Friday 28 June 2013

Tiramisu cupcakes

A wonderful small cupcake to put in a large paper cup, Katerina's recipe that I've slightly changed. :)

 















Ingredients:


Dough: 
3 eggs
100 gr sugar
50 gr wheat starch
50 gr flour
1 tblspn vanilla pudding powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Decoration:
2 cups espresso coffees
500 gr mascarpone cheese
90 gr powdered sugar
200 ml whipped cream
bitter cocoa powder

Whip the whites of the egg and slowly add sugar. Slowly add one at the time wheat starch, flour, vanilla pudding powder, baking pouder and the yolks. Place the mixture in the muffin cups, but leave them half empty and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes. This recipe should make around 20 muffins. 
Make the coffee and when the muffins are cold, perforate them with a fork and put 2 teaspoons of coffee on each muffin. 
For the decoration whip the cream and slowly add sugar. At the end add mascarpone cheese and gently mix together until smooth. Now you can either use a knife or a sac a poche to put the cream on the top of the muffins. Before you put them in the fridge cover them with some bitter cocoa. The muffins should rest in the fridge for at least 15 hours to get the best taste. 
I hope you'll like it, me and my friend certainly did! :)















Tuesday 25 June 2013

Summer salad

What about a light summer salad for the hottest days. A perfect dinner and very tasty!







Ingredients:

500 gr cherry tomatoes
15 dark olives
150 gr feta cheese
80 gr corn
oregano
salt
olive oil


Cut the tomatoes and olives and put them in a bowl. Add the corn and pieces of feta cheese. Add some salt, oregano and olive oil and serve with some wholewheat bread.


Monday 17 June 2013

Fresh fruit

I want to eat healthier! 
And I went to the store and got only this: 


Isn't it great? 
Summer is here! :)

Huge soft chapati filled with zucchini&onion

When your boyfriend's grandparents grow too much zucchini, this is what you can do: eat them! :) Unfortunately it's very difficult to take pictures when you're sooooo hungry, so this is what I've got... it was soooo tasty!!


Ingredients:

Chapati:
80 gr wholewheat flour
80 gr white flour type 400
125 ml natural yogurt
pinch of salt
1 tbspn olive oil

Filling:
Zucchini (depends on the size and how much you're hungry)
Onion (depends on taste)
1 hot chili
salt
olive oil

Mix the ingredients for the dough and leave aside for about 30 minutes.
Cut the vegetables and fry them in a pan until they're tender.
Take the dough and roll 2 big chapatis. Cook them in a large flat pan.
Put the vegetables into the chapati and roll it.

The simple thing you can do, when you don't know what to cook for dinner!
Simple, ah? And soo tasty! :)

Saturday 8 June 2013

Muffins with chocolate and puffed rice




Ingredients:

190 gr butter
150 gr sugar
1 pinch of salt
vanilla sugar (1 envelope)
100 gr dark chocolate
200 ml milk
3 eggs
13 gr baking powder
320 gr flour (type 400)
80 gr bitter cocoa powder
30 gr puffed rice
Put the butter in the food mixer and mix for a few minutes, then add sugar and continue to mix until it's smooth. (Leave the butter at the room temperature before using it.) Add the eggs and mix well. Slowly add the lukewarm mil and afterwards the flour with the baking powder, salt and vanilla sugar. At the end add the cocoa powder and when you have a smooth paste, add the chocolate in small pieces and the rice mixing very gently. 
Bake the muffins at 180°C for approximately 25 minutes. I made 18 muffins. :)






Monday 3 June 2013

Zucchini and peas risotto


Ingredients:
300 gr rice (roma)
4 small zucchini
1/2 onion
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 fresh chili
olive oil
salt
200 ml tomato sauce
oregano
basil
water (as needed)
parmesan cheese

Cut the onion and fry it on the olive oil. Add the cut chili, zucchini and peas. Mix from time to time and when the zucchini are a bit softer, add the rice and mix. Add the spices and the tomato. Mix well and add some water from time to time until it's ready (continue stirring in the meantime). Cook for approximately 15 minutes (but check the instructions on your pack of rice).
Serve hot with some parmesan cheese on the top.

Pizza with sesame dough

The summer just doesn't want to show up and I'm getting more and more stressed, but at least I can do some creative work in the kitchen. This time I've tried to bake a special pizza.



Ingredients:

Dough:
250 ml lukewarm water
13 gr salt
13 gr sugar
200 gr wholewheat flour
100 gr flour type 500
100 gr flour type 400
20 gr yeast
30 gr olive oil (approximately 3 spoons)
30 gr sesame seeds (approximately 3 spoons)

200 gr mozzarella for pizza
200 ml tomato sauce
1 tblsp olive oil
oregano
salt
6 cherry tomatoes
a few leafs of fresh basil

Melt the yeast in the water and add it to the flour that you've previously mixed. Add salt, sugar, olive oil and sesame seeds. Mix everything in a bowl, then cover it with a tea towel. Leave it aside (you can put it inside your cold oven) for at least 2 hours.
Roll the dough in the baking tray. Mix the tomato sauce, olive oil, oregano and salt in a bowl. Put it all over the dough (from this recipe you'll get dough for two trays). Bake in the oven at 180°-200°C, after 10-15 minutes add the mozzarella cheese, that you've previously cut into pieces. 5 minutes before it's ready, add the fresh cherry tomato cut into half.
Serve with some fresh basil on the top.