Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Guacamole


Guacamole is a Mexican dip made from avocado, with chili, garlic and lime juice. Please don't ask me why I'm publishing it here - let's call it "imported taste" and don't think about it too much. Guacamole is usually served with nachos but while we're in Poland, I suggest using Lajkonik or TUC crackers. It also makes a great sauce to the sandwiches.

GUACAMOLE

1 ripe avocado

1 teaspoon of fresh lime juice
1 small tomato
1 garlic clove
fresh or powdered chili
salt & black pepper

Good tip: Don't add onion unless you're not going to kiss your co-eaters!

1. Cut avocado in half. Remove the seed.
2. Scoop out avocado from the peel and mash it with fork in a mixing bowl.
3. Chop the tomato and the garlic. Add it to the avocado.
4. Add lime juice, mix everything.
5. Add chili, salt & pepper, amount adjusted to your taste.
6. Serve with crackers or with nachos.

Smacznego :)
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Spinach pancakes

Green food tastes like it's healthier than the others, doesn't it? Maybe it's Popeye's fault. Many people don't like spinach but when you mix it with garlic, add some nutmeg and serve with sour cream or yoghurt, it would smell and taste wonderful. Try this recipe. I love making veggies pancakes, especially in summer. Quick, simple & delicious meal, perfect for hot days.

SPINACH PANCAKES
for 2 people

300 g fresh spinach leaves
2 eggs
50 ml sweet cream
40 g flour
2 cloves of garlic
salt & pepper
olive oil

Good tip: add some blue cheese to the batter to get more luxurious taste!

1. Clean the spinach leaves and blanch them (put on collander and pour boiling hot water on it).
2. Drain the spinach and put it to the bowl.
3. Add eggs, cream, flour, minced or crushed garlic and spices.
4. Blend together until thick batter.
5. Heat a lightly oiled frying pan.
6. Pour or scoop the batter onto the pan, using one spoon for one pancake.
7. Serve hot with sour cream or homemade tzatziki dip.

Smacznego!

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Cold cucumber soup (tarator)

Summer ended but I still believe we have some hot days ahead... In 5 months ;) This soup makes great lunch for a sunny, warm day. Can be even taken for a picnic in small jars. The recipe is used in my family for years and comes from Balcans. Tarator is really easy to prepare!

TARATOR 
for 4 people

1 l greek yoghurt (very thick)
some cold water
2 spoons of olive oil
8 short cucumbers
6 cloves of garlic
fresh dill
salt & pepper

Good tip: the soup tastes great by itself but with fresh bread, grissini or baguette is even better!

1. Mix the yoghurt with olive oil. Add some water to have more soup-alike consistency. Put in a vase or a bowl.
2. Add peeled cucumber, cut in small cubes.
3. Mince or crush the garlic. Add to yoghurt.
4. Add chopped dill.
5. Stir everything, add salt & pepper as you wish. 
6. Leave in the fridge for at least 3 hours. Serve cold.

Smacznego! :)
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Basic Tiramisu

I know it's not a Polish recipe but this dessert is in the menu in most restaurants here, even not Italian ones. Tiramisu is really easy to make and has many delicious variations. I'm starting from the basic one which I found in an old Italian cookbook. 

The tricky part is that many people are afraid of raw eggs. But I assure you, there's absolutely no risk if you do as follows:
- wash the eggs in warm water with dishwashing liquid
- be careful not to crash the shells!
- boil some water and pour some on the eggs.
That's it, you have totally salmonella-free eggs!

Now you can prepare your tiramisu :-)

BASIC TIRAMISU
for 2 dessert freaks

500 g of mascarpone cheese
200 g of ladyfingers bisquits
4 egg yolks
4 spoons of sugar
100 ml of strong coffee
2 spoons of Amaretto (optional)
dark cocoa

Good tip: save the egg whites. You can use them to make protein-ful scrambled eggs or freeze them to prepare the macaroons later.

1. Whip the yolks with sugar until they're white and fluffy.
2. Add mascarpone and just blend with spoon.
3. Prepare a dish: large bowl or cake mould will be good.
4. Mix coffee with alcohol in a shallow bowl.
5. Soak every bisquit in the bowl and make a layer in your dish.
6. Put half of your yolk-sugar-mascarpone cream on the layer of bisquits.
7. Repeat soaking bisquits, making a layer and putting the cream on it.
8. Hide in the fridge, lick the bowls and wait at least 2 hours.
9. Powder the surface with dark cocoa.
10. Serve cold. 

How did you like it? Let me know in comments!
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Cold Beetroot Soup (chłodnik litewski)

Polish cuisine is, in fact, international. This recipe comes from Lithuania. Cold beetroot soup is also called cold borscht. It's perfect when you want something refreshing for lunch - and really healthy because of all the iron in beetroots.


COLD BEETROOT SOUP for 4 people

10 young beetroots
some beet leaves
fresh dill
4 cloves of garlic
4 big cucumbers
1 l fresh yoghurt, natural
4 eggs, boiled
salt & white pepper

Good tip: you may wear silicone gloves from now if you don't want to look like lady Macbeth...

1. Peel the beetroots. Cut them in halves. 
2. Chop the beet stalks.
3. Put the beetroots and stalks in a pan, cover with water and boil until they're tender (about 10 minutes).
4. Chop the dill.
5. Mince or crush the garlic.
6. Put the yoghurt into a big vase. Add garlic and dill. Stir.
7. Add peeled cucumber, cut in small cubes.
8. Add everything you had in a pan, including the red water. 
9. Stir everything, add salt & pepper as you wish. 
10. Serve cold with boiled eggs cut in halves.

Please let me know how you liked it! 
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