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Sep 29

Flip-over ginger-pear pie with black currants Ingredients: 1 egg 150 ml milk 100 g of butter 2 dl of brown sugar 1 ts of chopped ginger 1 ts of baking powder 1 ts of ground ginger 200 g of flour 4-5 pears a couple of handfuls of black currants some butter for smearing the baking dish some powdered sugar How to: Mix egg with milk. Melt butter and mix it with brown sugar and chopped ginger. Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and ground ginger), then mix egg-milk mixture with the butter-brown sugar-ginger mixture, and add to the dry ingredients mixture. ix until you get even dough. Half the pears and remove the cores. Smear the baking dish with some butter, sprinkle with some powdered sugar and place the pears “face down”. Put the black currants among he pears.  Pour the dough over and bake for around 40 minutes in the oven preheated to 150 degrees. Take the pie out, place a serving plate over it and invert. Sprinkle over with some powdered sugar.

Flip-over ginger-pear pie with black currants

Ingredients:

How to:

Mix egg with milk. Melt butter and mix it with brown sugar and chopped ginger. Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and ground ginger), then mix egg-milk mixture with the butter-brown sugar-ginger mixture, and add to the dry ingredients mixture. ix until you get even dough.

Half the pears and remove the cores. Smear the baking dish with some butter, sprinkle with some powdered sugar and place the pears “face down”. Put the black currants among he pears. 

Pour the dough over and bake for around 40 minutes in the oven preheated to 150 degrees.

Take the pie out, place a serving plate over it and invert. Sprinkle over with some powdered sugar.

Sep 26

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Ginger Lemon Tea My man’s personal favourite! A very simple and wholesome beverage that will keep you warm and healthy, especially now during the chilly period. Ingredients: Ginger root Lemon Honey How to:  Boil water in a deep pan. Cut ginger into thin slices and add to the boiling water. Turn the heat down and let simmer. In 10 minutes add lemon or lemon juice and simmer for around 10 minutes more. Strain and add some honey (add honey somewhat later when the tea somewhat cools down, as honey loses all it’s healthy qualities when the temperature is over 40 degrees). 

Ginger Lemon Tea

My man’s personal favourite! A very simple and wholesome beverage that will keep you warm and healthy, especially now during the chilly period.

Ingredients:

How to: 

Boil water in a deep pan. Cut ginger into thin slices and add to the boiling water. Turn the heat down and let simmer. In 10 minutes add lemon or lemon juice and simmer for around 10 minutes more. Strain and add some honey (add honey somewhat later when the tea somewhat cools down, as honey loses all it’s healthy qualities when the temperature is over 40 degrees). 

Baked Apples with Black Currants Ingredients: Apples Black currants Demerara brown sugar (or honey) 1-2 ts of grated cinnamon How to: Cut out the cores of the apples and place them in a dish. Mix sugar, cinnamon and black currants and carefully fill the apples with the mixture. Put a small piece of butter on top. Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven preheated to 180 degrees.

Baked Apples with Black Currants

Ingredients:

How to:

Cut out the cores of the apples and place them in a dish. Mix sugar, cinnamon and black currants and carefully fill the apples with the mixture. Put a small piece of butter on top. Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven preheated to 180 degrees.

Canadian Apple Pie Ingredients: 180g (3 dl) flour 0.5 ts of salt 2 ts of baking powder 1 ts of grated cinnamon 85g (1 dl) of sugar 1 egg 1.5 dl of milk 50g of melted butter 5-6 middle-sized apples (peeled and cut into small cubes) For the coating: 4 tbls of demerara brown sugar 3 tbls of flour 1 ts of grated cinnamon 2 tbls of butter How to: Mix the dry ingredients. Separately mix milk with egg and a little of melted butter. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients together with apple cubes. Put the dough in the dish smeared with butter.  Mix the covering ingredients and crumble with a knife or a fork. Spread evenly over the dough. Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven preheated to 200 degrees. Be careful not to burn the covering, you might want to cover the cake with a piece of foil after 15-20 minutes. The cake is ready when golden and the toothpick stuck into the middle of the pie is clean. You might want to serve the pie with some vanilla ice-cream on top. 

Canadian Apple Pie

Ingredients:

For the coating:

How to:

Mix the dry ingredients. Separately mix milk with egg and a little of melted butter. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients together with apple cubes. Put the dough in the dish smeared with butter. 

Mix the covering ingredients and crumble with a knife or a fork. Spread evenly over the dough.

Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven preheated to 200 degrees. Be careful not to burn the covering, you might want to cover the cake with a piece of foil after 15-20 minutes. The cake is ready when golden and the toothpick stuck into the middle of the pie is clean.

You might want to serve the pie with some vanilla ice-cream on top. 

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Custard squash pancakes with garlic sauce Ingredients: 500g of custard squash or marrow 1 egg 1 onion 1-2 tbls of olive oil 2-3 tbls of flour  salt  pepper For the sauce:  1-2 cloves of garlic mayonnaise or sour cream salt pepper any spices of your liking How to: Grate the squash and the onion. Let it stay and pour out the extra juice. You might want to add some salt to make it faster. While you are waiting you can make the sauce. Grate the garlic, add salt, pepper, spices and sour cream. Stir well. Come back to your squash. Add flour, egg, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well. If you see that the batter is too watery, you might want to pour out the extra liquid. Fry the pancakes on the preheated pan with olive oil until golden colour. Be careful not to break the pancakes while turning them to the other side. Serve with parsley and garlic sauce. Perfect for vegetarians! 

Custard squash pancakes with garlic sauce

Ingredients:

For the sauce: 

How to:

Grate the squash and the onion. Let it stay and pour out the extra juice. You might want to add some salt to make it faster.

While you are waiting you can make the sauce. Grate the garlic, add salt, pepper, spices and sour cream. Stir well.

Come back to your squash. Add flour, egg, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well. If you see that the batter is too watery, you might want to pour out the extra liquid.

Fry the pancakes on the preheated pan with olive oil until golden colour. Be careful not to break the pancakes while turning them to the other side.

Serve with parsley and garlic sauce.

Perfect for vegetarians! 

Sfornatini with bacon and rucola Ingridients: 1 pack of Sfornatini (grissini or other Italian bread sticks, just make sure you choose the thicker ones) 2 packs of bacon strips (cold smoked) a handful of rucola How to: Wrap the bacon strips around one end of the bread sticks. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay the sticks on the tray covered with baking paper. Bake for 10 minutes. Let the sticks cool down, add some rucola leaves, and voila! Bon appetit!  

Sfornatini with bacon and rucola

Ingridients:

How to:

Wrap the bacon strips around one end of the bread sticks. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay the sticks on the tray covered with baking paper. Bake for 10 minutes. Let the sticks cool down, add some rucola leaves, and voila! Bon appetit!