Tomatoes Beet and Burrata

It's time to make my favorite summer salad! Burrata which is Mozzarella di Bufala is one of the delicious cheese to prepare with tomatoes and beets.

Ingredients for one plate :

1 or 2 best quality tomatoes
1 small beet cooked with leaves (IBS: low in FODMAP in small quantities)
¼ Burrata (Mozzarella di Bufala)
Za'atar
Basil
Olive oil ½ spoon
Balsamic vinegar ¼ spoon
Salt and pepper

Directions :

Peel tomatoes and beet
Slice them in small part
Present them in a nice plate
Add ¼ Burrata
Sprinkle a pinch of Za'atar on Burrata
Prepare the dressing with olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper
Decorate with beet leaf and basil.
Put into fridge 1 hour
Pour the dressing on tomatoes and beets sliced, before serving.

Tips, Suggestions, Advices...

Tip 1 : If you don't find Burrata try to buy the best Mozzarella in your groceries store

Puff Pastry

Puff pastry frightens many bakers. For sure, one needs to leave enough time to prepare it.
It takes just a few strokes of the rolling pin to spread the dough and mix the butter with the moistened flour to create the puff pastry. Try it. It's fun!

Ingredients :

3 3/4 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 cups butter at room temperature*
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups ice water
4 sticks unsalted butter

Directions:

Moistened flour:
Add sifted flour and salt to mixer (with mixing paddle or dough hook) and pulse adding small amounts of water at a time. We want to form a crumbly loose ball. Do not over mix because that will toughen the dough.
Or by hand:
Make a fountain or a mountain of the sifted flour. Add salt around the outside and then make a hole in the center from top to bottom. Slowly add small amounts of water to the flour, pinching with your fingers or gently mashing with a fork until you can form crumbly loose ball.
Wrap the dough in parchment and then put it into a plastic bag. Let it rest in fridge for 20 min.
Making the dough:
Roll the dough into a square.
Place the rolling pin on the diagonal leaving the center intact and roll to the corner. Repeat it in each of the four corners. (see diagram) 
Wrap the butter. 
Step 1: Roll dough into ½-inch thick rectangle and fold it into thirds. 
Make a one-quarter turn and repeat step one. 
Rest the dough in fridge for 20 min.
Repeat step one two more times.
Rest dough again in fridge for 20 min.
Repeat step one two more times.
It's done!

Carrots, turmeric and cilantro in orange juice

You love carrots and orange juice? Try that recipe and give me your comment and your own recipe.

Ingredients per person :

Carrots 2 or 3

Flaxseed oil 1 tsp

Orange juice 1 Tsp

Cilantro 1 tsp

Turmeric ½ tsp

Salt not too much

Pepper 

Directions :

Put oil in a pan and add carrots, orange juice and cook 30 minutes. Add cilantro, turmeric, salt and pepper stir to warm them. Taste and serve warm with chicken or fish.

Delicious and good for health!

Kale salad

           

   

Ingredients :

Kale 10 leeves

Beets 1 or 2

Cranberries ½ cup

Greek yogurt 1 cup

Seeds (sunflower, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds...) ¼ cup

Nuts ¼ cup

Roasted bread 1 cup

Orange zest 1

Orange juice 1

Lemon juice 1

Olive oil 1 or 2 spoons

Vinegar 1 spoon

Salt

Black pepper 

Za'atar ½ spoon

Few cranberries and seeds to decorate the salad

Directions :

Wash and cut kale in very small slices. Put them in a bowl adding beets cut in cubes, cranberries, seeds, nuts, greek yogurt, olive oil, vinegar, orange zest, za'atar, pepper and salt. Mix the ingredients. 

In another bowl ( nice for serving) put roasted bread cut in cubes. Pour orange and lemon juice. Add the others ingredients and finish with few cranberries and seeds.

Before serving mix the salad. 

You can prepare it just before eating or the day before.

Salade colorée: jaune rouge rose et vert

Cette salade pleine de couleur est un plaisir des yeux et un mélange délicieux de saveurs. On peut la servir en toutes saisons.

Ingrédients pour 6 personnes :

Jaune
1 grosse mangue coupée en dés ou ½ ananas (régime sans FODMAP)
le jus d'un citron vert
Rouge
5 tomates coupées en dés 
Rose
18 grosses crevettes décortiquées 
Vert
2 avocats
Le zeste du citron vert
Un bouquet de coriandre ciselée
Trois branches de menthe ciselée

Préparation :

Assaisonner le tout avec du sel, du poivre 5 baies et 2 à 3 cuillères à soupe d'huile d'olive.
Mélanger et mettre au frais avant de servir avec du pain grillé.
Vous pouvez servir dans un plat ou en verrine. Dans ce cas, il faut couper les crevettes en morceaux et garder une crevette entière pour mettre sur le dessus de la verrine.
This salad is colored. It has a pleasant look and a delicious blend of flavors. It can be served all seasons.

Ingredients for 6 :

yellow
1 big diced mango or half pineapple (FODMAP free)
juice of one lime
red
5 diced tomatoes
pink
18 shelled shrimps
green
2 avocados
Zest of lime
A bunch of cilantro cut with scissors
Three branches of mint cut with scissors
Season the salad with salt, pepper and 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil.

Directions :

Mix and chill before serving with toast.