Recipe

Pancakes as a side dish. Syrians came up with this great idea one day. And not just simple pancakes, of course. No, they are made from a whole butternut squash, some bulgur, little flour, a lot of delicious spices of course… And really great as a side with Syrian spinach. Or some other divine vegetable dish. Deliciously crunchy, deliciously airy.

Spinach, so delicious. So soft. So nice. And in this dish, all other ingredients do their best not to dominate the other ingredient. The result? Everything stays in balance. Subtle tastes. A lovely picture to look at. And incredibly nice to eat. As a delicious side dish or as a main course next to a salad.

When I think of Sunday afternoon. When I think of Italy. And I combine those two, then I think of arancini da Ischia. Recently we also had delicious arancini at our Italian friend’s Gian in Antwerp. And he gave me his recipe. And I put some à la myself in the recipe, and this is what came out. It’s really good. A very independent type of side dish with rice.

Whether you like beets or not, this looks incredibly good, right? And it is. Red wine, red onions, beets… And some garlic and dill. So incredibly delicious. So fresh. So earthy. And so tasteful.