Friday, September 28, 2012
Lemon-Yogurt Cupcakes with sugar glaze.(Zitronen-Joghurt Muffins mit Zuckerguß)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The perfect Chocolate Cake. (Der Perfekte Schokoladekuchen mit Schoko Glasur)
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| After so many Chocolate Cake trials ,this happens to be my favourite! moist, chocolaty & melts in your mouth. |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Egyptian Falafel (Ägyptische Falafel)
This a traditional Egyptian dish, it´s healthy, cheap & very nutrritive. It´s sold in every corner in Cairo & all other Egyptian Cities & it´s a popular breakfast specially in weekends.
Ingredients:
Chicken Shawerma Fettah فتة شاورما الدجاجReis-Hähnchen Gericht
A Lebanese delicious dish!
Ingredients:
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sausage-Cheese Muffins (Wurst-Käse Muffins)
An easy savory Muffin recipe that is ideal for Breakfast,Brunch or as a light dinner.
Ingredients:(makes 12 Muffins)
Chocolate chip Cookies
One of the best cookies ever (my personal favourite) that kids & adults love!
Ingredients:(makes around 20 Cookies)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Lentil Soup (Linsensuppe)
Spaghetti with shrimps & vegetables (Spaghetti mit Garnelen)
I had some special guests today in the house & I was planning to do fish as a main dish & instead of doing the ordinary Rice beside it ,I decided to do the very easy 10 minutes Shrimp Spaghetti dish, here´s how it´s easily done!
Ingredients: (serves 4)
400 gm Spaghetti
400 gm Shrimps
3 Table spoons Olive oil
4 chopped garlic cloves
Green,yellow & Red Pepper cut in cubes
Black Olives
frishly chopped Dill & Cilantro
Preparation:
Cook Spaghetti in salted water & drain.
In a pan, put Olive Oil & heat, then add garlic & stir till yellowish then add shrimps & stir for 3-4 minutes.
Add the Salt & pepper & the cooked pasta & stir.
Turn off the heat & add the freshly chopped herbs, Olives & Pepper & it´s done!
Zutaten:
400 g Spaghetti
400 g Garnilen
3 EL Oliven Öl
4 Konbaluch zehne (gehacket)
Shwartz Oliven (ohne Steine)
Paprika (im würfel geschnitten)
Saltz,Pfeffer
Dill & Koriander grob gehacket
Zubereitung:
Spaghetti in kochendes Wasser Kochen & ablaufen lassen
In einer Pfanne bei mittelere Hitze, Oliven Öl & knoblauch rühren, dan Garnielen hinzufügen & rühren für 4 minuten.
Spaghetti geben& mit Salz & Pfeffer würzen & rühren.
Vom Herd nehmen & Oliven, Paprika & Frische Kräuter hinzufügen . Rühren & Fertig!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Koshary
Koshary is a very traditional delicious Egyptian dish, made of brown lentils, rice, pasta, chickpeas & covered with tomato sauce & fried onions.
Fig Salad
I bought some Figs today & I thought they were as sweet as the beautifull Egyptian ones! Unfortunately they weren´t :( that wasn´t really bad because I decided to do Salad with them & they were pretty good for Salad. I only did the Fig Salad with 3 ingredients+ the 3 ingredients dressing & it was just perfect for an afternoon snack!Here´s how I did it!
Ingredients:
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Roasted chicken breast fillet
Very easy healthy recipe.
Ingredients:
Chicken breast fillet.
Olive oil
Salt,pepper, paprika,Thyme,garlic, chopped fresh Parsley
Preparation:
Marinade the chicken in Olive oil & spices and leave for 3-4 hours.
Enter preheated oven for 15 minutes then turn the chicken breasts on the other side for another 15 minutes.
During the baking process , pour the juices coming out of the Chicken over it (every 10 minutes).
N.B: you might need to add some water if your Chicken dries.
Serve with Baked Potatoes:
Recipe here: http://drolacooks.blogspot.de/2012/11/oven-backed-wedged-potatoes-gebackene.html
Chinese fried Chicken with sweet & sour Sauce
Chinese fried chicken with sweet & sour sauce.
Ingredients: (for 5-6 persons)
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Clementine-Cream cups
In a sunny afternoon, I thought of doing a light-fresh cool dessert, I had some remaining vanilla cupcakes, cream chesse, ready made whiped cream & a jar of Clementine, so I came up with this yummmmy dessert!
Ingredients:(for 3 cups)
Yogurt-Raspberries cups with Raspberry Sauce.
Yogurt cups with Raspberry Sauce.
Very light summery dessert, easy,fast & delicious.
Very light summery dessert, easy,fast & delicious.
You will need :
Monday, September 17, 2012
Super easy Apple Tart
Ingredients:
(for a 20 cm Tart or Cake form,for 4-6 persons)
2 large apples
3 sheets of puff pastry (or puff pastry roll)
1 tea spoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon Butter
Preparation:
Peel the apples & cut them into slices.
In a pan over high heat, add apples,sugar,butter & cinnamon & stir for 3-4 minutes. Then drain the apples & keep the sauce aside.
Roll out the Pastry sheets to a size larger then the tart form size.
Put the rolled out dough in the Tart form then put the drained apples on top.
Enter preheated oven (200°C) for 10-15 minutes.
Remove from oven & pour the apple sauce over your tart to give it a nice glaze.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Erdbeer (Beeren) Soße. Strawberry Sauce. (صوص الفراولة )
Strawberries Sauce is used to Top your cheesecake or cake or icecream or pudding or glass desserts or Tarts....etc. you can use it almost as a topping for sooo many desserts.
Ingredients: |
The perfect Cheesecake. Perfekter Käsekuchen. تشيز كيك
This is my favourite cheesecake, made with homemade Strawberry Sauce, yuuummmmy!
Ingredients:
Bread-Butter pudding
One of the easiest weekend breakfast ideas that is very nutritive for kids & adults too :)
ingredients:
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tiramisu Cookies
Very easy & takes only 30 minutes to be ready!
very easy delicious cookies tastes like Tiramisu with its lovely flavours.
Ingredients:
Friday, September 14, 2012
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:
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.
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.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Brownies. البراونيز
Whenever I find myself craving for chocolate, I don´t find anything better then Brownies :)
Ingredients:
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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.
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.
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)
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)
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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.
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)
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.
Monday, September 10, 2012
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.
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 :-)
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:
Berries-Cream-Torte.
Ingredients:
For the sponge cake:
4 eggs
150 g Sugar
125 gm Flour
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:
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.
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.
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.
