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Calamari Ceviche with Apricots – Recipe

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Ingredients (4-6 servings):

  • 500 g squid strips
  • 1 red chilli pepper
  • 1 medium red onion
  • 5-6 apricots
  • a bunch of parsley leafs
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 limes
  • 1 grapefruit
  • 1-2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preparation method:

  1. Slice thinly the squid strips.
  2. Chop the red onion.
  3. Chop the chilli pepper.
  4. Halve the apricots, bone them and dice them.
  5. Chop the parsley leaves.
  6. Add to a bowl the calamari, red onion, chilli pepper, apricots and parsley leaves.
  7. Squeeze the juice of the limes, lemon and grapefruit.
  8. Pour over the bowl’s content the citrus juices, mix them well and season with fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
  9. Leave the squid mixture to marinate for about an hour.
  10. Serve in small bowls garnished with wedges of apricot, lime and lemon.

Fusion Tzatziki with Cucumber Mint and Mozzarella Recipe

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Ingredients (2-3 servings):

  • 1 long cucumber
  • 3 green garlic
  • approx 10 mint leaves
  • 200 g Greek yoghurt
  • 100 g mini mozzarella balls
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preparation method:

  1. Slice the spring garlic.
  2. Cut the mozzarella balls into two.
  3. Shred the mint leaves into 3-4 pieces each.
  4. Wash the cucumber and slice it into thin slices (2-3 mm thick).
  5. Add all these ingredients into a bowl, mix them carefully not to break the ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste.

German Potato Salad – Oktoberfest Recipe

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German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 9Ingredients (6-8 servings):

  • 2.5 kg medium potatoes
  • 1 jar of mayonnaise
  • 200 ml Sana, you can use also yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon German mustard
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 5 stalk spring onion
  • some German sausages to grillGerman Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 2
  • 500 g mushrooms to grill

Preparation method:

  1. Wash thoroughly the potatoes.
  2. In a larger pot filled with water add some salt and boil the potatoes in their skins until tender. Check their tenderness from time to time by poking them with a fork.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 1
  3. Peel the skins off the potatoes while they are still hot because it’s the easiest, and let them cool down to room temperature.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 4
  4. When cooled, dice the potatoes into 2 cm cubes.
  5. Chop the green onions into 1 cm pieces.
  6. In a larger bowl add the cubed potatoes, chopped green onions, mayonnaise, mustard, Sana and stir gently with a wooden spoon, carefully not to crumble the potatoes. And salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 6
  7. Meanwhile (and if you are not a vegetarian) grill some German sausages. I used some bratwurst and some weisswurst.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 3
  8. I also grilled some mushrooms.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 5
  9. Serve the cold potato salad with the hot grilled sausages and some German pickles or sauerkraut.German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 8German Potato Salad - Oktoberfest Recipe 7