BANANA BREAD

By | Ožujak 10th, 2016|Bread & Buns, Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: 4 overripe bananas 1 cup sugar ¼ cup melted butter 1 egg 1 1/3 cup flour 1 tbsp rum 2 teaspoons baking powder a pinch of salt chocolate chips, raisins, cranberries… to your liking Method: Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Grease a bread tin and dust with flour. Mash the bananas using [...]

BUTTERY TREAT

By | Veljača 14th, 2016|Bread & Buns, Food|

Prepared when making strudel or any hand stretched dough… Ingredients: thick edges trimmed off of stretched dough 5 dag butter salt This treat is a perfect example of how reasonable and inventive our grandmothers were when it came to the economical use of ingredients. Each time my grandmother would undertake making hand [...]

FOCACCIA

By | Siječanj 29th, 2016|Bread & Buns, Food|

Ingredients: 1 dl milk 1 teaspoon sugar 5 g dry yeast 500 g flour salt (and coarse sea salt) 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary olive oil olives, salted anchovies, sun-dried tomatoes, rosemary, thyme - to your liking Method: Combine the milk, sugar and yeast in a small bowl. Cover and leave to [...]

GRISSINI (BREADSTICKS)

By | Siječanj 19th, 2016|Appetizers&Snacks, Bread & Buns, Food|

Ingredients: 250 g flour 5 g dry yeast ½ teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 tbsp olive oil + oil for brushing the dough about 2/3 cup warm water herbs for sprinkling (rosemary, oregano, marjoram…) Method: Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Combine the sifted flour with salt. Make a well in the centre; [...]

HAM AND CHEESE MUFFINS

By | Prosinac 30th, 2015|Appetizers&Snacks, Bread & Buns, Food, School|

Ingredients: 1 egg 1 ¼ cup plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 200 ml yoghurt ¼ cup oil 5 dag ham or meaty bacon 5 dag gouda cheese 1 teaspoon mustard ½ tbsp parsley leaves, chopped 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese salt Method: Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Fry the ham (or bacon) [...]

SAVOURY CRESCENT ROLLS WITH JAM

By | Prosinac 30th, 2015|Bread & Buns, Cakes & Pastries, Food|

Ingredients: 34 tbsp plain flour (about 550 g) 1 pouch vanilla-flavoured pudding (40 g) ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest 2 tbsp sugar 1 pouch dry yeast 1 dl oil 1 egg 2 ½ dl milk ½ cup apricot jam icing sugar Method: Sift the flour, pudding and salt. Add the egg, [...]

PIZZA FRITTA

By | Kolovoz 9th, 2015|Appetizers&Snacks, Bread & Buns|

The streets of Napoli, the cradle of pizza, offer another variation - fried pizza. The delightful blend of crunchy dough and soft filling is simply irresistible. Ingredients: For the dough: 3 cups plain flour 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons dry yeast 1 tbsp oil warm water (about 1 cup) For the [...]

SAVOURY SALTY ROLLS

By | Lipanj 28th, 2015|Bread & Buns|

Ingredients: ½ l warm milk 1 fresh yeast cube 2 teaspoons sugar 700 g plain flour 1 ½ dl oil 1-2 teaspoons salt 2 eggs (separated) 250 g butter, softened 2-3 teaspoons salt sesame seeds Method: Combine the milk, sugar and crumbled yeast. Cover and leave for several minutes until foamy. Combine the flour, [...]

CRESCENT ROLLS

By | Svibanj 20th, 2015|Bread & Buns|

Ingredients: 500 g plain flour 1 tbsp dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 2 dl warm water 1 dl milk ½ teaspoon vinegar 50 g butter, melted For the glaze: 1 ½ tbsp flour 1 tbsp salt ½ dl water Method: Add the vinegar to the water. Combine the flour, yeast, salt, [...]

WHOLE WHEAT VEGETABLE PIZZA

By | Travanj 18th, 2015|Bread & Buns, Food, Pasta & Rice, Veggie|

Ingredients: For the dough: 200 g plain flour 200 g whole wheat flour 1 cube fresh yeast ½ teaspoon sugar salt 1 tbsp olive oil For the salsa: 2 tbsp olive oil 3 large, ripe tomatoes 1 clove garlic salt and pepper For the topping: 1 large zucchini, sliced 6-8 large champignons, thickly sliced 1 [...]