Aug
16
2009
We are talking salty pastry today, and a quite colorful such, perfect for the picnic. They can of course also be served as starter, or with a fresh tomato salad as a meal. They are very fast and easy to make. It takes 30 min to prepare, all in all, as long as the dough is not frozen and you remember to heat up the oven in time.
Ingredients for 8-10 pastries:
1 carrot
½ leek (preferably the green part)
½ dl crossed tomato
2 tbsp cheese spread with chive
1 vegetable stock cube
1-2 tbsp vegetable oil
chili powder
your favorite spice (curry or perhaps cacao?)
Pastry dough** (FIN: torttutaikinalevyjä | SWE: smör/tårtdegsplattor)
** You need a flaky pastry butter dough. The dough can of course be home made too, but I use to buy it ready, rolled out in ½ cm thick pieces. If you cannot find this, I suppose filo dough in several layers will work fine as well.
Directions:
- Grid the carrot roughly
- Chop the leek into thin slices
- Fry leek and carrot in oil until soft
- Add the tomato and the stock cube and boil until everything has mixed
- Add the cheese and let it melt
- Add salt if needed
- Cut the pastry dough into 8-10 square pieces (8×8 cm)
- On each piece, place a heaped spoon full of the mixture (be careful to leave the edges free from the mixture)
- Close each piece, either by bringing up all the corners to the middle and squeeze them together, or (better for picnic) fold it to a triangle and close the edges by pressing with a fork.
- Place the pastries on an oven tray (on oven paper) and decorate with the chili and your favourite spice
- Place in the oven (225 °C) for 10-15 minutes until golden or slightly brownish
Bring 3-4 pastries for each person, plus a salad or other snacks.
Have a nice picnic! :)
M
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Feb
16
2009
Turkish: Pirasali Mucver
There are different versions of patty dishes. This one is with leek, but you can prepare it with zucchini, potato etc. It’s especially nice with yogurt sauces.
Ingredients for 4 persons:
500 gr leek
2 eggs
1 dl feta cheese
1 pinch parsley
~5 dl flour
olive oil
salt
black pepper
Directions:
- Chopped the leek finely and fry them until soft.
- Put the leek in a bowl and add 2 eggs, feta cheese, parsley and flour. Mix finely.
- Take small pieces from the mixture and flatten in the frying pan.
- Fry until they have a nice brown color.
Serve warm with creamy yogurt dip.
A.
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Dec
15
2008
Turkish: Zeytinyagli Pirasa
Pirasa is one of those vegetables that you either love or hate. My dad loves it and he use to buy it quite often. All though he hasn’t been in France and he has no French friends, he used to say that the French have it at almost every meal, because they like it a lot and because it’s very healthful. Funny when I think of it now. :)
Back then I was one of those who hated it, but nowadays I like it. Hope you will do so as well. Here is the formula:
Ingredients for 4 persons:
3-4 leeks, washed well and chopped in 1 cm rounds
1 big onion, finely chopped
2 carrots, chopped in rounds or half moons
1 dl rice
½ dl olive oil
Juice of ½ lemon
~2 dl hot water
1 tsp sugar
Salt
Black pepper
Mint
Parsley
Directions:
- Heat olive oil in a pot and add onions, stir for 4 minutes
- Add carrots and stir for 4 more minutes
- Add leeks and stir for a couple of minutes
- Add water, sugar, and salt
- When the water boils add rice and lemon juice
- Cover and cook on low heat until rice is cooked
- Add black pepper and herbs
Pirasa is best served at room temperature, with a little lemon juice on top.
A.
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