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Profiteroles

2011-07-11T23:42:00.001+10:00

Choux Pastry

Ingredients:
1 cup water
125 gr butter
1 cup of flour
4 eggs

Method:

Melt the butter with water in a saucepan.
When it starts to boil add the flour and stir it quickly.
Couple of minutes later it start look like a dough take it off the heat.
When the dough starts to cool down a bit start adding 3 of the eggs one by one and keep string.
With the 4th egg's yolk make an egg wash by lightly beating the yolk of the egg and adding some salt to it.
Now you can either pipe or spoon the dough onto the baking tray covered with baking sheet, it's up to you.
When all of the choux pastry on the baking tray it's time to put some egg wash on them and then you can put the tray into the oven for 30 - 40 minutes.
When they're golden brown but not quit that brown:) you can take them out of the oven but be careful you don't wanna open the oven's door before they're cooked or halfway, it will cause them to be flat rather than being fluffy:)

Custard Filling

Ingredients:

1 egg

500ml milk

2 tablespoon of cornflour

3 tablespoon of flour

1 vanilla bean

just a bit less then a cup of sugar

Method:

Put all of the ingredients in a saucepan and start heating it up.
Keep string till it becomes a custard.
Take the vanilla bean out when it's ready.

Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup of heavy cream

170gr semi-sweet chocolate

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Method:

Chop the chocolate.
Place all of the ingredients in a saucepan and turn the heat to low.
Keep string until it turns into a silky sauce.

When the choux pastry is out of the oven and cooled down you can either cut the pastry in half and pipe or spoon the filling in or you can cut a small hole and pipe the custard filling into the pastry.

At last just put a spoon full of the chocolate sauce on top of the each profiterole and there you have it:)

Baked Parmesan Zucchini Sticks

2011-07-11T18:20:00.000+10:00

Ingredients:

3 large zucchini
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried garlic powder
olive oil spray

Method:

Preheat the oven 200C.
Spray olive oil spray on a large baking sheet.
Slice the zucchinis into long planks.
Cut planks in half, then slice them long into sticks.
In a large bowl, whisk 2 eggs together.
In a dish combine breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, oregano and garlic powder.
Dip the zucchini sticks to the egg wash and then the breadcrumb mixture.
Place breaded zucchini stick onto baking sheet.
Spray the zucchini sticks and cook both sides approximately 10 minutes in the oven until they're crispy and golden brown.

Bruschetta

2011-07-11T17:37:00.000+10:00

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients:

1 stick bread
2 cups of tomatoes
1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar
10 large leaves of basil
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 clove of garlic
1/4 teaspoon of chilli flakes
salt&pepper

Method:

Put all of the ingredients (except the bread of course) in a bowl. Mix well and let it sit in the fridge while you're slicing your bread. You can warm your bread up in the oven or if you wish you can grill them, it gives you the crispy taste you want from your bruschetta.
Take the mixture out of the fridge, spread it on the slices evenly.

There you have it:)

Tiramisu

2011-07-11T14:07:00.001+10:00

Serves 10 - 12 (slices)

Ingredients:

4 large eggs
1 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
454 gr mascarpone cheese
1 - 1/2 cups brewed coffee
1/2 cup coffee liqueur
40 - 45 ladyfingers
1 cup heavy cream
cocoa powder
bittersweet chocolate

Method:

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks and cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in mascarpone until incorporated.

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold in beaten egg whites into mascarpone mixture.

In a small bowl combine coffee and coffee liqueur. Dip ladyfingers into coffee-liqueur mixture and lay in rows in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch dish. Spread half of the mascarpone cream on top. Make one more layer of ladyfingers and the remaining mascarpone cream.

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat heavy cream and tablespoon of sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread whipped cream on top.

Dust with cocoa powder and garnish with grated and/or shaved bittersweet chocolate. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.

Pide

2011-02-10T21:49:00.001+11:00

2 Large Pides

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of active dry yeast

1 cup of warm milk

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

1 egg

3 tablespoon of olive oil

3 cups of plain / all purpose flour

Method:

• Make sure the milk is really warm.

• Put the milk in a medium size bowl.

• Dissolve the yeast in the milk.

• Add the egg, sugar, salt and oil.

• Mix everything well and add the flour.

• Kneed a nice, smooth dough.

• Clean the bowl and spray some oil and place the dough into the bowl.

• Cover the bowl with a tea towel.

• Let it stand for 30 mins. I've actually preheat the oven at 100C and put the bowl into the oven and let it stand 30 mins but it's up to you room temperature should be alright as well.

While the dough is getting ready you will have time to prepare a topping or several toppings for your pides. This was my first time and I've just made one type of topping and it was really yummy so I'll share that one with you but I've other ideas about the pide toppings so when I make them I will share them with you as well(of course:)).

Mince and Cheese Topping for the Pides

Ingredients:

250 - 300 gr of mince

2 brown onions (chopped)

3 - 4 cloves of garlic (minced/ chopped)

3 tablespoon of olive oil

1/2 teaspoon of cumin ( I didn't have cumin at home and I've obviously forgot when I was shopping so I've used allspice instead. It give them a really different taste and smell and was a good experience. The original recipe is with cumin but if you wanna try new things you may wanna try allspice as well.)

1 teaspoon of salt

1/4 tablespoon of black pepper

1/2 cup of curly parsley (chopped)

1/4 cup of fresh mint (chopped)

2 tablespoon of lemon juice

3 - 4 tomatoes (cubed)

2 cups of mozarella cheese

1 egg

Method:

• Warm up the olive oil in a large pan.

• Add the chopped onions and garlic.

• Brown them.

• Add the mince.

• Cook them together for 10 mins, maybe less until the mince cooked.

• While you're cooking the meat mixture add the salt, pepper and the cumin.

• Place the cooked mince in a bowl and let it cool a bit.

• Add the lemon juice, chopped mint and parsley to the meat mixture.

Preheat the oven at 200C.

Finishing up...

• Once the dough is rested, it should double its previous size. Take out the dough to the floured surface, cut into two pieces. This way you will have two large Pides.

• Make round balls, set one aside and work with another one. Using a rolling pin, roll an 18 inch, thin oval.

• Transfer the oval dough on the baking sheet and pat the dough with just a little bit of starch. This will prevent the dough from getting soaked with the moisture of the filling.

• Evenly spread half of the meat topping on top of the dough.

• Place half of the cubed tomatoes on top of the meat topping and sprinkle half of the shredded mozzarella cheese on top.

• Fold the sides of the Pide, creating a boat-like shape.

• Beat one egg with a fork. Using a pastry brush, brush the sides of the Pide with the beaten egg.

• Place Pide in the oven and bake for about 25 minutes OR until golden brown.

Did someone say Breakfast?

2011-01-10T16:31:00.000+11:00

I know it's been a while but Exchange Kitchen returns with some Breakfast ideas this time!

Everything is very simple, healthy and tasty!

Bacon and Egg on Toast with salad

Serves 1

Ingredients:
1 egg
1 piece of bread (wholemeal or wholegrain)
50gr bacon (without fat bits, sliced julian style)
1 tomato ( chopped)
some lettuce leaves
some olive oil
salt&pepper to taste

Method:
•               Put some olive oil to the pan before start cooking.
•               Grill julian style sliced bacon.
•               Cook the egg.
•               Toast the bread.
•               Serve egg and bacon with salad.

Scrambled eggs cooked with onion and tomatoes

Serves 1

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 small or medium onion(finely sliced or chopped)
2 tomatoes(chopped)
1 piece of bread(wholemeal or wholegrain)
olive oil
sal&pepper
rocket leaves to serve
some lemon juice(optional)

Method:
•               Put some olive oil to the pain.
•               Add chopped/sliced onion.
•               Cook for approx 5 mins until tender.
•               Add chopped tomatoes and cook with onion for 2 mins.
•               Add 2 eggs.
•               Stir and cook them until eggs are ready.
•               Toast the bread.
•               Serve it with some rocket leaves.
•               Finish with some salt and pepper.
•               Optional---put some lemon juice to taste.

By the way if you have some left over mince(taco mince, bolognese sauce mince, plain mince) from last nights dinner you can put some when the onion is tender and continue to cook it someway it makes it tasty!

Sweat Potato Gnocchi Dough

2010-12-28T16:46:00.005+11:00

Serves 8 - 10

Ingredients:

4 large sweat potato

180 ml fresh ricotta cheese

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

1 tabs brown sugar

1 teas salt

1/4 teas nutmeg

about 2 - 3 cups of plain flour

Method:

· Pierce the potatoes with a fork.

· Microwave the potatoes for 5 – 6 mins on each side, until they’re tender.

· Slice the potatoes in half and let them cool.

· Mash the potatoes and add the ricotta cheese. Mix them together.

· Add Parmesan cheese, brown sugar, salt, add nutmeg; mash to blend.

· Mix in flour, about ½ at the time until soft dough forms.

· Place the dough on a floured surface, knead a few times and shape into a rectangle. Cut into 6 – 7 equal portions.

· Roll each section into a 1inch diameter rope, flouring as needed.

· Cut rope into little pieces.

· Give the Gnocchi shape to the pieces with the help of a fork.

· Place them on baking sheet.

· Bring a pot of salted water to boil.

· Add the Gnocchi to the boiling water cook 5 – 6 mins, until tender. Drain and set aside on clean baking sheet.

· Serve with sauce.

Basically you can sure your Gnacchi with any sauce but in these pictures as you can see I've served them with my Cheesy Sauce which you can find the recipe from the blog as well.

And some fresh herbs to taste and look better. I've chopped some fresh sage and rosemary leaves you can pick other sauces and herbs such as tomato sauce and basil.
ENJOY!!!

Cheesy Sauce

2010-12-28T16:08:00.001+11:00

Excellent for pastas, seafood, chicken and even for steaks!!!

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients:

2 cups milk (heated)

1/4 brown onion

3 cloves garlic

fresh sage leaves

fresh rosemary leaves

3 tabs salted / unsalted butter (your choice)

3 tabs plain flour

1 tabs parmesan cheese (grated)

120 gr Gouda cheese (grated)

75 gr Double Gloucester United Kingdom Cheese (grated) - can't find it, easily use Cheddar Cheese -

Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

• Grab a small saucepan combine milk, onion, garlic , sage and rosemary leaves.

• Cook them together for 5 mins.

• DO NOT boil it.

• Remove from heat and let it stand for couple of mins.

• Remove garlic, onion, sage and rosemary leaves from the pan.

• Cover with lid to keep it warm and let it stand a bit while you're preparing the other ingredients.

• In a sauce over medium heat, melt the butter.Stir in the flour and cook, keep string.

• Carefully add the milk, whisking constantly.

• Reduce the heat to low and continue to whisk until the sauce is smooth and slightly thickened approx 4 - 5 mins.

• Add grated cheeses.

• Cook over low heat, whisking constantly, until the cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth.

Add salt and pepper for taste.

Beyza's 3 Cheese & Salami & Olive Pizza

2010-12-24T02:25:00.002+11:00

Serves 4

Ingredients:
250 gr mozzarella cheese (grated)
500 gr capricciosa or scamorza cheese (grated)
some parmesan cheese (grated)
salami of your choice
kalamata de-seeded black olives (chopped)
pizza base ( you can find the recipe for that from the Exchange Kitchen blog archive)
pizza sauce ( you can also find this recipe from the Exchange Kitchen blog archive)

Preheat the oven 200ºC.

Method:

Put some parchment paper to the oven tray.
Place the pizza base into the oven tray.
Put the pizza sauce onto pizza base and spread it.
Put some cheese on the top.
Put the salami as much as you want.
Put more cheese on the top of salami.
Put chopped olives in the middle.
Add some parmesan cheese to finish it.
Put the tray to the oven.Cook it for approx 12 to 15 mins.
Wait until it looks crispy and golden coloured.

ENJOY IT!!!

Serve with some salad!

Beyza's Pizza Dough

2010-12-24T01:30:00.000+11:00

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 cups of warm water

2 1/2 tabs salt

2 packet ( 7gr each) active yeast

4 1/2 cups plain flour

(you'll need some more

when you're rolling out the dough)

2 tabs honey

spray olive oil

Method:

• Put the warm water in a bowl.

• Add salt.Combine it.

• Add yeast.Combine it.

• Let them sit for 5 mins.

• Add the flour.

• Add the honey.

• Mix them with the help of a mixer (mix master).

You can also remove the dough from the bowl and knead by yourself.

• Clean the bowl and spray with olive oil.

• Place the dough into the bowl and cover it up with plastic or tea towel.

• Let it sit for approx 55 to 60 mins.

• Remove the dough from the bowl.

• Divide into 2 - 3 pieces.

It depends on your taste if you want a thin pizza or thick pizza dough.

• Take one of the dough balls and start rolling out it.

• Continue until it gets thin.

• You can give a circular shape or whatever shape you like to the dough.

Make some pizza(red) sauce and put that on the top of the dough and add some toppings: cheese, olives, salami whatever you like to put and bake it on the preheated oven, here we go you're done!

Beyza's Pizza (Red) Sauce

2010-12-24T00:35:00.000+11:00

For 2 large pizza

Ingredients:
140 gr tomato paste
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 tabs dried Italian herbs
(Can't find it? Don't worry,
put 1 teas dried basil, oregano, rosemary instead)
1 teas hot chili
1 teas smoked paprika
2 teas minced garlic
2 tabs olive oil

Method:
•               Take a saucepan put the olive oil in start heating up.
•               Add the tomato paste.
•               Add the boiling water right after tomato paste and stir them up.
•               Add the herbs, stir it up.
•               Add the garlic mince and continue to cook for a minute.
•               Remove from heat.

Your pizza sauce is ready to GO!!!

Beyza's Bolognese Sauce

2010-12-16T00:44:00.004+11:00

Serves 4

Ingredients:

500 gr mince

2 large brown onions

4 - 5 clove of garlic

5 tomatoes

2 large carrots

1 cup of tomato paste

a bunch of parsley

olive oil

salt

pepper

some boiling water

1 tabs paprika (optional)

parmesan cheese to serve

Method:

• Chop the onions very finely.

• Chop the garlic very finely.

• Peel the skin of the carrots and grate them very finely.

• Peel the skin of the tomatoes, deseed them and chop them.

• Chop the parsley very finely.

• Put some olive oil to a saucepan.

• Add chopped onions to the oil. Stir it, continue until they get brown.

• Add chopped garlic to the onions. Continue to cook.

• Add grated carrots. Stir it, continue to cook together.

• When carrots get soft and start changing colour add the mince.

• Stir it carefully you don't want meatballs.

• Add chopped tomatoes. Cook.

• Add chopped parsley. Cook.

• Add the tomato paste.

• Add some boiling water otherwise it would be a very thick sauce. (You can also mix the tomato paste and the boiling water before you add them to the mixture it doesn't make any difference.)

• Keep stirring it should be ready just in couple of minutes I know you can smell it and I know your neighbours also can smell it! ( It happened to us actually this evening, Oh garlic! )

There are only few things left to do!

Serve with any pasta you like and put the parmesan cheese on top and most important one ENJOY IT!

Best Bolognese you'll ever gonna try!!!

Mommy's Walnut Cookies

2010-12-14T22:22:00.006+11:00

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients:

125 gr butter

2 eggs ( egg yolks separated from the whites )

3/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup olive oil

2/3 cup natural yogurt

1 tabs baking powder

a packet of crushed walnuts

4 - 5 cups of plain flour ( the dough has to be a hard dough not a soft one so you can find your way while you're mixing the ingredients together.)

Method:

• Preheat the oven 175C degrees.

• Sift 2 cups of flour and put into a bowl.

• Sift the baking powder and add to the flour.

• Add 2 egg yolks to the flour.

• Add the butter.

• Add olive oil.

• Add sugar.

• Add natural yogurt.

• Start mixing the mixture with the help of a mixer.

• When it's combine well enough add flour which has left over.

• Mix it again until it becomes a hard dough.

• Remove the dough from the bowl.

• Take the egg whites and put them into a little bowl.

• Put the crushed walnuts in a bowl too.

• Grap an oven tray and put some parchment paper.

• Take some little pieces from the dough and make little balls.

• Dip the balls into the egg whites first and then dip them into the walnuts.

• Place the cookies onto the oven tray.

• Put the tray into the oven.

Cook until they get golden brown(15 mins).

Tas Kebabı (Lamb Stew)

2010-12-14T00:33:00.004+11:00

Serves 4 - 5

Ingredients:

2 kg lamb ( no fat no bones,
chopped into 1 or 2 inch coupes )

1 kg onion

1/3 packet of dried thyme (it's up to you,
if you like more herby taste feel free to add more:))

125 gr butter

salt

pepper

Method:

• Start melting the half of the butter in a saucepan.

• Add the lamb.

• Brown the lamb.

• Put the lid on and continue to cook 20 mins. (check and stir it up every couple of mins)

• Cut the onions into 2 pieces. ( if they are too big you can also cut them into 4 pieces but DO NOT chop them.)

• Place the onions on the top of the meat, put the lid on and let them cook together for a while.

• After couple of mins stir and mix the meat with onions.

• Continue to do the same thing for about 2 hours.

• The meat meant to cook by itself without putting any extra water BUT if the water goes away while you are cooking add some boiling water and keep checking the water level each time you stir it.

• After 2 hours taste the meat if it's not quit ready yet keep cooking.

• If it's ready, melt the other half of the butter in a small saucepan and add the thyme.

• Keep cooking them for 2 mins together and then add the buttery sauce to the meat.

• Add some salt and pepper. ( it's up to you and how much you would like to put.)

Ready to serve!!!

Beyza's Eggplant Dish ( Moussaka )

2010-12-12T20:28:00.009+11:00

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients:

4 eggplants

500gr mince

3 brown onions

4 - 5 clove of garlic

2 carrots

4 - 5 tomatoes

1/2 cup of tomato paste

some boiling water ( to dilute the tomato paste )

large amount of olive oil

Method:

• Peel the skin of the eggplants.(make them look like zebra skin)

• Cut the eggplants into 2 inch coupes.

• Put the chopped eggplants to a big bowl and cover with water and add some sea salt stir it for a second.Putt a plate or something like that as a lid on the top.Let them sit for 15 to 20 mins like that.

• Chop garlic and onions very finely.

• Peel the skin of carrots and grate them very finely.

• Peel the skin of tomatoes and de-seed the tomotoes.

• Chop the tomatoes.( you do not need to chop them finely leave them big so you can taste them better when you're eating.)

• Strain the eggplants and dry them with some paper towel.

• Grap a deep saucepan put a large amount of olive oil and start adding the eggplants.

• Fry the eggplants.

• Grap a bowl put some paper towel on the bottom of it.

• Remove the eggplants when they get brown and place them into the bowl.

• When you're done removing the eggplants, add chopped garlic and onions to the saucepan and start browning them with the leftover olive oil if there's not to much leftover add some more olive oil to the saucepan.

• When the garlic/onions are browned add the carrots to them.And cook them together for couple of mins.

• When carrots are cooked add the mince to the mixture. Start browning the mince.

• When the mince cooked and all browned add the chopped tomatoes to the mince mixture.

• In the meantime, press the kettles button and boil some water.

• Add some boiling water to the tomato paste and stir until it's combined.

• Add the tomato paste to the mince mixture.

• And finely add the eggplant to the mince mixture.

• Stir a bit, let them combine.

Serve it with some pasta or rice!!!

Beyza's Pretzels

2010-12-11T02:30:00.001+11:00

Serves 4 - 8

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups warm water

1 tab sugar

2 teas sea salt

1 packet dry yeast

4 1/2 cups plain flour

1/3 cup melted butter

10 cups water

2/3 cup baking soda

olive oil spray or vegetable oil spray

1 large egg yolk

some extra sea salt

Method:

• Combine the water,sugar and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer(mix master) then add the yeast.

• Let them sit for 5 mins or until the mixture begins to foam.

• Add the flour and butter,using the dough hook attachment,mix on low speed until well combined.

• Change to medium speed,keep mixing it until the dough gets smooth.

• Remove the dough from the bowl and then oil the bowl well.

• Return the dough to the bowl,cover with plastic wrap sit in a warm place for approximately 50 to 55 mins or until the dough has doubled in size.

• Preheat the oven 230C - 250C degrees.

• Line 2 half - sheet pans with parchment paper and lightly brush with the oil.

• Bring the 10 cups of water and the baking soda to a rolling in a saucepan or roasting pan.

• In the meantime, turn the dough out onto a slightly oiled work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces.

• Roll out each piece of dough into a rope.Make a U-shape with the rope, holding the ends of the rope, cross them over each other and press onto the bottom U in order to form the shape of a pretzel.

• Place the pretzels into the boiling water,1 by 1,for 30seconds.

• Remove them from the water using a large plat spatula.

• Place them onto the parchment lined half sheet pan.

• Brush the top of each pretzel with the beaten egg yolk and with the salt.

• Bake until dark golden brown in colour.(approximately 12 to 14 mins)

Ps: DO NOT put the baking soda after the water boiled. Add the baking soda to the water and THEN boil it.

Beyza's Pancakes

2010-12-08T23:28:00.148+11:00

Serves 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ( it depends how much u LOVE pancakes)

Ingredients:

4 eggs

3 1/2 teas sugar

1 teas salt

1 teas baking powder

150ml milk

1 cup plain flour

Method:

• Separate the egg yolks from the whites.

• Put them to two separate bowls.

• Add the sugar to the egg yolks and start mixing them (you simply use egg beaters for this and you can also use mixer / mix master if you like).

• Continue to mix it until it gets smooth and has a bright yellow color. (about 2 mins)

• Add the milk, sift the flour and baking powder and then add them to the mixture.

• Now start mixing them again, keep mixing them until it gets smooth.

• Add the salt to the egg whites and start beating it. When it becomes fluffy stop.

• Add the egg whites to the egg yolk mixture. Mix them together but do not beat them.

Here you go, now you ready to cook delicious pancakes! GO grab a pan and get going!

Ps: Do not forget to put some cooking oil / olive oil or some sort of oily spray to the pan before start cooking just in case.

Turkish Style Rice (Pilav)

2010-12-05T18:30:00.120+11:00

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 tab butter
1 tab olive oil (extra virgin)
1/4 cup risoni
1 cup medium grain rice (you can use long grain as well
but make sure they're not the thin asian style ones or jasmine)
salt

Prepare the rice:
- Place rice into heatproof dish.
- Cover with boiling water.
- Add some salt.
- Stir it up a bit to make sure they don't stick together.
- Let it stand for 10-15 mins.
- Wash and strain the rice.

Cooking:
•               Mix oil and butter in a saucepan.
•               Brown the risoni.
•               Add prepared rice and stir it up for 6 mins.
•               Cover with boiling water and cold water. ( to make sure about the balance if you put only boiling water it goes away easily and if you put only cold water it takes to much time to cook)Add some salt.
•               Cook with the lid on for approx 20mins. (checking water level. if all water's gone and rice is not cooked yet, add a little bit more water.)
•               When it's cooked remove from heat.
•               Place paper or tea towel on top of the saucepan and cover with lid.
•               Let it stand for 5 mins.
   Ready to serve.

Beyza's Creamy Chicken al forno

2010-12-05T17:22:00.001+11:00

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 bulb of garlic
Olive oil
1 packet (small) crushed walnuts
1/2 cup prunes(seedless)
Salt & Pepper
2 cups thickened cream (if you like to have
a bit of more saucy meal feel free to add some more)
2 teas sugar
1 teas chilli flakes
1 teas paprika
1 1/2 teas dried coriander leaves
3 single chicken breasts -chopped- (make sure that there's
no extra fat or nerves on them before you chop them)
1 cup of chopped fresh parsley

Preheat oven 175 C

Method:

Chop garlic finely.Cook in olive oil in a large saucepan.
Add walnuts.Cook.
Add prunes.Cook.
Add cream,chilli flakes,paprika,dried coriander,sugar,salt and pepper(optional: I also sometimes add 1 teas of garlic powder 'cause I'm a fan of garlic but you really don't need to.)
Remove from heat.Add chopped chicken and fold through.
Place all in oven proof dish.Cover the dish with aluminium foil.
Cook 175 deg for 60 mins.
Cover with chopped parsley before serving.

Buon appetito!!!

Kısır

2010-12-05T02:04:00.003+11:00

This is a Turkish recipe with crushed wheat (bulgur).

Serves 6

Ingredients:

2 cup crushed wheat(bulgur/bulgar)
3 onions(finely chopped)
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tabs tomato paste
2 tabs pepper paste
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1-2 bunches of parsley
1 bunch of mint
1 bunch of dill
1 tabs dried mint ( chop & mix
1 teas salt all together)
1/2 teas cumin
1/2 teas pepper
1 teas paprika
1 teas chili flakes

1 bunch spring onions(finely chopped)

pomegranate sour sauce to taste(if you can't find it use 1 medium size lemon's juice)

Method:

Soak bulgur in boiling water(just covered).Put the lid on.Sit for 15 mins.Mix through.
Heat olive oil in a saucepan,add onions.
When onions are soft add tomato and pepper paste.Stir and cook them together for a bit.Remove from heat.
Add onion mix to bulgur.
Add herb/spice mix and spring onions.
Add some pomegranate sauce for taste(it should change the colour of the mixture , it would go darker)

You can easily serve in a bowl(in the middle) but if you want to do something different you can easily cut some julian style carrot and cucumbers(left) or stuff some lettuce with the wheat mixture(right).