POTATO & APPLE FRITTERS

By | Veljača 28th, 2017|Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Halloween|

Just like gnocchi, these fritters require a dry variety of potatoes. When in Croatia, ask for potatoes from the region of Lika. Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes about 1 kg plain flour 1 dl milk 40 g fresh yeast salt and sugar 2 pouches bourbon vanilla sugar 1 juicy apple grated zest of 1 [...]

HEARTS FOR THE PETIT AND GRAND CHEFS

By | Veljača 24th, 2017|DIY, Home, Presents, Valentine's Day|

These heart-shaped oven mittens will be a nice protection for mothers and their little assistants What you need: 50x100 cm plaid fabric 50x100 cm single-colour fabric 50x100 cm wadding fabric Print the patterns for the small and large hearts. First make the large heart and then make the small one following the [...]

PEAR(L) HEART

By | Veljača 14th, 2017|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Special Occasions, Valentine's Day|

Ingredients: 300 g lady fingers 1 can pear compote (or 4 large poached Williams pears) Crème No. 1 200 ml sweet cream 100 g dark chocolate 1 tbsp cocoa powder Crème No. 2 200 g mascarpone cheese 200 ml sweet cream 3-4 tbsp icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Method: You will first need [...]

HONEY COOKIES

By | Prosinac 18th, 2016|Christmas, Desserts, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Recipe by the fabulous pastry chef Mirjana Špoljar Ingredients: For the dough: 8 dag margarine 40 dag plain flour 14 dag sugar 12 dag honey 1 egg 1 dag baking soda 1 ½ g ground cinnamon 0.6 dl water For the glaze: 2 egg whites 12 dag sugar Method: Bring the water [...]

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

By | Prosinac 14th, 2016|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Kids, Let's celebrate!, Little chef|

Ingredients: ½ cup butter ½ cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-2 tbsp milk 1 1/8 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 tbsp cocoa powder ½ cup dark chocolate, chopped 1/3 cup milk chocolate, chopped Method: Beat the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking [...]

AMRA’S INSANELY DELICIOUS COOKIES WITH DRIED FRUIT AND CHOCOLATE

By | Prosinac 14th, 2016|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Kids, Let's celebrate!, Little chef|

Ingredients: 150 g rolled oats 300 g flour 2 eggs 250 g butter or margarine (at room temperature) 150 g icing sugar 400 g dried fruit (figs, cranberries, apricots, prunes…), chopped 150 g hazelnuts, toasted and chopped 100 g dark chocolate, chopped a pinch of salt spices to your liking (vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg…) Method: [...]

COUNTING DOWN TILL CHRISTMAS

By | Studeni 28th, 2016|Children, Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!|

What you need: 1 wooden cutting board with a handle acrylic paints (red and yellow) chalkboard paint a ribbon a piece of string glitter glue (a tube) a glue gun scissors chalk a small round bowl Method: Place the bowl upside-down on the board, in a place where you want to write the number [...]

HORRORFUL BISCUITS

By | Listopad 28th, 2016|Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Halloween, Let's celebrate!|

Just the right thing for horror parties and Halloween Ingredients: 1 kg flour 400 g butter, softened at room temperature 300 g sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla aroma or 1 pouch vanilla sugar a pinch of salt 4 eggs lemon zest – optional For the coating: 1 cup icing sugar 2-2 ½ tbsp milk [...]

USKRSNI GORANSKI NADJEV

By | Ožujak 28th, 2016|Easter, Food, Hrana, Let's celebrate!, Meat, Meso, Posebne prilike, Predjela, Side-dishes, Slavimo, Special Occasions, Starters, Uskrs|

Kažu da svako mjesto u Gorskom Kotaru ima svoj recept i naziv za ovo zanimljivo jelo. Najčešće se nadjev kuha u crijevu, poput kobasice, a u nekim ga mjestima oblikuju u valjuške ili peku u pećnici. Ovo je moje viđenje tog ukusnog jela koje možete  pripremiti i od ostataka blagdanske gozbe. Sastojci: 1 [...]

TORTA ZA USKRSNOG ZEKU

By | Ožujak 27th, 2016|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Easter, Food, Hrana, Let's celebrate!, Slavimo, Torte, Uskrs|

Sastojci: Tijesto: 3 jaja 1 šalica šećera 1 vanilin šećer 1 šalica ulja 3 sitno naribane mrkve 1 naribana jabuka 2 žličice cimeta 1 ½ žličice praška za pecivo prstohvat soli 2 šalice glatkog brašna     Krema: 600 g krem sira 200 g šećera u prahu 1 žličica limunovog soka 500 ml slatkog vrhnja [...]