GRANDPA’s SERIOUSLY PICKLED PICKLES

By | Rujan 14th, 2015|Canning, Preserve & Freezing, Food|

Ingredients: 5 kg small pickling cucumbers 1 horse radish root, cleaned and cut into strips 3 l alcohol vinegar 1 ½ l water pepper corns cumin / dill flower 3 l volume jars Method: Wash the jars thoroughly and place them into an oven pre-heated to 100 °C for 10 minutes. Leave to cool. [...]

ICE CREAM ON A STICK

By | Rujan 13th, 2015|Desserts, Food|

 This ice-cold treat can be made with blueberries, sour cherries, or raspberries, or in a simple black&white version with no fruit at all. Ingredients: (for 4 pcs) 1 cup vanilla-flavoured yoghurt ½ cup sweet cream 3 heaping tbsp icing sugar 1 tbsp bitter cocoa powder 1/3 cup strawberries - optional 1 tbsp sugar [...]

CREAM OF ZUCCHINI SOUP

By | Rujan 6th, 2015|Soups, Veggie|

Ingredients: 1 large or 2 small zucchini 1 carrot ½ white onion 1 ½ l vegetable stock ½ l milk ½ cup flour salt and pepper 2 tbsp oil Method: Wash and dice the zucchini. Grate the onion and carrot. Sauté the vegetables in a pot, in 2 tbsp of oil. Pour in [...]

TOMATO AND ONION PIE

By | Kolovoz 28th, 2015|Food, Pies&Tarts, Starters, Veggie, Veggie|

Ingredients: 6-8 medium tomatoes about 15 cherry tomatoes 2 small onions 2 tbsp prošek dessert wine (optional) 3 eggs 300 ml yogurt or sour cream 1 teaspoon mustard salt and pepper 1 tbsp oil 1 package puff pastry Method: Peel and thinly slice the onion. Sauté in oil, over low heat, for about 10 [...]

NUTELLA CUPCAKES

By | Kolovoz 19th, 2015|Cakes & Pastries, Food, Kids, Little chef|

Ingredients: For the dough: 3 eggs 6 heaping tbsp Nutella 1 cup flour ½ cup milk For the icing: 250 g cream cheese 1 cup Nutella Method: Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Place the cupcake liners in a muffin tin (or grease a baking tin and dust with flour). Whisk the eggs. Add [...]

ICE CREAM CAKE

By | Kolovoz 13th, 2015|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts|

Ingredients: For the dough: 1 egg 3 tbsp sugar 4 tbsp flour 1-2 tbsp water ½ teaspoon baking powder a pinch of salt 2500 ml vanilla ice cream 100 g Neapolitaner wafers 100 g dark chocolate 1 tbsp oil Method: Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line the bottom of a cake tin with [...]

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 [...]

VANILLA, CREAM AND SOUR CHERRY CAKE (for Eliza & Dina)

By | Kolovoz 2nd, 2015|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Special Occasions|

Ingredients: For the dough: 300 g plain flour 100 g sugar 1 dl sour cream 1 egg 120 g butter a pinch of salt ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder For the filling: 2 pouches vanilla flavoured pudding 500 ml milk 10 tbsp sugar 5 dl sour cream 1 cup sour cherries (from a sour cherry liqueur, [...]

STUFFED ZUCCHINI FLOWERS

By | Kolovoz 2nd, 2015|Fish & Seafood, Starters|

The delicacy of zucchini flowers urges me to spice them up. I got this recipe from my professoressa from Calabria. Ingredients: 12 zucchini flowers 2 salted anchovies ½ cup tuna (chopped) ½ cup breadcrumbs 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese ½ teaspoon parsley leaves (chopped) 1 + 1 egg 1 cup flour sparkling water salt [...]

BAKED ZUCCHINI

By | Srpanj 23rd, 2015|Starters, Veggie|

Ingredients: 4 zucchini 2 cloves garlic 4 tbsp coarsely grated Grana Padano cheese 1 egg ½ teaspoon mustard 5 tbsp breadcrumbs 1 teaspoon parsley leaves, finely chopped salt lemon pepper (search Ciao Karmela for recipe) 1 tbsp corn kernels (optional) 2-3 tbsp olive oil Method: Wash the zucchini and halve them lengthwise. Blanche in [...]