Dreamer

Well hello and happy Tuesday!

After a long time, it was necessary to bring the kitchen back on track and to share with you one of my latest dream dishes: ribs with sauce and kapia salad

For a 2-person steak you’ll need approx:

• 1 kg  ribs
• 1 large onion
• 100 g mushrooms
• 2 garlic heads
• 1 kg  kapia
• 1 zucchini
• 150 g Rucola
• 500 g tomatoes
• Salt
• Peeper
• Basil
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Chili flakes
• Red dry or semi-dry Wine

How do you make it you might ask?

Well, firstly you marinate the meat!

1. Clean the meat
2. Add it to a bowl and add salt, pepper, chili, and dried thyme with an optional rosemary.
3. Add ¾ wine and ¼ parts boiling water to fully cover the meat and top it with 1-2 cm.
4. Leave it aside for an hour at least but not in the fridge until it reaches room temperature.

While it’s cooling you should start with the veggies

1. Wash and cut your tomatoes, and zucchini, 3 kapia peppers
2. Peel and clean the mushrooms then chop them into halves.
3. Peel and chop the onion and the garlic.
4. Add fresh basil and mix it together.
5. You can add them to marinate with your meat, or not. It’s up to the preference!

At the same time, you should wash your kapia papers and put them in a tray lined with baking sheets to bake them. When they are fully baked (soft and with black burnt on more than 85% of the surface), take them out and peel them.

After you’ve cleaned them, wash them and put them into a salad bowl. Add a pinch of salt, pepper, chili flakes, some drops of oil, vinegar, and a squeeze of lemon. Mix it all together and your kapia salad is ready.

When you are done with marinating your meat, mix it with veggies if you haven’t already done it, and pour everything into a tray, including as much liquid as possible.

Put everything in the oven, for starters, at 150 degrees Celsius for about half an hour in the preheated oven. When the liquid starts boiling and evaporating, but not sooner than half an hour, turn the oven to 180 degrees Celsius for about another half an hour. Now, it depends on you. If you love it more rare, take it out sooner, or if you love it well done, take it out later.

Once you decide it’s ready, take all the veggies and blend them until smooth.

In a separate bowl add Rucola, chilly flakes, salt pepper, and the leftover lemon juice. Mix it all well and you have a salad bed for your stake and a complementary side to the dish. I love this with mashed potatoes but it works well with anything.

I hope you give this a try for your next dinner or for your Thanksgiving dinner.

No matter what, I wish you #adreamerlife!

Cristiana Apreutese