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Autumn is the ideal time to eat wild. Pheasant can be bought in the butcher or the better supermarket. The texture of the meat is very similar to that of chicken but the taste of pheasant is unique. Ingredients 400g pheasant fillet butter Hoegaarden blond potatoes 1 cauliflower honey salt and pepper red onion 1 tablespoon flour extra seasoning to taste     Preparation Peel the potatoes and bring it in a pot of water to boil. Take your cauliflower and remove all green leaves, remove the white heart and let the cauliflower cook in a pot of water. Cut the red onion into small pieces. Put some butter in a large saucepan. Fry the finely chopped onions in the pan with melted butter until they are soft and shiny. Put the pan on low heat. Take the meat of the pheasant and cut into small cubes of about 2 to 4 cm. Let the meat of the pheasant simmer in the pan on a low heat condition. Open a bottle of Hoegaarden blond and pour the half (12 c...

Ingredients 1 box of salmon 450g 2 deciliters milk 2 cups of cream A half of a beef cup 1 dash of cognac 7 gelatin sheets Preparation Discard the skin and the bones of the salmon. Add the gelatin in cold water so it becomes soft. Heat the milk until it has approximately 75 °. Mix the beef cube with the cream, cognac and salmon. Mix with a high speed in order to obtain a frothy mass. Take the gelatin, squeeze the water from the gelatin and add the carrier to the hot milk. Fill the mousse preferably in small glasses and let it stiffen in the refrigerator. Tip Serve the salmon mouse with a piece of toast. Push, with the aid of a large glass, a round shape from the slice of bread. Toast the bread. Turn the edge in butter, and then turn it in the parsley. Place the salmon on the toast and work it off with some parsley and some onion.

Elderberry Syrup helps you against coughing, sore throat and flu. Every day you can take one spoon syrup to prevent a cold. Even during a cold and sore throat the elderberry syrups helps you healing. Pick the berries of the elderberry bush, these must be mature (dark blue to black). They can be picked in the fall, late August and September. Note that you have to wear dirty clothes because the elderberry easily make stains and these are very difficult to wash away. Green, unripe berries can give you cramps. So let hang the immature berries. Do not eat just picked elderberries, because they contain toxic substancess. You can remove the toxins during the cooking process. Always wash the berries, especially if they have been sprayed. Furthermore, the berries contain a lot of acids and vitamin C. Vitamin C is good against viral infections, especially in the winter period. Recipe Press the berries in a food mill. Take 1 liter of juice. Add a pound of cane sugar and some honey. I...

Pumpkin soup is a delicious soup for in the autumn period. Pumpkins are mellow around October and November and can than be picked from the garden. Here is a recipe for a delicious pumpkin soup. Ingredients 1 pumpkin bowl of peeled shrimp chive handful of chervil 1 bouillon cube milk or cream Preparation Cut the pumpkin in two halves with a large knife. Remove the seeds. Then remove the flesh of the pumpkin with a scoop. Put all the pumpkin in a large pot. Put water in the pot until all the pumpkin is just under the water. Add 1 bouillon cube, chives, chervil and a handful of a shrimp to the pot. Let all this boil, and then let it simmer until the pumpkin is tender. Mix into a fine soup. If you want you can finish it by adding a little bit of milk or cream and add some extra shrimp. So this soup is ready. Let's taste!

A delicious tomato soup with aromas of smoked salmon in the form of blocks decorated with some cream or milk. A perfect recipe for a small hunger. Ingredients to serve 4 persons - 6 large tomatoes - 2 tablespoons tomato concentrate (tomato paste) - 1.5 liters of water - 2 tablespoons cream or milk - a half cube of vegetable bouillon - 2 handfuls of smoked salmon Preparation - Take a pot to put all the ingredients in - Cut the tomatoes into small pieces - Add your vegetable bouillon and the tomato concentrate, ad a little bit of salt to it - Pour water over the tomatoes and the vegetable bouillon - let everything cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally - mix and strain the soup till there are no scribbles are left - spice the soup with pepper and salt - then add the cream or milk to it - make that the soup is cooking - cut the smoked salmon into small strips or cubes How to serve Just before serving, add the diced smoked salmon. Make that the soup is boiling s...