Dec 2 2009

Stuffed Mushrooms

Stuffed mushroomsIngredients for 4 persons:

20 champignons
1 dl crunched bread
2 tbsp yogurt
3 tbsp cream
1 clove of garlic, smashed
2 tbsp parsley, chopped finely
1 bay-leaf, chopped finely
2 tbsp white wine
2 tbsp cheddar, or parmesan cheese
black pepper

Directions:

  • Clean the mushrooms using a paper towel
  • Cut off the body of the mushrooms and chop.
  • Place the mushroom caps  in boiling water for 5 minutes
  • Take them out of the water and dry
  • Mix up the chopped mushroom bodies, crunched bread, bay-leaf, garlic, yogurt, cream, parsley, salt and black pepper in a plate. This mix should be sticky. If not, add little more yogurt.
  • Place the mushroom caps in a tray and stuff them using a spoon.
  • Add the white wine in the tray.
  • Grid some cheese on the mushroom caps.
  • Heat the oven to 200 C
  • Place the tray in the oven and let them cook  for 30 minutes

Enjoy!

A.


Mar 2 2009

Oven Baked Fish Pilaki

Turkish: Firinda Balik Pilaki

Pilaki is a style of Turkish meze [Wikipedia] and may refer to several dishes that are cooked in a sauce made out of onion, garlic, carrot, potato, tomato or tomato paste, sugar, and olive oil. Beans prepared in this style (fasulye pilaki, with white beans, or barbunya pilaki, with borlotti beans) are served cold, garnished with parsley and slices of lemon. Fish pilaki is also a popular recipe. In Greek cuisine, this style is known as plaki.

Ingredients for 4 persons:Fishpilaki

3-4 tbsp olive oil
4-6 fish fillets
1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
3-4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 carrot, thinly sliced
1 potato, petite diced
2-3 tomatoes, diced
1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
juice of 1 lemon
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 tsp sugarsalt&pepper

optional mushroom
celery root, petite diced

Directions:

- Heat olive oil. Add onion. Cook until soft.
- Add carrot. Cook for a couple of minutes. (if you are using mushroom, add now)
- Add potato. (if you are using celery root, add now). Cook until vegetables are soft.
- Add tomato, garlic, sugar, salt, and 5 dl of water. Cook until the cooking liquid is almost absorbed. Add half the parsley.
- Spread half of the vegetables on a oven dish. Place the fish on top.
- Cover with the rest of the vegetables.
- Season with black pepper. Pour lemon juice and place lemon slices on top.
- Cover and bake in a preheated oven at 180-190 C for 30 minutes or until the fish is tender.
- Sprinkle remaining parsley and serve

Enjoy!

A.


Jan 3 2009

Oven Baked Vegetables

We ask the same question to each other almost every day, what shall we eat? This is one of the favorites, it’s easy, it’s fast and it tastes fabulous. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 persons:Oven baked vegetables

8 potatoes
4 tomatoes
2 paprikas
10 shallots
6 garlic cloves
1 small size cauliflower
4 carrots
8 Brussels sprouts
½ dl olive oil
1-2 tbsp parsley
1 tbsp mint
chili
salt

Directions:

- Peel shallots and garlic cloves
- Chop the rest into similar sized pieces
- Put everything on an oven tray and mix

- Bake in oven until they’re soft and the edges are brown, 230 C (about 30 minutes)

You may add different vegetables, spices and herbs depends on your taste or what you have at home.

Recommended with creamy yogurt dip.

A.