World Recipes

I  met Rhubarb on  Wednesday for the first time. The whole experience of learning about it in a new recipe, left so good impression at me that I made the same thing again  today. This simple pie is making my weekend!Ingredients:Shortcrust pastry-    1 ¼ cups plain flour    1/3 cup icing sugar    ¼ cup almond meal    125g butter, from fridge cut into cubes    1 egg yolk    1-2 tbs cold waterCrumble-¼ cup firmly packed brown...

It is cold and rainy outside...And the best way to warm up,  is to make a slow-cooked, hearty meal.I love Indian curries, especially in winter time.Ingredients:2-3 tbs oil2 onions, sliced2 garlic cloves, chopped2-3  red chillies, chopped (large, mild-ones)3,5 cm ginger, grated750-800 g chuck steak, cubed1/2 tsp chilli powder (optional)1 tsp turmeric1/2 tsp pepper1 tsp cumin seeds, powder1 tbs coriander seeds, powder1/2 tsp cinnamon1/4 tsp ground cloves1 1/2 cup coconut milksalt to taste1/4...

Happy Friday!!!Ingredients:125 g butter100 g sugar1 egg200 g flour100 g ground hazelnut1 tbs cocoa80 g hazelnut chocolate, small pieces (noisette or similar)Extra chocolate for decorating Method:Preheat oven to 180*C, line a baking dish with baking paper.Beat butter and sugar, add egg. Fold in flour, cocoa and hazelnut meal. Form a log, cut into discs. Put a small piece of chocolate in each disc, roll between your hands and flatten a little bit, place it onto prepared tin. Repeat with the...

This is what we had for dinner last night. Sometimes is difficult to come up with a meatless menu, but sometimes material presents itself; I saw this beautiful fresh spinach at my green grocer and decided to use it with ricotta from my fridge. Sage is from my garden, eggs my hens', so dinner was as fresh as it can get.Ingredients:Gnocchi-1 bunch spinach (150 gr cooked)1 cup Parmesan, grated3 eggs200 gr Ricotta cheese1/2 tsp saltwhite pepper (optional)1 cup semolina (fine preferably)1/2 cup flour...

Donna Hay is Australian 'Martha Stewart'. All her recipes are proven and always give great results. So is this  baked cheese cake, one of my favourites. Have a good weekend!Ingredients:Base-1/3 cup ground almonds (almond meal)¾ cup plain flour¼ cup caster sugar90g chilled butter, choppedFilling-330g cream cheese, softened500g fresh ricotta4 eggs1 1/3 cups caster sugar1 tablespoon grated lemon rind¼ cup lemon juice½ teaspoon vanilla extract1½ tablespoons cornflour1½ tablespoons waterMethod:Preheat...

For last few weeks I feel totally uninspired for writing. I still cook a lot, but have no desire to take photos and write about it. I hope it won't last, as I rely like bloging, and it helps me in developing my English language and keeping my Bosnian in memory. Keeping with technology is another positive thing about bloging. For now I'm going to use  my (Korean) friend's recipe for preparing lotus root.Ingredients:300g lotus, cleaned, peeled and sliced 1 tbs white vinegar1/2 cup...

 After watching a new cooking  program  on SBS (The spice trip), I had to try this Zanzibari cake with oranges and cloves.  To me personally, cloves were overpowering.  Luckily, there is  someone in my family that like strong flavours and aromas, so whole cake was eaten  over the weekend. Next time, I will half the amount of cloves.Ingredients: (adapted from original recipe)Cake-2 organic oranges, diced (whole)125 g butter, softened150 g sugar3 large eggs2...