Sunday, January 6, 2013

Sponge cake with yoghurt and bananas


This isn't one of the sweetest desserts ever but you can make it sweeter by using really ripe bananas, which I couldn't buy in the store. But according to my lunch guests it was actually why they liked it :) 


Ingredients for 6 servings:
  • ladyfingers or homemade sponge cak
  • 3 bananas
  • 450 grs of greek yoghurt
  • liquid sweetener
  • lemon juice
  • vanilla flavour 
  • 10 dkgs of dark chocolate
  • 2 dls of milk
  • ground cinnamon 
Put the dark chocolate into the milk and keep stiring it until the chocolate melts. Keep stirring until you have a chocolate sauce, and put it aside for a while. Add some flavour to the yoghurt by adding some sweetener, lemon juice and vanilla flavour. Lay some sponge cake on the bottom of a dessert glass and pour some chocolate sauce on it. Slice the bananas on top of the sponge cake and add a layer of yoghurt. Repeat these steps once again, then you can decorate the top with cinnamon and as you can see on the photo, star shaped pieces of sponge cake.

Chicken with garlic and sage butter and roasted potatoes



Ingredients for the chicken:
  • 3 whole chicken breasts in 6 halves
  • 5dkgs of butter
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • a big handful of thyme stems
  • 3 sage leaves
  • 5 dkgs of grated parmesan cheese
  • salt, freshly ground pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • breadcrumbs
  • flour 
Sprinkle salt or roast chicken seasoning on the chicken breasts before coating it. Then roll the chicken breast halves first in flour, then in the whipped eggs and finally in the breadcrumbs previously mixed with the grated cheese. Place some baking paper on the bottom of a baking tin and gently put the chicken on top of the paper. Cut every chicken carefully sideways but don't cut it all the way through. Spread some butter inside every piece of chicken and spread the remaining butter on top of them. Bake it in the oven at 200 deg Celsius until the breadcrumbs get a lovely golden colour and the chicken is fully cooked.


Ingredients for the potatoes:
  • 1 kg of potatoes
  • salt, freshyl ground pepper
  • 3 rosemary stems
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • olive oil
Wash the potatoes and if they have nice, not very thick skin, you can just leave it on. Cut them in approximately 5 mm thick slices. Spread the sliced on a frypan and sprinkle the salt and the pepper on the slices. Chop the rosemary and the garlic fine, and with some olive oil, mix the potatoes with the seasoning. Spread them again and roast them in the oven at 200 deg Celsius until they get golden and crispy.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Homemade chicken burger



Making homemade hamburgers is ridiculously easy, you just have to make a bigger effort once and then you'll have something to grab from the freezer when you feel like eating something good. This time I didn't make homemade hamburger buns but I'm sure I will try them sooner or later because they must be better than the ones you can buy in the store.

Ingredients
  • 1 kg of chicken breast
  • 1.5 kgs of upper chicken thigh fillets
  • 15-20 dkgs of smoked bacon
  • garlic granules according to taste
  • salt or roast chicken seasoning according to taste
  • onions (not neccessary) 


Mince the chicken along with the bacon and the seasoning twice, and mix it very thoroughly, let it rest for a while before making the first one. You have to cook it until both sides get a nice golden colour, but don't let it dry out. I think it's best if you taste it when it's almost cold, and if something is missing you can make corrections in the raw mixture. You can put the steak shaped burgers on a tray into the freezer and later when frozen, just put them into a plastic bag or a box. They will maintain taste and quality for a couple of months.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The world's most delicious spaghetti



There are a couple of dishes that I could eat as long as I have any in of it in front of me, this pasta dish is one of these dishes. It's not complicated, you don't need anything special to make it and you don't even have to follow the recipe that much. You can leave out any of the ingredients and still have a great meal but of course it's the best if you use a lot of everything...:) This is why I won't write down precise amounts because you can decide for yourself how much you want from each ingredient. 


Ingredients: 
  • smoked sliced bacon
  • fresh thyme (as much as you want)
  • rosemary (the same rule applies)
  • garlic
  • sundried tomatoes
  • salt, pepper
  • mushroom
  • whole wheat spaghetti

Bring a pot of water with some salt and oil to a boil and cook the pasta in it. Meanwhile you have to slice the bacon and start frying it in a pan on a tiny bit of oil. Do it until the bacon is crispy. Then you can add the sliced mushrooms and cook it until it becomes soft, right after that you can add the garlic, the herbs and the tomaotes. Give it a good stir and let the flavours come out. Then you can add the cooked pasta and give it another good stir. Sprinkle some parmesan on top and that's it... :)