Farro Fennel Salad

This recipe is from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/15/farro-cucumber-tomato-pomegranate-salad-skirt-steak-watercress-sauce-recipes-thomasina-miers

What you need

• farro 150mg
• 1-2 fennel bulbs 
• 1 red onion
• cucumber
• cherry tomatoes
• halloumi cheese
• flat leave parsley, a small bundle of fresh mint leaves, and some fresh oregano leaves
• salt, pepper, sugar
• sherry vinegar, olive oil
• 1 litre of water

Equipment

• mixing bowl
• salad bowl
• skillet
• sauce pan

How you do it

Marinade the onion

• chop the onion and put in a small bowl
• take a good tea spoon of sugar
• pour 3 table spoons of sherry vinegar over it and mix.
• let it rest and start preparing the rest

Prepare the Farro

• put 1 litre of water on the boil and pour the 150g farro in it
• let cook for 10-12 min
• pour content in a sieve and rinse the farro
• let cool down

Prepare the Halloumi

• a table spoon of olive oil in the skillet and heat up
• slice the halloumi into 5mm thick slices and put in the skillet
• brown on both sides.
• take of the cooker and put the grilled halloumi on the side to cool down

The rest

• chop fennel bulbs
• quarter the cherry tomatoes
• cut the cucumber into little cubes
• chop parsley, mint and oregano
• cut the pomegranate and extract the seeds

Now all veggies into a salad bowl and season with a little salt and pepper.

Then pour the farro and halloumi over it.

Finally the onion/sherry mix.

Give it a good stir.

Ready

Parmesan Bread Pudding With Broccoli & Bacon

This is a post from a magazine. I tried it and it is very nice comfort food. Easy to prepare.
Here is the link:
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/parmesan-bread-pudding-with-broccoli-rabe-and-pancetta?mbid=social_facebook

What you need

• bread. You can use old bread - it soaks up the milk/egg mix better
• 4 eggs
• broccoli - medium to large head
• small red/yellow pepper
• garlic clove 
• oil, salt, pepper
• bacon or pancetta, sliced
• milk (not semi skimmed/skimmed)
• parmesan

Equipment

• skillet
• baking form
• bowl

How you do it

• preheat the oven to ca 175 - 180 C (fan should be ca 170-175C)
• wash and cut the broccoli into small chunks.
• chop the garlic and wash/slice the peppers into thin stripes
• put some olive oil in the skillet and heat up
• add the garlic for ca 30 sec then add the sliced peppers for another 30 sec before adding the broccoli.
• I also added 1 or 2 slices of the bacon to it. and if you like you can pour a little bit of white wine into it (a table spoon or so). 
• cook for ca 5 min and then let cool down
• chop the bread into little cubes
• add milk and the 4 eggs into a bowl and season with pepper, salt. Then whisk 
• grate the parmesan until you got ca 2 cups. Add one cup to the milk/egg mix. whisk again

Now we got everything ready - let's prepare the form

• put a layer of chopped bread on the bottom of the form and add a bit of the broccoli, garlic, pepper mix.
• then another layer of bread and veggies. Continue this way with the rest of veggies/bread
• pour the milk/parmesan/egg mix over the filled form
• place the bacon stripes over the top
• sprinkle the rest of the grated parmesan over it
• place into preheated oven and cook for 50-60min