challenging
Dishes that require hihg level of skill, effort and attention but still manageable at home.
Bavarian cream
Bavarian cram is a sweet custard type dessert, usually served with fruit sauce. It is light and delicious.
Cheese ring eggplant fritters with beef and mushroom adobo
This is a challenging recipe but the results are worth the effort!
Sweet and sour pork
This is a delicious sweet and sour pork recipe that rivals any Chinese takeout. It does take a bit of work and it’s important to read through everything before getting started. Of course, practice makes perfect and after you’ve tried this recipe a couple of times, it’ll be a snap to put together.
Vegetable hot pot
A warming vegetarian dish. Challenging but worth the effort.
Venison hot pot
A warming dish for the winter. This is slow food but every bite is worth the effort.
Spiced crème brûlée with fruit surprise
Try this recipe with other fruit than mango. The results are also delicious with fresh cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, or frozen fruits of the forest.
Crispy Chinese pork
Pork meat slow cooked until tender with Chines spices, then pulled and dried in the oven.This recipe is time consuming but the results are well worth the effort.
Turkish baklava
Baklava is Turkey's most famous dessert. It consists of whole or chopped pistachio nuts enclosed between paper thin layers of phyllo pastry, drizzled with a honey based syrup. It makes a deliciously sweet and nutty dessert or a treat to serve with aromatic Turkish coffee.
Steak Johannesburg
Steaks grilled in the best South African tradition, served with grilled asparagus with orange and nutmeg Hollandaise, and cumin flavored chickpeas. This is not as challenging as it may seem as long as the orange juice reduction is ready in advance.
Sancocho de gallina from Panama
In this new global kitchen, it is not impossible to find yucca and plantains - the large green ones used for cooking - either in the grocery store or specialty food shop.