Pangasius and potatoes roasted in beer

We have this old recipe for pangasius fish cooked in beer with bacon, so now I upgraded it a little into a one course dish. In this new version the fish fillet is cut into little pieces and the bacon is also minced. I have to admit the result was quite delicious :)

Ingredients for 4

• 1 kg of potatoes
• 2 big pieces of pangasius fillet
• 10 leaves of rosemary
• 2 onions 
• 10 dkgs of sliced bacon
• 2,5 dl of lager
• salt and pepper

Cut the potatoes in quarters and put them into a pan. Add some salt and pepper. Get the onions and the bacon into a frood processor and grind them. Stir the mixture in the pan with the potatoes. Chop the rosemary fine and sprinkle it onto the potatoes. Cover the pan with tin foil and cook it in the oven at 200 deg Celsius until the potato is done. Then put the cut up fish fillet on top and pour the beer too. Cover it again and put it back in the oven for another 15 minutes. After that remove the cover and let the fluids disappear and the top of the potatoes become golden. 

Beetroot with balsamic vinegar and walnuts

Ingredients

• beetroot
• a bit of oil
• walnuts, roughly chopped
• dark balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper

Cook the beetroot in water and peel them wearing plastic gloves. Cut them in equally sized circles with a plane and put the circles in a pan, formerly oiled. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on it, and cook them in the oven at 200 deg Celsius. At half time give them a good stir and sprinkle the walnut. Cook it until the vingear becomes gluey.

Ice cold cucumber soup

The moment when you realize that you still have some of yesterday's cucumber soup left in the fridge is priceless in 36 degrees. This soup is something woth eating even in the biggest heat, because it's light and cool and you can eat as much as you want. Usually it doesn't take a long time to eat all of it in our family....:)

Ingredients, serves 4

• 3-4 cucumbers
• 3-4 dls of plain youghurt
• 2 ls of cold water
• 2 cloves of garlic
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Peel the cucumbers and rasp them. Pour the water, and add the smashed garlic. Use a blender or a mixer to blend it. Stir the yoghurt in and add some salt and pepper. Taste it and if it needs anything else, add some more. Let it cool in the fridge for a couple of hours and then you can eat all you want. 

Summer style potato with basil and tomato

Basically this is a copy of  the basil potatoes that my mum used to make when we were little. I asked her for the recipe many times but I always forget it, so now I came up with my own. My brain seriously stopped today while writing my essay so I needed something to get it to function again. However, it's a fact that with new potatoes, fresh basil and ripe tomatoes, you cannot really fail... :)

Ingredients:

• 6 new potatoes
• 2 ripe tomatoes
• half a red onion
• 10-12 leaves of fresh basil
• a hanful of fresh thyme
• 3 tablespoons of sour cream
• salt, fresh ground pepper
• a tiny bit of oil

Wash the potatoes but you can leave the skin on, if it's nice. Wash the tomatoes as well, and peel the onion.  What we need is to have equal sied potato slices, which is also true for the onin and the tomaotes. So slice everything up and then you can start puting together the dish. Pour a bit of olive oil into a heatproof dish and lay the firs layer of potatoes. Sprinkle salt and pepper on them. Lay a couple of slices of tomatoes on the top of the potatoes and some onion as well. Season it with the basil and the thyme. Continue with the layers until you run out of potatoes. The top layer has to be potatoes because the final step is spreading some sour cream on top. Put the whole thing in the oven for about an hour at 180 degrees, preferably covered with aluminium foil, which you can remove in the last 10 minutes so that the top can roast a bit.