In Ania's Kitchen

Thanksgiving or Christmas Day Roasted Turkey - Indyk Pieczony - Recipe #114

2013-11-20T14:43:00.004-08:00

Ingredients:
turkey (I had 5.5 kg)
1 tbs of salt
1 tbs of vegeta spice
2 lemons
2 cups of sunflower oil (any flavourless will be fine)
green salad
1 can of peaches in a syrup (halves)
cranberry sauce

Wash throughly your turkey and poke wholes with a fork all over it.

Place the turkey in a large bowl. Rub salt and vegeta spice all over the turkey and set it aside.

Mix the oil with juice of two lemons and pour it over the turkey. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for two days, turning the turkey over every few hours.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 F) and bake the turkey for around 2 hours. Every 20 minutes pour around 1/4 cup of ice cold water over your bird. If it browns too quickly bring the temperature down to 160 C (320 F).

Serve on the platter decorated with green salad and peaches with some cranberry sauce.

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Sebastian's Banana Bread - Ciasto Bananowe - Recipe #113

2013-11-18T21:05:00.001-08:00

Ingredients:

3 bananas

2 eggs

1/2 cup brown

1/2 cup oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp of salt

1/2 cup of almonds

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

Start with mushing the bananas, then add eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil. Whisk until all is well combined.

Mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until the flour is fully moistened. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.

Oil loaf pan and line with parchment paper. Transfer your batter to your pan. Bake in 180 for about an hour.

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Placek po Wegiersku - Hungarian Style Potato Pancake - Recipe #112

2013-11-15T18:20:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

For the stew:
600 g of stew beef
2 red bell peppers
2 garlic cloves
half an medium onion
all spice
bay leaf
1 tbs of sweet paprica
some chilli flakes
1/4 cup of flour
1/4 cup of tomato paste
1/2 cup of white wine
1 cup of beef stock
salt and pepper
oil for frying

For the pancakes:
600 g of potatoes
1 egg
1/4 cup of flour
small onion
oil for frying
sour cream and chopped green onions for serving

Chop the onion finely and then slice your garlic cloves. Cut your meat in to 1 cm (1/2 inch) cubes and the bell peppers in to bite size pieces.
Transfer the meat in to a mixing bowl and add flour. Mix until all pieces of meat are fully coated with flour.
On a large skillet heat up few tbs of oil and then add sliced garlic. Wait until garlic starts to sizzle before adding chopped onion. Sauté for about 5 minutes, until softened.Using slotted spoon remove onion from the pan leaving the oil. Transfer the onion in to a medium saucepan.

Add bell pepper to the frying pan with the reserved oil and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes, until softened.Transfer the bell pepper to the saucepan with the onion and add your meat to the frying pan. Add more oil if needed. Sprinkle the meat with a paprica and brown very well.

Transfer browned meat to the onion and bell pepper and add wine and beef stock. Stir and add bay leaf, chilli and all spice. Cover and cook on medium low heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

After 30 minutes add tomato paste and cook for additional 20 minutes or until the meat is tender.

Check for seasoning.

Peal off your potatoes and onion and chop very roughly. Into your food processor add potatoes and onion and process until smooth. Add egg, flour, salt and pepper and process it for additional 30 seconds.

On a large frying pan heat some oil and fry your pancakes (make them round, around 15 cm in diameter) few minutes on each side, until golden brown.

Spoon the stew on one half of a pancake and fold the pancake in half. Spoon some sour cream on top and garnish with chopped green onions.

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Ania's Pumpkin Muffins - Babeczki z Dynia - Recipe #111

2013-11-15T03:30:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1-1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp pumpkin spice

2 eggs

3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup sour cream

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Cinnamon Strudel topping:

1/4 cup cold butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

Pumpkin Spice:

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

Preparation

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or grease; set aside.

In large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin spice.

In separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree, oil, sour cream and vanilla extract; pour over dry ingredients. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Spoon into prepared muffin cups.

Cut cold butter with sugar, cinnamon and flour with a pastry blender. Sprinkle on top of the muffins.

Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven until golden and tops are firm to the touch, around 25 minutes.

Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack, let cool and enjoy!

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Polish Pumpkin Cake - Placek z Dynia - Recipe #110

2013-11-08T20:46:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

4 cups o flour

2 cups of pampkin purée

1 cup of lukewarm milk

1 cup of icing sugar

4 eggs

1/2 cup of melted butter

2 tsp of pumpkin spice

1 and 1/2 tsp of instant yeast

1 tsp of vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

Add yeast to the milk and set aside. Add eggs and sugar into your stand mixer and beat for few minutes. Add milk and east, mix it in. Add pumpkin, vanilla and butter, mix it in.

Add flour, pumpkin spice and salt and mix for 5 minutes.

Spray baking pan with nonstick spray and transfer batter in it. Let it rise for an hour. Bake in preheated to 160 degrees Celsius oven for an hour and 20 minutes. Let it cool completely. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

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Cheesecake Cupcakes - Babeczki Serowe - Recipe #109

2013-11-08T20:40:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

450 g smooth ricotta cheese

1/2 cup, 120 g sugar

5 eggs

1/4 cup of soft butter

Pinch of salt.

Vanilla extract

1/4 cup, 30 g corn starch

1 tsp lemon juice

Separate the eggs. Keep 2 egg whites and 2 tbs of sugar separately. Beat remaining egg whites with pinch of salt until stif peaks. Set aside.

Add vanilla and 6 tbs of sugar to the egg yolks and beat until thick and pale.

Beat butter with the rest of sugar until fluffy. Add ricotta cheese to the butter and mix until incorporated.

Add egg yolk mixture, beaten egg whites and sifted corn starch. Mix on low just until combined.

Line your muffin baking pan with paper liners and using an ice cream scoop transfer your batter evenly.

Bake 30 min in 180 degrees celsius oven.

Beat the remaining 2 egg whites with 2 tbs of sugar until stif peaks. Add 1 tsp of lemon juice and fold it in.

Take your cupcakes out of the oven and decorate with egg whites. You can pipe it or get crazy with a spoon.

Return to the oven for additional 12 min. Turn off the oven and let the cupcakes cool down completely in the oven.

Drizzle with a bit of melted chocolate and serve.

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Chocolate and Cherry Bundt Cake - Czekoladowa Babka z Wisniami - Recipe #108

2013-09-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

8 egg yolks

1/2 cup of icing sugar

150 g of chocolate

1 and 1/2 cup of flour

1 tsp of instant dry yeast

1/2 cup of lukewarm milk

1/4 cup of melted butter

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp cinnamon

150 g of cherries in a syrup

Add a tsp of sugar, tbs of flour and yeast to the milk. Stir and set aside.

Great the chocolate or process in a food processor

To the mixing bowl add egg yolks and the rest of sugar and mix until pale and creamy. Add vanilla extract and mix a minute more.

Add chocolate and mix until well combined.

Add cinnamon and salt to the flour and whisk it together.

Gradually add flour to your dough and knead for couple of minutes before adding melted butter.

Knead for another 5 min, until the dough gets smooth. You might have to add tbs or two more of flour.

When the dough is ready fold in the cherries.

Spray the bundt cake form with a non stick spray and transfer the dough. Even it out and cover. Let it rise until doubled in size.

Bake in preheated to 180 degrees oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Decorate with melted chocolate and reserved cherries.

You can also add icing sugar to the juice reserved from cherries, creating delicious glaze.

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Creamy Pasta with Spinach - Makaron ze Szpinakiem - Recipe #107

2013-09-14T18:52:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

pasta 250 g

frozen spinach - 300 g

Ricotta - 250 g

garlic - 2 cloves

heavy cream couple tbs

1/2 of a onion

grated parmesan

salt and pepper

2 tbs of oil

Cook the pasta according to package instructions.

Add 2 tbs of oil to frying pan, add chopped garlic and onion and fry for couple of minutes until everything gets soft. Add spinach and cook for another 5 minutes. In a deep frying pan add ricotta and heat it up, add heavy cream and stir until well combined. Add the spinach, stir and cook for 5 more minutes. Add pasta, stir and serve with some freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

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Rice Dumplings with Plums - Knedle Ryzowe ze Sliwkami - Recipe #106

2013-09-02T15:37:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 cups milk

3/4 cups rice

salt

3/4cup of brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup of corn starch

8 plums

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup of bread crumbs

1 tsp of cinnamon

oil for frying

In a saucepan add milk, rice, half of the sugar, vanilla essence and pinch of salt. Cook until the milk is gone and rice is very tender. ( add more milk if needed). Stir often to prevent burning. Let the rice cool completely.

Remove seeds of your plums.

Separate the eggs.

Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks and set aside.

Beat the egg yolks with sugar until thick and creamy.

Mix the rice with egg yolks then egg whites and then sift in the corn starch. Work the dough until smooth.

With an ice cream scoop take your dough and form balls, stick one piece of plum in each ball of dough, making sure that the whole piece of fruit is covered.

Dip the balls in the bread crumbs mixed with cinnamon, refrigerate for 30 min and then deep fry for few minutes on both sides.

Drain on a paper towel and serve warm dusted with icing sugar.

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Polish Funnel Cake - Chruscik Lany - Recipe #105

2013-09-02T15:36:00.004-07:00

Ingredients:

3/4 cup of flour

1 tbs of icing sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup of milk

1 tsp of Vanilla extract

1/2 tsp of baking powder

1 cup of oil for frying

Icing sugar for dusting

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks and set aside.

Mix the egg yolks with sugar, milk and vanilla until all is well combined then spoon by spoon add the flour, constantly mixing. We need batter thicker than pancake batter. Fold in the egg whites.

Fry in a deep frying pan in about inch deep, hot oil. Pour the batter through the funnel or use a ziplock bag with cut off corner. Create birds nest like pattern.

Flip to other side when golden brown. After removing from the pan leave for couple of minutes on a paper towel to get rid of any excess oil. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar.

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Sebastian's Easy Brownies - Recipe #104

2013-08-24T22:09:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup melted butter 115g

1/2 cup brown sugar 70g

1 tsp of vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/2 cup of flour 70g

1/3 cup of unsweetened coco 30g

1/2 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp of salt

1/4 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 cup of chopped walnuts 60g

1/2 cup of chocolate chips 90g

Mix butter, sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs and mix until all is well incorporated.

In a separate bowl mix together flour, coco, baking powder and spices. Make a well in the middle and add your wet ingredients. Mix just until all is incorporated.

Add walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir and pour into a 8 by 8 in baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake in the oven preheated to 160 degrees Celsius for 30 min.

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Chocolate and Cream Cake - Wuzetka - Recipe #100

2013-08-24T22:08:00.003-07:00

Ingredients:

Cake

8 eggs
2/3 cup of sugar
1 cup of flour
1/3 cup of corn starch
4 tbs coco powder
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt

Syrup

1 shot of cherry liquor (optional)
2 cups of hot water
4 tbs of coco powder
2 tbs icing sugar

Cream

1 liter whipping cream
4 tbs icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 and 1/2 tbs of gelatine
1/4 cup of water

Chocolate glaze

400 g chocolate chips 2 cups
2 tbs butter
1/4 cup of whipping cream

Sift your flour, corn starch, baking powder and coco powder together. Whisk it until all is well incorporated.

Separate the eggs. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff picks and the set aside.
Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale and fluffy and then slowly constantly mixing add the flour mixture. Gently fold in beaten egg whites in few steps.

Spray your 9x11 baking pan with a non stick spray and line with parchment paper. Transfer the batter and bake in preheated oven to 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
Let it cool down completely.

Get the syrup ready by dissolving coco and sugar in hot water and then adding liquor.

With a sharp, long knife cut the cake in half.
Add gelatine to warm water and mix until dissolved completely. Set aside to cool a little bit.

Beat the whipping cream with sugar and vanilla until soft peaks and then add cool gelatine. Beat until stiff peaks.

Line your clean baking pan with parchment paper and put first layer of a cake in it. The side which was cut should be on the top. Using half of your syrup moisten the cake.

Spread the whipped cream evenly and cover with the second layer. Moisten it with the remaining syrup and set aside.

Melt the chocolate with butter and heavy (whipping) cream in a microwave (30 sec at time). Mix until all is nice and smooth.

Glaze the cake and leave in the fridge to set for few hours.

Cut in squares and decorate with dollop of whipped cream and a cherry.

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Polish Sourdough Bread - Polski Chleb na Zakwasie - Recipe #103

2013-08-24T22:08:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

Base

60 g sourdough starter 1/2 cup

90 g rye flour 1/2 cup

90 g water 1/2 cup

Dough

3 and 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1 and 1/4 cup of water

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp yeast (optional)

Mix your starter with water and flour and leave for about 8 hours. I usually leave it overnight.

In a bowl of your stand mixer add together the base, salt, sugar, yeast, water and flour. Knead on low speed for about 10 minutes. Oil round baking dish or spray with non stick spray. Transfer your dough into the dish and cover. Put it in a warm place for few hours.

Transfer your dough not the baking sheet covered with a parchment paper, cover with a tea towel and let it rest for an hour.

After the dough have risen preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius and place deep baking pan filled half way with hot water on the bottom shelf of your oven. Cut the top of your loafs with a very sharp knife and bake on the middle rack for about 40 minutes.

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Sourdough Starter - Zakwas na Chleb - Recipe #102

2013-08-24T22:08:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of rye flour

1/2 cup of lukewarm water

Transfer flour and water into a glass jar (at least 500 ml) and mix well. Cover lighltly and set in a warm place for 12 hours. After 12 hours add 1/4 cup of rye flour and 1/4 cup of lukewarm water, stir and cover lightly. Let stand for 24 hours. Now every 24 hour you going to add 2 tbs of flour and 2 tbs of lukewarm water to feed your starter. It is ready to bake a bread after a week. At that time you can use it or cover tightly and store in the refrigerator. You need to feed it once a week if kept in the refrigerator.

To use remove from the refrigerator and feed 3 times , every 12 hours before baking bread.

Always feed your starter after using it for baking a bread.

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Sponge Cake with Pears - Biszkopt z Gruszkami - Recipe #101

2013-08-24T22:08:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

6 large eggs

3/4 cup pastry flour

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp of ground cloves

1 tsp vanilla extract

4 small pears

1 cup of chocolate chips

1/4 cup of heavy cream

Mix flour, baking powder and cloves and whisk together.

Separate the eggs. Transfer egg whites to your stand mixer and add pinch of salt. Beat until soft peaks form and then add sugar, spoon at the time waiting few seconds after each addition.

Add egg yolks one at the time.

Add vanilla and flour, mix just until we'll combined.

Spray 8x8 in baking pan with a non stick spray and line with parchment paper. Pour the batter.

Peal your pears and remove seeds. Cut in chunks and drop randomly in the batter.

Bake in preheated oven to 180 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes. Cover with aluminium foil after 25 minutes.

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Beef Roulade with Bacon - Zrazy z Boczkiem - Recipe #99

2013-08-24T21:17:00.003-07:00

Ingredients:

600 g thinly sliced veal

100 g sliced bacon

Onion

Mustard

Pickled cucumber

1 tbs tomato paste

1 tbs flour

1/4 cup of sour cream

1 cup of vegetable stock

1 tsp marjoram

Salt and pepper

Oil for frying

Toothpicks

Rinse your meat and dry with a paper towel. Pound thinly. Cover with mustard and sprinkle with pepper.

Cut cucumber into quarters. Layer meat with slice of bacon and cucumber and roll. Secure with toothpick.

Chop onion and fry on a tbs of oil until glossy.

Roll the rolls in some flour and fry couple of minutes on each side. Add onion and vegetable stock and cook on low heat, covered for about an hour.

After an hour take your rolls out of the pan and arrange nicely in the serving plate. Remove toothpicks.

Mix sour cream with 1/4 cup of vegetable stock, flour and tomato paste. Add to the sauce in the pan. Add seasoning and cook until thickens a little bit.

Pour the sauce over arranged rolls, sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley and serve.

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Polish Laid Dumplings - Kluski Kladzione - Recipe #98

2013-08-24T21:10:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour
1 egg
1/3 cup of warm water
1 tbs of melted butter

1/2 tsp of salt

Mix flour, egg, water and salt in a mixing bowl using spoon. If dough is too hard to stir add a little bit more water.
Bring large, flat pot of water to boil. Using tablespoon place portions of the dough in the water.
Cook for about 5 minutes, remove from the pot with slotted spoon or drain in a colander.

Serve with a stew, sauce, melted butter or heavy cream and sugar.

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Sweet Cheese Pudding - Legumina Serowa - Recipe #97

2013-06-14T05:32:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

250 g ricotta cheese

250 g boiled potatoes

4 eggs

1/4 cup of sugar

1/4 cup melted butter (60 g)

2 tbs candied orange peel

2 tbs raisins

1 tsp vanilla extract

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks.

Add ricotta cheese and boiled potatoes to the food processor and process it until smooth. With a hand mixer beat the egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick. Add potatoes and cheese mixture, melted butter and vanila and stir until combined. Add raisins and orange peal and stir. Add egg whites and gently fold in. Transfer into a greased baking dish and bake for an hour in 160 degrees celsius.

Serve on its own or with a vanilla sauce.

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Vanilla Sauce - Mleczko Waniliowe - Recipe #96

2013-06-14T05:28:00.004-07:00

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

4 egg yolks

1/4 cup of sugar

2 tsp of pure vanilla extract

In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the milk and vanilla to a simmer.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks and the sugar together until a ribbon forms when the whisk is lifted from the mixture.

Whisk constantly while slowly pouring the hot milk into the yolk-sugar mixture.

Return the mixture to the saucepan. Over low heat, stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens.

Serve over pudding, fresh fruits, ice cream or chill and use later.

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Ice Cream Cake - Tort Lodowy - Recipe #95

2013-05-31T20:16:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

5 egg whites

1 pinch salt

1/2 cup of white sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 tbs lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup of white chocolate

1 liter of vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 130degrees C. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Draw two circles on the parchment paper (dessert plate size).

In a large bowl, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt on high speed until soft peaks form. Add the sugar gradually, while continuing to whip. Make sure sugar is completely dissolved. Mix in the cornstarch and lightly fold into meringue with lemon juice and vanilla extract.

Spread a layer of meringue to fit circles on parchment, approximately 1/2 inch thick.

Bake for 1 hour. After 30 min cover with aluminum foil to stop from browning. Turn off the oven, but leave meringue in oven until it cools down completely.

Place one of the meringue circle and spread the ice cream evenly on top. Cover with the second circle and gently press. Decorate the top of the cake with the whipped cream and fruits or chocolate. Place in a freezer for at least two hours before serving.

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Vanilla Ice Cream - Lody Waniliowe - Recipe #94

2013-05-27T11:47:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

2 and cups of milk

1/2 cup of Sweetened condensed milk

Vanilla bean or 2 tsp of pure Venilla extract

4 egg yolks

Piach of salt

Warm up milk together with vanilla pod.

Mix your egg yolks with condensed milk.

Pour a bit of hot milk to the mixer and keep mixing. Keep the mixer on while slowly adding all the. Vanilla milk. Transfer back to the pot and cook on low constantly stirring.

Strain to a container and place in a fridge to cool down completely.

Pour in to ice cream machine according to your instructions.

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Bacon Rolls - Sliwki i Kielbaski w Boczku - Recipe #93

2013-05-19T23:31:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
Sliced smoked bacon
mini sausages
dried prunes

Cut the bacon into rectangles 2x5 cm. Roll prunes and sausages in the bacon and secure with toothpicks.
Arrange on a baking sheet and bake for around 20 min in 200 degrees Celsius.

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Omelette With Raspberry Jam - Omlet z Dzemem Malinowym - Mother's Day Special - Recipe #92

2013-05-10T21:54:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

6 eggs

1/4 cup of flour

1/4 cup of milk

1/4 cup of butter

1 tbs of sugar

Pinch of salt

Put cracked eggs into a mixing bowl. Add sugar, salt and beat until pale and fluffy. Add milk and flour and beat some more on low.

Fry on lightly greased with butter pan for couple minutes on each side or until golden brown. Serve with icing sugar, jam, maple syrup or honey.

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Sweet Cheese Bread - Kolocz Slaski - Recipe #91

2013-05-06T09:34:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

Cake:

2 teaspoons active dry yeast

1/2 cup sugar

1 pinch salt

3/4 cup milk, lukewarm

3 cups flour 450 grams ( may need a bit more)

2 egg yolks

2 eggs

2 tsp of vanilla extract

1/4 cup butter, melted

Cheese filling:

500g pressed cottage cheese

2 eggs plus egg whites from the cake

1/4 cup of sugar

Topping:

1/4 of cup butter

1/4 cup of sugar

1/4 cup of flour

Dissolve the yeast in the milk. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Separate the eegs. ( Two egg whites put aside for cheese filling).

Beat the eggs with sugar until light and fluffy.

Add yeast mixture and the remaining cake ingredients to the mixer bowl. Mix well with a dough hook to obtain a smooth dough. Spray with a non stick spray, cover and allow to rise for 1 hour or until it doubles in size.

Separate your eggs. Combine the egg whites left from the cake and beat until stiff peaks.

Add the pressed cottage cheese to a mixing bowl and add sugar. using your pastry blender or fork blend it together. Add egg yolks one at a time mixing well after each addition with a wooden spoon.

Add the egg whites in two steps, folding in gently.

Spray your spring form pan with a non stick spray and line the bottom with a parchment paper.

Divide your dough in to two parts. One part spread on the bottom of the pan then put the cheese layer and cover with the remaining dough. Spray lightly with a non stick spray or brush with melted butter. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to rise for about 30 minutes.

Into a mixing bowl add together cold butter cut into small cubes, sugar and flour and blend with a pastry blender until butter is in half a peas size.

Preheat you oven to 180 C/350 F. Sprinkle top of the cake with butter, flour and sugar mixture and bake for 55 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil if browns too much. Let it cool down completely before cutting.

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Beer Stew - Gulasz na Piwie - Recipe #90

2013-05-04T06:43:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

0,5kg stewing beef

large carrot

red bell pepper

red onion

2 cloves of garlic

1 tbs of sweet redd pepper powder

1 and 1/2 cup of beer

1 and 1/2 cup of beef stock

salt and pepper

1/4 cup of all purpose flour

Cut the carrots in coin shape and bell pepper in small cubes. Chop the onion and garlic.

Mix the flour with salt and sweet red pepper. Clean your meat and cut into small cubes. Cover the meat with a flour mixture and fry on few tbs of oil for couple minutes.

Add the vegetables to meat and cook for couple more minutes. Add beer and stock. Cook on low heat for an hour and a half or until the meat gets tender. Serve with rice, dumplings, pasta or bread.

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