Black garlic white sauce

butter

3 green onions

3 tablespoons flour

2 cups milk

2 whole black garlic

bay leaf

nutmeg

Soften the green onions in butter. Add the flour and stir regularly for 5-8 min so that it cooks through. Add the hot milk, bay leaf, chopped black garlic and a point of nutmeg. Simmer and stir as it thickens. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with cheese tortellini and courgettes.

Tomato and corn soup

fennel seeds

cumin seeds

star anise

grains of selim

2 big celery

1 onion

6 cups tomato passata

2 cups corn off the cob

chilli sauce

In a big blue soup pot, temper the seeds in hot oil. Add the coarsely chopped celery and onion and sweat over medium heat. Add the passata and some water, star anise, grains of selim, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20-30 min. Add the corn and chili sauce and simmer for 5 more minutes.