Τραπέζι για 3

Επανέρχομαι σιγά σιγά…. Έλειπα αρκετό καιρό, όσο κρατάει το πρώτο τρίμηνο .. και κάτι ψιλοπεριοπετειουλες με το νοσοκομείο κάτι οι αναγούλες που έχει το πρώτο τρίμηνο με κράτησαν μακριά από την μαγειρική και κάθε τι που είχε να κάνει με φαγητό. Βλέπετε σε λίγους μήνες με το καλό θα στρώνω τραπέζι για 3 J.

Ακόμα δεν μπορώ να μαγειρέψω αλλά κάτι μου λέει ότι σύντομα θα είμαι τελείως καλά και πίσω στα αγαπημένα μου με λίγο πιο φουσκωμένη κοιλιά.

Γιαουρτόπιτα - γρήγορη και εύκολη

 2 αυγά

2 φλ. Γιαούρτι στραγγιστό

2 φλ γάλα

1 φλ φέτα τριμμένη

1 φλ κεφαλογραβιέρα τριμμένη

4 κ.σ.ελαιόλαδο

2 κ.σ. δυόσμο ψιλοκομμένο

Αλάτι πιπέρι

2 φλ αλεύρι

Σουσάμι

Σε μπολ ανακατεύουμε όλα τα υλικά μέχρι να γίνει ένας χυλός. Λαδώνουμε ένα ταψί ρίχνουμε τον χυλό με τα υλικά , πασπαλίζουμε με σουσάμι και ψήνουμε σε προθερμασμένο φούρνο στους 200 για 50 λεπτά. Τόσο απλά. Μοιάζει με την ζυμαροπιτα που φτιάχνουν στην ήπειρο. Μπορείτε να την κάνετε όσο λεπτή ή χοντρή θέλετε ανάλογα την διάμετρο του ταψιού που θα χρησιμοποιήσετε. 

Mushroom soup - μανιταρόσουπα

When life gives you wild mushrooms you make mushroom soup. Winnie’s mother brought us from Poland a bag of wild mushrooms.. and he made me promise that I will use some of them for his favorite soup. So here is the recipe i made :

250 g fresh mushrooms (button, Portobello), 50 grams dried mixed wild mushrooms, 3 tbsp finely chopped onion, 2 cloves garlic, 2 leeks chopped white part only, 1 potato into cubes, 1 cup white wine, 1 lt chicken broth, 2 tbsp chopped dill, 1 tbsp lemon juice, corn flour, Salt, Pepper, Olive Oil

Soak dried mushrooms in a cup of lukewarm water for at least 1 hour to soften. In saucepan saute in 4 tablespoons olive oil the onion, garlic, leeks and fresh mushrooms. After a little add the dried mushrooms (which are straining, chop them and kept the water) and the wine. After 3 minutes add the potatoes , the broth, the water from the dried mushrooms , salt and pepper and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the milk with corn flour and lemon juice and after 30 minutes pass pour the mixture into the soup and let it boil. Served in dishes with Parmesan cheese and chopped dill. It's a dream I tell you!

 

Η μαμά του Γουίνη μας εφερε από την Πολωνία μια σακούλα με άγρια μανιτάρια. Γι’ αυτό και αποφάσισα να του φτιάξω μια από τις αγαπημένες του σούπες : μανιταροσουπα από μια συνταγή που βρήκα στο τελευταίο τεύχος του gourmet και πολύ μου άρεσε!

Chestnut mousse - Μους κάστανο

150 ml heavy cream

2 gelatine leaves

600 gr chestnut cream

300 ml whipping cream

Heat the cream to 50 degrees. Soften the gelatine leaves in water and then add them to the cream and stir until dissolved. Then add the chestnut cream and stir well. Meantime hit the rest cream until it is whipped cream and then mix with the other ingrentients. Divide it into cups and freeze for a few hours.

Beef casserole with lemon, garlic and origano - μοσχάρι λεμονάτο με σκόρδο και ρίγανη

Beef casserole with lemon , garlic and oregano

500 gr beef (round in portions)

¾ olive oil

3 cloves of garlic

5 carrots slices

½ glass of wine

2 bay leafs

Salt and pepper

Juice of  4 lemons and some zest

Oregano

20 gr butter

In a hot pan Saute the veal in olive oil until browned on all sides. Add the garlic, carrots and pour the wine. Once the alcohol evaporates add the bay leaf, salt, pepper and a little water and simmer until the meat is tender. When it is ready to turn up the heat again and add the juice from lemons, oregano and butter to make  the sauce.

Baked marmelade donuts - μικρά ντόνατς γεμιστά με μαρμελάδα

I love donuts! But I hate  frying things. I prefer cook in the oven. So I found a recipe for bake donuts.

It is my first time in cooking donuts and I was a bit anxious about their shape. At the end wasn’t so hard and everything looks nice, don’t you think?

1 1/3 cups warm milk
1 dry yeast

2 tsp butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
5 cups all-purpose flour
A pinch or two of nutmeg
1 tsp salt

marmelade

unsalted butter, melted
cups sugar

mix 1/3 cup of the warm milk with the yeast and set aside for five minutes or so. Stir the butter and sugar into the remaining cup of warm milk and add it to the yeast mixture. Stir in the eggs, flour, nutmeg, and salt and beat the dough for a few minutes at medium speed. Turn it out onto a floured counter-top, knead a few times (the dough should be barely sticky), and shape into a ball.
Transfer the dough to a buttered bowl, cover, put in a warm place  and let rise for an hour or until the dough has roughly doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and use a cutter to stamp out circles. Transfer the circles to a  baking sheet and fill them with marmalade. Place on top other circles and stick them together with some milk.
Bake in a 185 C oven until the bottoms are just golden, 8 to 10 minutes . While the doughnuts are baking, place the butter in a medium bowl. Place the sugar in a separate bowl.
Remove the doughnuts from the oven and let cool for just a minute or two. Dip each one in the melted butter and a quick toss in the sugar bowl.

Biscuits with cocoa and marmelade - μπισκότα με κακάο και μαρμελάδα

Last summer, on my trip to Montenegro and Croatia, me and Winnie spent few days in my village Aetorachi at north of Greece.

In Aetorachi everything looks, feels and smells so perfect at that time and the nature is full of goodies. Goodies like Lelitses from wich I made a marmalade to remind me the warm days of the village during the winter. The days almost arrived  not that cold yet but you can definitely feel that winter is coming. Here are some biscuits with this marmalade; Biscuits with coca and marmalade. Of course you may use any marmalade you think will suit with the cocoa. Enjoy! 

110 gr butter
110 gr brown sugar
55 gr sugar
1 egg
220 gr flour
3 grams baking soda
4 grams salt
50 gr cocoa
3 - 4 tsp marmelade

Cream together the butter, brown sugar and sugar until light. Add the egg and mix.  Add the dry ingrentients(flour,baking soda,salt,cocoa) to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Fold in the marmelade.
Dump the dough on a sheet of parchment paper and shape it into a log. Wrap the log with the parchment and refrigerate for a couple of hours.
Cut the log into 1/4" disks and bake at 185C for about 12 minutes or until lightly golden.