Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is decisive.
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Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is decisive.
Syrniki are small quark pancakes with egg, some flour and mild sweetness. They are fried golden brown in the pan and served with savoury, berries or jam.
Kimchi pancakes are hearty Korean pancakes with kimchi, kimchi juice, flour, starch and spring onions. In plenty of oil the edges become particularly crispy.
Korean Fried Chicken is particularly crispy fried with starch and then coated with a shiny Gochujang sauce. Double frying makes the crust stable.
Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cake in a sweet-sharp Gochujang sauce. Fish cake, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made of short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame. Nori comes just before the meal.
Miso soup consists of Dashi, Miso paste, Tofu, Wakame and spring onions. Miso is not boiled bubbling, but in the end is dissolved in hot broth.
Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with strong broth, tara, ramen noodles and toppings such as egg, spring onions, mushrooms, nori and chicken or tofu.
Tiramisu is layered with mascarpone cream, espresso, spoon biscuits and cocoa. The cream needs fresh eggs or a pasteurized alternative and several hours of cooling.
Crêpes Suzette are thin crêpes in a warm orange butter sauce with caramelized sugar and optionally Grand Marnier or Cointreau.
Sweet and sour chicken is prepared with crispy fried chicken, paprika, pineapple and a sauce of vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce and starch.
Mediterrane One-Pot-Pasta succeeds when pasta, tomatoes, broth and spices are boiled together and the spinach is only submerged at the end. Thus the sauce remains ally and the vegetables fresh.