Lamb in curry sauce with potatoes and mushrooms

Ingredients:

• 600 grams of lamb
• 400 grams of potatoes
• 190 grams of mushrooms
• 100 grams of tomatoes
• 100 grams of spinach
• 3 spoons of sunflower oil
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 big onion

For the curry sauce:

• 30 grams of butter
• 1 spoon with flour
• 2 teaspoons with curry mix
• 2 spoons with fresh cream

Clean and cut the meat.
Heat the oil and add the meat. Let it fry for 5 minutes.

Clean and cut the vegetables.

Take out the meat from the pot and add the potatoes, the onion, the garlic, the mushrooms and let them cook for 5-7 minutes.

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Recipe for the curry sauce:

The recipe for the curry sauce is taken from here 

Melt the butter and add the flour mixing until a bit thick.

Add the curry mix and mix. Let it cook for a few minutes at slow fire.

Add the fresh cream and let it cook for another 10-20 seconds.

Now you have the curry sauce.

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Back to the main recipe:

Over the potatoes/mushroom mixture add the curry sauce, the meat and the salt, mix and let it cook for another 40-60 minutes, depending of how young was the lamb.

Add the chopped tomatoes and the spinach and let it cook for another 10 minutes.

Can be served with rice.

Enjoy!

La Grande Braderie - 1 September 2014

Each year, the first Monday of the month of September marks "la grande braderie", a one day street sale, when you can find great discounts from all the retailers in Luxembourg.

Thus,this year you can shop for bargains on Monday, 1 September 2014 form 8:00 till 18.00.
You can find more information here

Trip to Sønderborg, Denmark

On a sunny day, that is a great way to start exploring Denmark.

It needs to be said that things will go downwards from here (as you move upwards in Demnark), but for now enjoy one of the most scenic waterfronts in Europe.

Hotel review - Hotel Tryp by Windham, Bad Oldesloe, Germany

The room was clean and the breakfast was good (meaning good quality products and tasty hot items).

Free internet and free private parking.

Swim with me!

Won´t cha :)?

As seen in Bad Oldesloe.

Chicken in red pepper sauce - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients:

• 4-6 chicken wings
• 250 grams of red peppers
• 2 spoons with olive oil
• 2 spoons with tomato juice
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 laurel leaf
• 1 onion
• parsley
• pepper
• paprika
• salt

Heat the olive oil and fry the chicken wings.

When ready, take them out and using the same pan and the same oil, fry the copped onion and garlic.

Fry until yellow.

Add the chopped red pepper, the tomato juice and salt and let it cook for 20 minutes at slow fire, mixing from time to time.

When the red pepper is tender add the meat, the pepper, the laurel and let it cook for another 10 minutes.

When ready, add the chopped parsley, cover it and take it out from the fire.

We served it with some pasta (but don't tell to the Italians :).
Enjoy!

Trip to Bad Oldesloe, Germany

We used the town as a stopover en route to Denmark.

The town is a destination for people looking for salt-based cures and treatments (hence the name starting with Bad).

Otherwise, it's not really worth the trouble.

Schueberfouer 2014 - traditional fair in Luxembourg City

Just another day and the party will start ... again.

This year Schueberfouer will start on August 22 and will last until September 10.

More info can be found here

Have fun! :)

Beef goulash - recipe (including photos)

Another recipe of goulash found in a French cooking book.

Ingredients:

• 700 grams of beef
• 400 grams of tomato juice
• 200 grams of tomatoes
• 175 grams of mushrooms
• 2 spoons with sunflower oil
• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 bell pepper
• paprika
• pepper
• salt

Heat the sunflower oil and add the chopped onion and garlic.

When yellow/brown add the meat and the paprika, cover the pot and let it cook for 10-15 minutes at medium fire.

Add the chopped bell pepper, the tomatoes, the mushrooms, the salt, the pepper and the tomato juice and let it cook in a covered pot for 80 minutes.

Can be served with boiled rice.
Enjoy!

The recipe from the book: