Monday, 11 August 2014

Blackberry tart

I made this tart in early spring, when it was still cold outside. I had some blackberries in my freezer, from my boyfriend's mom garden. I thought about the simplest tart with these fruits. Everything to remind myself sunny and warm summer.  

Strawberry sponge-cake with cream and jelly

Classical strawberry sponge-cake with cream, jelly and bunch of juicy strawberries. One of the best choices for hot summertime, is simple to prepare and can have as many variations as many fruits available. Strongly recommended. 

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Sorrel soup with egg

Sorrel soup served with an egg reminds my childhood and summertime. As a kid you don't like it but later on you start to appreciate.  I remember picking the sorrel on fields near the forest, now I rather buy it on the local market. It's worth to remember that dish, reminds times when different sorts of food were not so accessible as today. 

Monday, 30 June 2014

Cream of aspargus soup with chicken and cheese

Very graceful vegetable is asparagus. You can use it many exquisite dishes. Cream of asparagus soup is a big challenge. Major mistakes are often insipid taste, no decided flavors and bad consistency.  The additives decide about its flavor as their purpose is to extract delicate asparagus taste. This dish is very nourishing and believe me one bowl is enough for dinner. 

Saturday, 21 June 2014

Korea: Japchae- chap chae

I wanted to prepare some Aisan food, something stir fried... It turned out that I have no needed ingredients beside soy sauce and seasame oil and glass noodles. So I started to improvise. Totally unexpectedly it turned out that I cooked Korean food named chap chae (japchae).  One thing missing in the dish was spinach. For the future I have to prepare myself better  and go shopping. Chapchae is strongly recommended for sesame fans. The dish is delicious.

Monday, 9 June 2014

Fromage with garlic

In Poland all the people from my generation remember small cube of cottage cheese with garlic packed in silver paper. Today you can find it on the shop shelves but the question is if it still contains garlic, genuine butter? The answer is simple. This cheese is one of my childhood's tastes with the memory of my mother making homemade 'fromage'. Simple is perfect.  

Rhubarb & strawberry jam

Strawberry season is thriving and rhubarb one has not been finished yet. Putting them together into one jar makes perfect couple. I can strongly recommend fresh rhubarb jam and this one closed in the jar. Then in the winter it will remind us of summer.  Perfect for breakfest with bread or pancakes. 


Sunday, 1 June 2014

Rhubarb pie with canola oil

Rhubarb season is lasting and number of rhubarb pies can be seen on cooking blogs. Today I'd like to encourage you to make incredibly easy cake based on canola oil and buttermilk. It's good to replace butter or margarine sometimes with oil.  Thanks to that this pie is moist and fluffy. Additionally  the crumble made from this recipe is marvelous. In the initial  recipe  plum jam was used instead of rhubarb. 

Rhubarb compote/ Stewed rhubarb drink

It's rhubarb time!  Rhubarb compote served by my beloved grandma- my childhood's memory. It's very refreshing, perfect for hot days and its flavor depends on small details, which can be different at each home.  Taste of the compote is forced with pepper mint, vanilla, apple and cloves.  Everyone can choose his own favourite flavor. For compote preparation pick intensive pink stalks, which give back their color to water while cooking. If you have more greenish rhubarb, add slice of fresh beetroot to make it more pink. 

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Homemade rafaello pralines

After making a milk sandwich dessert, recipe here, I knew that this milky filling would be perfect for making Rafaello. These small candy balls are milky-coconut flavour, extremely sweet and the best when served cooled. It's very simple recipe which I can strongly recommend.