minute each side.

2. Add in the onions and peppers, stir and let them soften up for 3-4 minutes.

3. Add in the noodles, chilli, teriyaki sauce and the bean sprouts. Mix them well and let them cook for 2-3 minutes and now you have your beautiful noodles, ready to eat!

4. Garnish with some coriander and lemon.

Street food style Tacos :

400g Beef mince

500g Tomato sauce

3/2 White onion chopped

4tbspns Olive oil

60g Taco spice mix

2 Bird eye chillies

1 Bay leaf

1 Clove

Pinch of salt

For the tacos :

10 Taco wraps

200g Edam grated

250g Greek full fat yoghurt

1 Lettuce thinly cut

2 Scallions sliced

1 Cucumber diced (preferably with the seeds off)

For the Guacamole :

2 Ripe avocados

Squeeze 1/2 a lemon

Pinch of salt

10g Taco spice mix

1/4 diced white onion

1 Bird eye chilli (optional)

A pinch of freshly ground pepper

Process :

1. Place the olive oil in a pot(full heat), when ready throw in the onions and the spice mix and sautte for 3-4 minutes. Then add in the mince and sautte for 4-6 minutes or until is turning brown.

2. When done lower the heat(close to the middle), add in the tomato sauce and the rest spices and let it come to a slow boil for about 30-40 minutes or until it has a nice creamy sauce consistency.

3. Meanwhile you have plenty of time to prepare your vegetables and guacamole. Basically chop you lettuce and the rest of your veg, place them in nice bowls so everyone can just make their own.

4. Make the guacamole by adding all the ingredients in a food processor and mixing them all together, taste every now and then if it needs more lemon or salt.

5. Finally place the tacos in a preheated oven at 200ªC for about 2-4 minutes or until crispy! Assembly them as you like and enjoy your own homemade street food tacos!

Original recipe by Palmo find him on :

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Gnocchi al mare recipe :

For the gnocchi :

500g Floury potatoes (Marfona are best but you can use King Edward)

150g Plain flour

1 Egg

Pinch of salt

For the seafood sauce :

500g Clams

500g King scallops

125ml White wine

1 Fennel thinly chopped

1 White onion thinly diced

3 Scallions thinly sliced

2 Garlic cloves

Handful of tarragon

2tbspns Olive oil

Garnish with some fresh fodder radish

You will need about 3 tablespoons of butter for finishing the dish in the pan!

Process :

1. Wash the potatoes, season with salt. put in aluminium foil and in a preheated oven at 200º for about 20-40 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes.

2. Meanwhile prepare all you ingredients and place them nicely close to your pans for stress free cooking!

3. When the potatoes are ready, cut them in half and just spoon them out easily. Get a potato rinser, or a strainer and push the potatoes through!

4. Slowly in a bowl mix in the flour into the potatoes with the egg and the salt. Basically you want your mixture not to stick in the mixing bowl, thats why you need to add your flour slowly so you understand the moisture of the mixture and you can feel how much more it needs in in order not to stick.

5. When ready put flour on your working space, roll nice big cylinder of dow and cut them up in the traditional gnocchi shape about 1.5cm long.

6. Boil water while you place the olive oil in a pan and when ready add in the onion, scallions, fennel and garlic. Sautté for 3-4 minutes and add in the clams stir for 1 minute, then put in the white wine and let it boil for 3 minutes or until the clams are wide open.

7. Then in each serving basically just boil your gnocchi for 4-5 minutes or until float on top, and in a new pan you add half a tablespoon butter add in the scallop and the gnocchi 2 minutes from both sides and at last put a big spoonful of the sauce and stir it in.