Red chili pepper

Iceberg salad with blue dressing is a refined dish of European cuisine that combines the freshness of crispy lettuce, the spiciness of blue cheese, and the lightness of yogurt dressing. Its roots trace back to restaurant appetizers where simplicity and elegance play a key role. The iceberg base not only refreshes but also holds the flavorful dressing well. Blue cheese adds richness to the dish; its characteristic notes of noble mold harmonize with the creaminess of yogurt and lemon's acidity. Crispy bacon adds crunch and salty depth, while tender shallots and juicy cherry tomatoes complete the flavor composition. This salad is perfect for a light dinner or stylish appetizer, providing gastronomic pleasure from the first bite.

The recipe is taken from the book "Appetizing porridges. 365 best recipes.

This wonderful, flavorful seafood soup is delicious with almost any fish.

Spicy parsnip puree soup is a refined dish with a velvety texture and rich flavor. Its base is sweet parsnip, which gains Eastern notes when combined with aromatic ginger, garlic, and garam masala. Milk and vegetable broth create tenderness, while red chili pepper adds spiciness. This soup is perfect for cozy autumn and winter evenings, warming and filling with comfort. Inspired by traditional cuisine, it has firmly entered modern gastronomy due to its originality.

Classic spaghetti with tomatoes is the embodiment of Italian cuisine in its simplicity and elegance. Hailing from sunny Italy, this recipe combines fragrant basil, spicy garlic, and sweet tomatoes to create a sauce with a rich, deep flavor. The slight heat of chili pepper adds liveliness to the dish, while parmesan completes the composition with a delicate salty note. Spaghetti soaked in velvety sauce achieves the perfect texture while maintaining its firmness. This dish is perfect for cozy home lunches as well as festive tables, offering a sense of warmth and Italian hospitality. It requires no complex ingredients but reveals the true magic of flavor in its simplicity, making each serving a true gastronomic delight.

Baked Mexican eggs are a bold combination of tender baked eggs, spicy chili, and creamy avocado, seasoned with lime juice and fresh cilantro. While the name hints at Mexican roots, this recipe fits beautifully into Italian cuisine due to the use of fresh natural ingredients and simplicity of preparation. The eggs are baked until the whites are firm and the yolks remain soft, creating a rich flavor. Cilantro adds a fresh herbaceous note while lime enhances the overall brightness of the dish. Perfect for breakfast or a light dinner, especially when paired with crispy buttered toast. This recipe is a true delight for lovers of exquisite yet simple dishes that combine the warmth of the sun with rich flavors.

"Adjika" means "salt" in translation, there is indeed a lot of salt in the composition, and adjika is often used as a basic spice, it is added instead of salt and pepper. According to legend, adjika was invented by shepherds who took it to pastures to season food. It is difficult to find a dish where adjika would not find its application: it is smeared on pieces of meat or poultry before frying, shashlik is marinated in it, and it is served on the table with meat and fish appetizers. Hot pepper promotes rapid digestion of food, and this important property helps to cope with the many hours of Georgian abundant feast. Important point: walnuts are necessarily added to Georgian adjika, but tomatoes are not put in it.

Before you start cooking this pasta, visit the spice shop - it requires as many as five types of pepper, all different with varying degrees of spiciness and astringency. The recipe is taken from the book Cooking Pasta by Mark Vetri.

The recipe is taken from Nika Ganich's book "Geography to Taste. Estonia.

Recipe from Marina Martiashvili, brand chef of the Georgian shops "Ojakhuri".

Recipe from the restaurant "Tkemali". Classic adjika is not just a hot and spicy sauce for meat, it is a fragrant liquid, in which it is so pleasant to dip bread, with its help you can give a Georgian spirit to any dish. And it is also a way to collect in one jar all the colors and aromas of summer: sour and juicy tomato, persistent basil and garlic, invigorating bell pepper.

Recipe from Sergey Shchur, brand chef of the snack bars "Vai me!".

Cold soup from Vladimir Chistyakov, chef of the Buro TSUM restaurant, is tailored to classic patterns: in the silky beetroot mass, you can clearly feel both cubes of fresh cucumber and dill greens. The intrigue lies in the fact that the simple taste of the dacha soup is cleverly twisted with the Japanese seasoning shiso, which looks like the leaves of ordinary nettle, but tastes like a mixture of basil, mint and arugula.

The recipe was shared with us by Dmitry Pogorelov, chef of the bar "Kotelnaya".

Recipe by Maxim Kuleshov (co-owner and brand chef of the projects "Ya v Tai", "Louis Onien" on the gastronomic street strEAT, Genso Sushi, Is Ku, chef of the bar "Teburasika" and the gastrobar "Vkustakh", two-time winner of the Kremlin Culinary Cup in Japanese cuisine, member of the Association of the National Guild of Chefs of Russia). Thai salad with shrimps and pomelo (or yum som-o) is one of the main national salads, a festive dish that is served in Thailand mainly in restaurants, despite the fact that it is very simple to prepare.