Crispy fried chicken

This a very nice recipie that is ideal for kids too.

Ingredients:

Grilled Köfte

Grilled Kofte.

Ingredients:
500 gm minced meat
1 medium chopped onion
1 bundle of parsely
salt & papper
1/2 cup bread crumbs (bo2somat mat7oon)

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients with hands.

Put Köfte in a pan that can be covered & bring a piece of coal & heat it then put an onion cortex with some butter in the middle over the meat (you make a groove inside the meat with your fingers & lay the onion cortex inside it) then put the heated piece of coal inside the butter ,you will find smoke coming out of the heated piece of coal , then close firmly the pan for 30 minutes.

Then form Kofte in skewers & grill.
served with Tahini Sauce.

Homemade Hamburger.

This is a very easy dish everyone loves!

you only need 3 ingredients:

Minced meat

Salt & Pepper

N.B. You can add finely chopped Onion 

Preparation:

mix together & shape burgers with your hand ( a little bit larger then the desired size)& grill3-5 minutes on each side (according to your Burger thickness)

 To make uniform sized Hamburger Patties :

Simply use a glass jar lid (I used the Nutella jar lid) to press the meat against it,then flip it over to get the patties out.

Brownies. البراونيز

Whenever I find myself craving for chocolate, I don´t find anything better then Brownies :)

Ingredients:

Gnocchi Casserole.

I´ve tried many Gnocchi recipies, I never liked it! but this one, I fell in love with as it´s easy & delicious! & the smell of Italy was all over the house:))

Ingredients:
500 gm Gnocchi
250 gm Cherry tomatos, (cut into halves)
1 medium sized finely chopped onion
3-4 finely chopped garlic cloves
Freshly chopped Basil
Thyme
3 Tablespoons Olive oil
2 Tablespoons Tomato paste
1 cup vegetable stock (soup)
Salt & pepper
3 Table spoons grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation:
Cook Gnocchi in boiling salted water & remove when cooked then drain.


Prepare the sauce:
In a pan, heat olive oil then add to it onion & garlic, stirr for 1 minute , then add the tomato paste & stock, add the salt,pepper, thyme & Basil. reduce the heat & leave to simmer for 5-10 minutes till the sauce is thick.then turn off the heat.
Add Gnocchi & the tomatoes to the sauce & stirr.

Put in a ramekin or Caseerole & sprinkle the grated Parmesan on top &enter a preheated oven for 15 minutes till top is golden.

Oven Spinach ramekins

An easy delicious & nutritive recipie that kids also like a lot. It can be served as a side dish with Potatos or Rice.

Ingredients: (makes 4 Ramekins,12 cm wide)

500 gm Spinach (leaves or chopped) (fresh or frozen)
200 ml whippingcream
200 ml sourcream
50 gm grated Gouda cheese
2 eggs
2 table spoons sliced Almond
3 Tablespoons Olive oil
1 medium sized chopped onion
3 chopped garlic cloves
Salt & Pepper

Preparation:

In a pan heat olive oil & add onion & garlic & stirr , add Spinach & keep stirring (5 minutes) then drain from water & add salt & pepper.
in a bowl, mix, eggs, sourcream, cheese, whippingcream, salt & pepper.

Prepare your Ramekins by buttering .
Add drained spinache evenly in the 4 Ramekins.
Then pour the eggs-cream mixture over the spinache.
sprinkle some sliced almonds on top.

Enter pre-heated oven (220°C) for 10 -15 minutes till golden on top.

Grilled Hot dog skewers with oven backed Potatos.

This is an easy & delicious recipie that kids love & doesn´t take time at all.


Backed Potatos:

Ingredients:
Potatos
Olive oil
2-3 finely chopped garlic cloves
Salt,Pepper,Thyme & Rosemarry

Preparation:
Cut Potatos into wedges or chuncks, coat with other ingredients & enter preheated oven 200°C for 15 minutes (or more according to the size of the cut potatos)

Hot Dog skewers:

You will need sliced Hot dogs, Pepper,Onions.
marinade your cut pepper & onions with some oil, salt & pepper.
Arrange your skewers with hot dogs, pepper & onions.
Grill (on the oven grill)

Pasta with Salmon & herbs

Pasta with Salmon & herbs.

This is a very easy recipie that I always do whenever I have no time...The whole cooking process takes 15 minutes (with already cooked pasta).

Ingredients:
(amounts according to the number you are serving)

Pasta Penne
Salmon fish
Freshly chopped parsely & Dill
Butter
freshly chopped garlic cloves
Chopped pepper
Chopped black olives
Salt, Pepper & Thyme

Preparation:
Cut Salmon fish into small cubes.
Cook Pasta in salted water & drain.
In a wide pan add butter fish cubes & stirr for 10 minutes till done.
add Salt, pepper, Thyme, garlic cloves, pepper ,Olives & Pasta & keep stirring.
Turn off the heat & add your freshly chopped herbs & serve.

Peaches-Raspberries Cake

Peaches-Raspberries Cake.

Fruit Cakes are my favourite, today I decided to do anything with Raspberries before it totally disappears from stores :) my choice was this simple & easy, yet elegant Cake, What I had at home was a jar of Peaches & I decided to include it in the Cake content & it was simply Perfect!

Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 cup flour
2 Teaspoons Baking powder
125 gm soft Butter
3 eggs
1 packet Vanilla
a pinch of salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 Table spoons Milk (or apricot Juice)
100 gm Rasperries
100 gm Sliced Almonds
400 gm Peaches (in preserved jars)
Powdered sugar (optional)


Preparation:
Preheat your oven to 180°C before starting preparation.
Prepare your 24cm cake form by covering with butter & flour.
Start beating butter & sugar till creamy.
add eggs & vanilla & keep beating till creamy & fluffy.
add milk ,then the dry ingredients & beat.
spread the Batter in the spring form, cover with Peaches & Raspberries & sprinkle the sliced Almonds.
Enter the oven for nearly 40 minutes or untill a tooth pick inserted into the batter comes out clean.
let cool for a while & spread some fresh Raspberries & sprinkle some powdered sugar on top.

Berries Cream Cake- Beeren creme Torte

In June 2012 I read about a competition about Germany´s best fruit Cake in a magazine called "Bild Der Frau", It was Berries season & I´m a Berries lover! so I decided to do a cake filled with Berries AND creamcheese,sourcream & whippingcream,as I love the mixture between the sour taste of sour cream & the creamy mild taste of whipping cream & cream cheese, & Guess what! I WON! It was an amazing surprise to find the post man knocking my door with my Braun Multiquick 7 prize!! Here´s my winning recipie, hope you ALL like it :-)

Berries-Cream-Torte.

Ingredients:

For the sponge cake:
4 eggs
150 g Sugar
125 gm Flour

1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt
Vanilla

For the Creme:
200 ml whippingcream
200 ml sourcream
300 ml creamcheese (doublecreme)
4-5 spoons powdered sugar

For the Berries:

500 gm Strawberries
200 gm Raspberries
200 gm Blue berries
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar

1/2 c Ananas juice

Preparation:

*preheat oven 180°C.
*prepare 26 cm springform by brushing with Butter & adding flour.

seperate eggs..

*Mix egg whites till foamy, then add sugar & keep mixing till soft peaks form...
mix all other cake ingredients,then add the egg whites & fold with a spoon...
enter oven for 20 minutes then remove & cool & divide into 2 layers.

*Cut strawberries & mix with sugar & other berries & leave for 5 minutes.

*whipp the whippingcream, & add the sugar to it ,then add the creamcheese-sourcream mixture.

Decorate the cake :
put the first layer of sponge cake & pour 3-4 Table spoons juice then cover with 1/2 the cream & 1/2 the berries , then add the other half of sponge cake & pour the rest of the juice then cream then berries.

decorate with mint leaves.

Zutaten: 

Für den Biskuit:
- 4 Eier
- 150 g Zucker
- 1 Päckchen Vanillezucker
- 125 g Mehl
- 1 gestrichener TL Backpulver
- abgeriebene Schale von 1 Zitrone
- Priese Salz

Für die Creme:
- 200 g Schlagsahne
- 200 g Schmand
- 300 g Frischkäse (Doppelrahmstufe)
- 1 Päckchen Sahne-steif
- 4-5 EL Puderzucker

Beeren:
- 500 g Erdbereen
- 200 g Himbeeren
- 200 g Blaubereen
- 2-3 EL Puderzucker
- Minze Blätter zum Garnieren

- 5-6 EL Ananassaft

Zubereitung:

Für den Biskuit:
Backofen auf 180° Grad vorheizen.
Eier trennen. Eiweiß mit 1 Prise Salz & Zucker Steif schlagen. Eigelbe mit Vanillzucker sowie Zitronenschale unterrrühren.
Mehl mit Backpulver mischen, darübersieben & unterheben. Masse in eine mit Backpapier ausgelegte Springform 26 cm füllen, glatt streichen & im Ofen ca 20 min. backen.
Herausnehmen, auskühlen lassen & waagerecht halbieren.

Für die Creme:
Sahne mit Sahne-Steif & Zucker steif schlagen.
Schmand & Frischkäse rühren. Dann Sahne hinzufügen.

Beeren:
Erdbeeren schneiden & mit Zucker, Himbeeren & Blaubeeren mischen & für 5 Minuten ruhen lassen.

Torte Verzieren:

Einen Biskuit auf eine Tortenplatte setzen, mit 3 EL Ananas Saft begießen, & mit der Hälfte der Creme abdecken & glatt streichen & die Hälfte der Bereen geben.
Zweiten Biskuit auflegen & mit 3 EL Saft gießen & mit Creme & Beeren abdecken. Mit Minze Blätter garnieren.