Scampi with oil and herbs

Ingredients:

- Scampi

- Herbs de Provence

- Olive oil

- Lemon juice

- Garlic (fresh, no pouder)

Defrost the amount of scampi you need and fry them in some oil in a pan (with no pepper or salt). Remove the shell from the scampi and pour generously olive oil over it. Take your fresh garlic and crush it in a garlic press. Mix the crushed garlic underneath the in olive oil coated scampi.

Now comes the delicate part. Pour your herbs de Provence over it but don't add to much. You should have them herbs sticking to the scampi but you don't want a coating of herbs. Mix the herbs de Provence under the scampi/olive oil/garlic and finally to finish it off you add a squeeze of lemon to add freshness to it.

Camembert stuffed crumble breads

I was kind of feeling lazy and had still some crumble dough and Camembert in my fridge ... inspired by börek suddenly I had very tasty Camembert filled bread in front of me :).

Ingredients:

- Camembert

- Crumble dough

Preheat your oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Cut a piece of Camembert, roll your dough around it. Bake until the breads are golden brown.

I enjoyed it with a nice glass of red wine. Next time I'll add different herbs to each one so you have a surprise each one you eat.

Hot sauce dip

Some times when you make Asian you would like some hot sauce like they give you at your local take away. Well it is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

- 1 spoon of ketchup

- some water

- 1 teaspoon of sriracha hot chili sauce

- 1 spoon of sugar cane syrup

- 1 thai chili pepper

Put the spoon of ketchup into a bowl, add some water to it and mix it so you become red water.

Mix the hot chili sauce and the sugar cane syrup into the mixture. Cut up the chili pepper into small rings and add a couple of rings to the sauce.

Flavoring wodka

Ingredients:

- wodka

- citrus fruit

- sugar

Wash your fruit and cut it up into pieces. Put the pieces into a jar cover it with sugar. Close the lit of the jar and toss it so that all your fruit gets a sugar coat. Pour in the wodka and mix it with the sugar.

Let this mixture stand for a week in the dark and remove the fruit from it. If you think it is too bitter add some sugar syrup (I prefer sugar cane syrup) to it.

Serve ice cold.

Sweet mango pickled carrots

Ingredients:

- 3 to 4 carrots a person

- sweet mango pickle

- cardemom seeds (not the pods, the dark seeds in it)

- raisins

Grate the carrots in large chuncks and mix spoon by spoon the mango pickle under it. The amount of pickle you will need depends on the intensity of the taste. Taste regularly to see if you like it. If the pickle is too sticky add a teaspoon of water to the mixture. To finish it off mix raisins and cardemom seeds. Let is rest for a couple of hours before you serve.

Tzaziki

Ingredients:

- cloves of garlic (the stronger you like it, the more you'll need)

- yogurt (250 grams)

- 1/3 cucumber

- pepper and salt

Peal your garlic and crush it with a garlic crusher. Add the yogurt to it and mix it under the garlic. Grate the cumber fine and make sure that you squize out the excess of water. Mix the cucumber under the yogurt/garlic mixture. Finish off with salt and pepper.