Croatia's style fish

Fish from the oven

I like to have guests at home. Especially when we cook together. I always learn something new...this time my cousin Alicja showed me how to bake fish in a Croatia style...


















"Croatia's style fish"

- 2 pieces salmon
- 2 pieces cod
- 1 lemon sliced
- 1 big red onion 4/4
- 2 tomatoes 4/4
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- olive oil
- salt, pepper


Grease tin or a casserole with olive oil. Place all kind of fish, onion, garlic and tomatoes into the tin. Add lemon's slices, season well.
Bake in a hot oven for 20 min.

Butternut squash, chickpea and carrot tagine

Butternut squash, chickpea and carrot tagine

Excellant for vegetarian but not only... very tasty and it smells fantastic!




















"Butternut squash, chickpea and carrot tagine "

- - 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 small butternut, cubed
- 1 big carrot, quoter
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp cumin, cinnamon and curry
- 1 can 400g chopped tomatoes
- 8 dried apricots, chopped
- 1 can 400g chickpeas
- 1 cube vegetable stock in 400ml water
- fresh coriander

White rice or couscous to serve.

Heat the oil in the heavy casserole. Add the onion, garlic after a while and butternut squash with carrots. Cook for about 4 min, lower the heat and add spices and ginger. Cook for 1 -2 min, add tomatoes, apricots and pour water with vegetable stock. Stir well and cover. Keep on a low heat for a half an hour.
Seve with coriander on a top with couscous or a white rice.

Leek in Egg and Lemon sauce

Leek in Egg and Lemon sauce

No calories... almost ;) and very, very tasty.





















"Leek in Egg and Lemon sauce"

- 600g  leeks, trimmed
- 1 tbsp cornflour or potato flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- juice of 1 lemon

Cook leeks in a salty water for about 7 min. Lift out the leeks and arrange in a shallow serving dish.
Mix 200ml of the cooking liquid with the flour and bring to the boil stirring all the time. Stir in the sugar and cool slightly.
Whisk the egg yolks with the lemon juice and stir into the sauce. Cook on a very low heat stirring all the time. Do not let the sauce to overheat. Add salt and pepper as necessary. Cool and pour the sauce over the leeks. Chill for at list 1 hour before serving.

Wholemeal Bread

Wholemeal bread

Tasty and simple to do. ..




















"Wholemeal bread"

- 230g strong wholemeal flour
- 230g strong white flour
- 2tsp yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 5 dag soft butter
- 300ml warm milk

Place both the flours, salt, sugar and yeast in a big bowl. Mix well. Pour milk and rub in the butter and egg. Mix into a fairy soft dough. Cover the bowl with a piece of cling film. Wait one hour.

Knock the dough back and knead it for a while.  Divide the dough into two or four pieces and shape them into flattish rounds. Place them on a floured baking sheet and leave to rise for a further 20 min.
bake for about 20-30 min until golden and firm.