Christmas chocolate cake December 25, 2007
I hope you all had a nice and happy Christmas Day!Now is 1.35 am. as you can see on my old wall clock!My grandsons seeping and my hubby is in deep sleep/he is near me/!I am on my computer in sleeping room.Nice blue ,little lights are on my Christmas tree and all town is in thousand colors and Christmas trees.I am happy ,all day was nice.My parents and my children was with me!Here ,on Adriatic coast weather is nice and warm, about 15 Celsius, but all other parts of Croatia are with white Christmas snow WE ALL DREAM ABOUT WHITE CHRISTMAS!I wish you all the Best from bottom of my heart!Have a nice Day after Christmas!
Recipe for chocolate cookies on folio/biscuits/
- 1 pack of folio for biscuits/6 parts/
- 500 gram of butter
- 500 gram of milled sugar with vanilla
- 250 of mix jelly candies
- 200 gram of black chocolate for cooking
- 100 gram of cacao powder
- 150 gram cut hazelnuts
- 1 dcl of cream
HOW TO PREPARE CHOCOLATE CREAM.
- On middle fire put sour cream and black chocolate
- when it is warm add sugar and stir well
- after 5minutes add jelly candies and hazelnuts with cacao powder,stir more 10 minutes
- put pot with cream in cold water ad than in fridge for half hour!
- In cold cream stir butter,stir it easy and well for 10 minutes
- on first folio put 5 table spoon of cream,than another folio and on the end put last folio
- press all with something heavy/as you can see i use big book/
- put all in fridge for one day and than cut it in small parts
Traditional Mediterranean Christmas Fritter December 24, 2007
Here on Mediterranean aria we cant imagine Christmas without this nice and traditional fritters!It is very easy for prepare and all love it!
You need for Fritule:
- 1/2 kg of farina tip 550
- 1 tea cup of grape
- 1 tea cup of brown sugar
- 10 gram vanilla sugar
- 1 tea cup of cut hazelnuts
- 1 tea cup of white raisins
- 1 instant barm
- just a little of salt and 1 yogurt/1 tea cup/
- 1/2 lit. of sunflower oil for frying
How to prepare:
- Put farina in pot,add barm ,salt,sugar ,yogurt, grape, cut hazelnuts and raisins
- Mix about 2 minutes and than add 1 tea cup of warm water
- Mix for about 10 minutes
- Wait while doughty became twice bigger!
- In warm oil put a little fritter like a small balls made by tea spoon!
- On the end add ground vanilla sugar
Traditional Christmas eve food-Cod-fish with chickpea December 23, 2007
Hello friends,today my father asked me to prepare one old Croatian food with cod-fish and chickpea!I like so much this food but I didn’t eat it for more than ten years!The main reason is because my grandma like to cook it and she is not with as any more!I would like to share this recipe with you my dear friends!
- You need: 1/2 kg of chickpea/you have to put it in warm water day before/
- 1/2 kg dried cod fish/you have to hold in water 2 or 3 days/
- 1/2 kg red onion
- 20 gram of garlic
- parsley,salt,white paper
- 3 dl olive oil
- 1 table spoon farina tip 550
- In big pot with warm olive oil put cut red onion and cook for five min.
- onion have to be like a pate
- now add soft chickpea,mix on the fire for 5 minute
- now put farina and mix for few minutes
- now put cod fish cut in the small piece and salt
- cover all with cold water and cook for 1 hour/if you need you can add more water or fish soup/
- half our before the end of cooking put cut garlic, parsley and white paper!More salt if you need it!
- after 1 hour and half you have very taste food!Serve it warm or cold!
Traditional Croatian.Mediterannien meal for Christmas December 16, 2007
- Only nine day until Christmas!I am little bit in panic!!I have feeling that time goes to fast!!I have to travel to my parents city,prepare all for my dear but big family!!I would not have time for all!!Here i prepare all-as you know ,I live in two different city ,for 5 days in Zagreb 2 days in Split!!Very difficult and I start to be tired of this kind of life!!The weather here is cold,windy and just a little of snow!!I decided to travel by train because for children is easier and more comfortable!I buy tickets for Wednesday and I am happy one because there was no more tickets from 12/20 to 01/07/08!!All citizen from capital city will be in there mother homes!My friends asked me to write something about traditional Christmas meal in my country!First i will tell you how many different food we serve!!We start with:
- Prosciutto and cheese with French salad,black and green olive
- After that we serve clear meat soup or cream soup of turkey
- Next is fried turkey with potatoes and fried lamb with sauerkraut
- For desert we prepare traditional cookies and cakes
Red wine is in our tradition and I cant imagine Christmas meal without it!
I would be happy if you can share with me all about you traditional meal for Christmas!
Traditional Dubrovnik Christmas Recipe December 15, 2007
Our well known and popular old city of Dubrovnik have a very nice and healthy Mediterranean cuisine!!I will share one the most popular Christmas recipe!!
Dubrovnik Manestra
- 1 kg dried pork
- 2 pc. pork sausages
- 300 gram broccoli
- 250 gram bacon
- 200 gram dried lamb
- 200 gram potatoes
- 200 gram squash
- 200 gram French beans
- 5-6 gram garlic
- 200 gram tomato
- 100 gram fresh green paprika
- tea spoon of salt
Prepare: Wash all ,cut in small peaces,put in big pot with cold water and cook for about 3-4 our!If you need you can add more water,paper black and green and on the and fresh cut parsley!
Traditional Mediterranean-Italian-Croat Christmas Cookies December 15, 2007
Ten days before Christmas I start baking my traditional Christmas cookies!The Best part with this simple recipe for cookies is that you can put in it all kind of fruits,nuts and chocolate!!All can do it!If you just start,you are newbie in the kitchen you will have the best cookies and you will save a lot of money!You only have to know this measure between flour, butter,eggs and sugar!For big family use 1kg. of flour+1/2 kg.of butter+150 gram of sugar+2 whole eggs+tea spoon of salt+vanilla extract+lemon+6 table spoon of milk!.
Prepare:put flour on the table,in the middle put butter,mix with hand just a little!Now put eggs+vanilla+sugar+salt+lemon juice!Still mix all with your hands!Do it for 15 minutes!If you need you can use a little bit of milk!Dough have to be compact!Now put it for half hour in freezer!.
If you lake you can device it in 2 or 3 parts and in first part you can add chocolate dragees, in second part you can add candid fruit and in third part you can add hazelnuts!!Remember you can add all as you like!!
Bake it as you bake all yours cookies!!
Christmas desert-traditional mediterranean desert December 11, 2007
Hello friends!If you want non forgettable Christmas dinner you need a good desert!!Here is one of the most popular in my country Croatia!. We cool it KOTONJATA and it is prepare with fruits!!Good thing is that you already can prepare Kotonjata and than you will serve this candy for Christmas!This candy can last for more then 2-3 months!!Now is time for make it and you will have a nice and very healthy candy for all holidays!
Title: Kotonjata (Christmas Candy)
13 lg Quince 2 Lemons 2 c Water Sugar 1 c Lemon juice; strained
Select desired number of even colored (not spotted) quince. I use 13large quince. Wash and peel as you would an apple. Use a shredder andgrate on largest holes. Place all meat in a heavy pot with juice of 2lemons and 2 cups of water. Cook over lowest flame for at least an houror an hour and a half. Test to see if quince is soft. Remove from fire.Measure the cooked quince by cup and return to pot. Add equal number ofquince and sugar in the same pot. Stir well until blended. Cook onmedium heat, watching carefully that it doesn't scorch. Reduce heat tolowest setting for an hour, stirring frequently. After first half houradd 1 cup strained lemon juice. Test quince by placing a teaspoonful on asmall plate. If it doesn't run, it's ready to pour on platters or inPyrex bakiing dish about 1/4 inch thick. Let dry for 3 days, turningfrequently. Cut in smaller pieces to help turn easier. When hardened,wrap and refrigerate until used.
