Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts

Monday, 25 August 2014

Advocaat

Wonderful! Best of all :) my favourite :) It isn't really something to drink, it is something to EAT with a teaspoon, as it gets really thick :) It will be as strong as You want it to be - the more vodka You add, the more strong it is. I do recommend! 
I've got the recipe from my lovely cousin, who also shared a recipe for Gourmet Sensation and I am very thankful for that :)
P.S. Please remember that this (and other alcohols) is only for adults and please do not drive after drinking any alcohol.
Cheers! or maybe rather 'Bon Appetit'? :)
Ingredients:
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1 glass of sugar
  • 1 tin of condensed milk, unsweetened
  • 1 tin of condensed milk, sweetened
  • 1 glass of spirit (this one will definitely be stronger) or vodka

Preparation:
  1. Take a big, high temperature safe bowl, put egg yolks and sugar inside and put that bowl over a pot with boiling water (simply, make so-called 'steam bath'). Start beating the egg yolks with sugar (for around 15 minutes) while the pot with water is still boiling.
  2. When done, finish the bath and add tins with condesed milk to the mixture. Mix till everything links.
  3. Slowly add alcohol, trying if it is good enough for You.
  4. Enjoy, for instance with strawberries :)
  5. Bon Appetit! :)

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Eggs In Dressing

A nice, light starter, which looks (and tastes) surprisingly wonderful. It is also an interesting variation for casual, well-known boiled eggs. This is the kind of recipe that could be described as 'you wouldn't come up with such idea even though it is so easy and seems so obvious' ;) Everyone enjoyed it a lot :) It disappeared quite quickly from the table, if that will persuade you to try it ;)
The idea derives from this website.


Ingredients:
  • 4 tablespoons of mayo
  • 1-2 bunches of dill, chopped
  • salt, pepper
  • boiled eggs, cut into halves
  • 5-7 radishes, cut into slices
  • a bunch of chive, chopped

Preparation:
  1. Take a blender with its cube cutter, put the dill inside, mix. Add mayo, mix again till smooth.
  2. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Put aside for a while (it will change its taste a little). Season again, if necessary.
  4. Put egg halves on an oval plate, pour the mayo dressing on the plate. Sprinkle with radishes and chive. 
  5. Bon Appetit ;)

Friday, 26 July 2013

Meatballs with rice

Might be considered as a dietary meal. Healthy, tasty, without oil. Of course it is possible to fry those meatballs instead of boiling. I do recommend!


Ingredients:


  • 500g of turkey/pork mince
  • 1-2 handfuls of chopped parsley or dill
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 bigger grated carrot
  • 1 small chopped leek
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3-1/2 glass of breadcrumbs
  • spices: basil, oregano, black pepper, salt, cayenne pepper, poultry/pork spice mix
  • oil

Optional ingredients:
  • rice
  • potatoes
  • vegs - broccoli, carrot, parsley, beans, sweetcorn
  • light/dark meat sauce



Preparation:
  1. Take a big bowl, put all the ingredients inside, mix.
  2. Sprinkle with  all the spices, mix.
  3. Take 2 pots, put some water on them, boil till it reaches 100C
  4. Put the rice to the first pot with boiling water. Sprinkle it with salt.
  5. Form small balls out of meat, put inside the second pot with boiling water and boil for around 15 minutes* on a middle heat.
  6. Bon Appetit!



* It might take a little bit more or less time, depending on meat, stove, etc. Check if the meat is ready just by cutting it into 2 halves.


Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Cod Pilaf

Pilaf, (also known as pulaw, pulao, polow, plov and pilav) came across while looking for an unusual way of preparing a meal. A very weird-looking recipe from http://www.kwestiasmaku.com/dania_dla_dwojga/pilaf_z_jajkiem_dorszem/przepis.htm has gained the name 'The fushion of flavours' because, indeed, it undoubtedly is. 
Definitely worth trying!

Ingredients (4 portions):
  • 200 g (2 bags) of rice
  • 2-3 tablespoons of raisins (= sultanas)
  • 4 tablespoons of chopped parsley
  • 4 tablespoons of almond flakes (might be slightly browned on the frying pan)
  • spices: 1/2-1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 5-7 cardamom seeds (powder might be used instead, but then not more than 2 teaspoons), 2 teaspoons of Sichuan Pepper (I used basic, classic, black one instead), 3 teaspoons of yellow curcuma, 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 of the lemon or lime
  • 300-500 g of cod fillets
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 2 boiled eggs, chopped
  • salt and pepper

Preparation:
  1. Take a pot, pour water inside, salt it. Boil. When the water reaches 100C, add rice. Boil it for 10-15 minutes, till the rice gets soft.
  2. Take a quite big casserole, cut the rice bag and put the rice inside.
  3. Turn on the oven and start preheating it to 150C.
  4. Take the cod, wash it, cut it into smaller pieces, sprinkle with pepper and salt.
  5. Mix the rice with raisins, parsley, almonds, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, 2 teaspoons of curcuma. Stir. Add bay leaves and lime/lemon wedges.
  6. Put the cod in the casserole, sprinkle with the last teaspoon of curcuma and with oil.
  7. Cover the casserole with foil and put in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  8. If the fish is not ready after spending 30 minutes in hot oven, take the foil off and bake for additional 3-5 minutes.
  9. Add the eggs, cut into wedges.
  10. Bon Appetit! :)

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Scrambled Eggs with Tofu

 

A perfect idea for a breakfast for those who don't have much in their fridge or who bought tofu and don't know what to do with that or for example, for those, who have stale bread ;)
Recipe, partially from http://www.kwestiasmaku.com/dania_dla_dwojga/sniadania/jajecznica_z_tofu/przepis.html

Ingredients:

  • Tofu
  • Oil/butter
  • Eggs
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Bread

Optional ingredients:

  • red/yellow/green chopped pepper
  • 1/2 chopped onion
  • chopped chive

Preparation:

  1. If you didn't open your tofu yet - open it, dry on a paper towel. Chop into smaller or bigger pieces - as you wish. Sprinkle pepper and salt on them.
  2. Take a frying pan, put some oil or butter on it, heat.
  3. Put the tofu on pre-heated frying pan (be careful it will splash a little).
  4. Fry for 1-2 minutes (they get softer, but the longer you fry, the harder they become)
  5. Add optional ingredients if you want to.
  6. Move to one side of the frying pan, add eggs, add some pepper and stir (exactly like preparing basic scrambled eggs.). You can also add other condiments that you like.
  7. Put the slices of your bread in a toaster, and prepare some toast. You can put some butter on them.
  8. Bon Appetit :)

Monday, 24 June 2013

Sweet Omelette

Delicate, like a sponge cake, magic mix of whites and yolk. If your parens have ever told you that you can't mix whisked, stiffed egg whites with yolks because it will be a complete disaster - prove that they were/are wrong ;) 
Thanks for Kwestia Smaku for this recipe -
The original recipe isn't for a sweet omelette. So I changed it a little.

Ingredients: (1 omelette)

  • 2 eggs
  • a pinch of salt
  • 3 teaspoons of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • a little bit of butter 

On the top:

  • powdered sugar
  • golden syrup
  • honey
  • jam/marmalade
  • fruit
  • cinnamon
  • cocoa

* If you have a really big frying pan, you can use 3 eggs and 3 tablespoons of flour.

Preparation:

  1. Melt some butter on your frying pan. (butter must cover the entire frying pan, also sides)
  2. Seperate whites and yolks. 
  3. Stir the yolks.
  4. Put the whites in a bigger bowl (food processor's bowl) add salt and start beating the egg whites(high speed of the mixer). After a few seconds add sugar. Keep beating, until the whites are stiff.
  5. Reduce the speed of the mixer to average, without stopping the mixer add yolks (around 1/2 of a minute)
  6. Reduce the speed of the mixer to the lowest and add flour. Mix only for a few (10) seconds, till it links.
  7. Turn on the heat and put the omelette on the frying pan on a middle/low heat.
  8. Look at it carefully - it is different than a pancake, it is harder to look if the bottom is ready or not. Frying every side will take around 3-4 minutes.
  9. How to turn the side? You can either use one big spatula or two smaller  (not recommended, because it is a very delicate kind of cake) or you can take another greased frying pan (bigger preferably) and try to put them together and turn over. You can also take it out from the frying pan, put it on the plate, cover the plate with the frying pan and then flip so that the omelette is on the frying pan again.
  10. Put it on a plate and add 'toppings' :)
  11. Bon appetit! :)

* Well-prepared omelette should be stiff after frying and should neither crincle nor get softer.