Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Apple-peach-blackberry crumbs

The blackberry is our own from the garden :) This one is an energy-free version, with very little sugar and margarine, but its really good like this as well, because the own flavour of the fruits is very nice without sugar.
 
 Ingredients for 4:
  • Fruits:
  • 3 bigger peaches
  • 3 apples
  • one bowl of blackberries
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • a very little bit of brown sugar
The crumbs:
The amount depends on how much crumble you want to put on it.
  • whole grain flour
  • margarine
  • sugar
Preparation:
Cut the apples in half, and slice them, not too thick. Dice the peaches too. Put them into a pan, and add the brown sugar, and steam them until the apple softens. Meanwhile mix the flour with the sugar, and add the cold margarine. Start crumbling it, it doesnt have to be consistent, the point is to keep it a crumble. When the fruits are ready, pour them into the dish in which you will bake it, and add the berries. Sprinkle the crumlbe onto the top and keep it in the oven at 180 degrees until it becomes golden.

Veggie soup with thyme and marjoram


The original recipe says chicken stock instead of the stock-cube but thats what we didnt have at home now, so I stuck with the good old cubes.
 Its the perfect lunch for Sister, and other job-seekers before an interview.

Ingredients:
  • 3 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 2 sticks of celery
  • 3 potatoes
  • bit of olive oil
  • marjoram
  •  fresh thyme
  • salt, pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 dl of sour cream
  • about 1 and a half litre of water
  • 2 stock-cubes
Chop the onion, not too fine and put them onto a bit of olive oil, start softening them, after adding salt to it. Meanwhile peel the carrots and slice them. Slice the sticks of celery too. Add them to the onion and stir them well. Braise them for a while and then add the thyme leaves , the bay leaf and the marjoram, and then add the water, bring it to a boil and then add the two cubes (this is whats on the box, I actually dissolved the cubes in the water and added it then, and it worked). During that peel the potatoes, and slice them into equal pieces, and when the carrots are 80% soft, add the potatoes. It softens in about 10 minutes. When its ready, get it off the heat so that it doesnt boil, and add the sour cream. Then put it back to the heat and bring it to a boil again. You can edd extra salt to taste and freshy ground pepper also fits it well.