Stefan's Gourmet Blog
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I am Stefan and In this blog I intend to share my experiences with cooking, eating at restaurants, visiting wineries, and related topics. I strive to share every single interesting experience with respect to food and wine. I hope my blog will inspire you to try new things or develop new interests, as well as help you cook better and more easily!
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
4d ago
I created this dish to use up what was in my fridge — so I could also call it pasta svuotafrigo. I had some leeks, left over prosciutto, and left over ricotta that all needed to be used up. I ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1w ago
Restaurant Aan de Poel is located in Amstelveen, the wealthy suburb of Amsterdam. It is situated and named after a small lake called “De Poel”. The terrace offers a beautiful view of the lake, but the weather wasn’t The restaurant ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1w ago
Ricotta and spinach are a classic combination in Italian cooking, especially as a stuffing for ravioli. It also works great with a ‘pink’ tomato sauce, which means a tomato sauce that is mixed with either cream or white sauce (besciamella ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1w ago
Restaurant Heimat in Utrecht has just opened. In fact, I was there for the first regular night, after a trial week. My main purpose to be there was to catch up with a dear friend, who lives around the corner ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
2w ago
Yellowtail is one of my favorite types of fish. It goes by many names, like hamachi in Japan, ricciola in Italy, as well as amberjack and kingfish. It is a white fish but more fatty and therefore more flavorful and ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
3w ago
For Easter dinner I wanted to enjoy a nice bottle of Barolo from the 2006 vintage, that I had acquired at the winery in 2010 and had been aging in my wine fridge ever since. It was easy to select ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
3w ago
My friend Melvin had enjoyed Spaghetti V.G.P. at a restaurant in Sicily, and suggested we make prepare this. Pasta with vongole, gamberi (shrimp) and pistachios is quite common in Sicilian restaurants; it uses local ingredients and is a great flavor ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1M ago
Zoldering is one of my favorite restaurants in Amsterdam. This was my 5th dinner there, but strangely enough this is the first blog I’m writing about it. Zoldering was established in 2019 by Tomas Bron (chef), Job Seuren (sommelier), Wout ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1M ago
In the Netherlands we have a saying: a good neighbor is worth more than a friend far away. We have the best of both worlds, as our neighbors are also very good friends. One of the things we share with ..read more
Stefan's Gourmet Blog
1M ago
A popular dish from Yucatán (Mexico) is Poc Chuc. “Poc” means roasting in Mayan, and “Chuc”, means charcoal. The name doesn’t specify what food is being roasted, but if it just says Poc Chuc it will be charcoal roasted pork ..read more