Rhubarb liquor

Do you like sweet and sour taste? I do. This fresh, very good for a springtime liquor taste delicious, especially if we keep the bottle in a refrigerator...
















"Rhubarb liquor"

- 1 kg fresh rhubarb
-  glass of honey
- glass of water
- 1 l strong spirit /or vodka - we do need water in this case/


Wash rhubarb, cut into pieces, put into the jar. Mix water with a honey, add to the rhubarb. Finally add the spirit. Close the jar, put to the fridge and wait only for 1-2 weeks! ready to serve :)

Root vegetable soup

You must try this soup! Especially with mascarpone cheese inside... it change everything! It taste amazingly...!!!

















"Root vegetable soup"

- 2 big carrots, chopped
- 2 potatos, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 white celery, chopped
- 1 large parsnip, chopped
- 3-4 spoon of oil
- 1 cup of milk
- small piece of ginger root, grated
- 4 tbsp mascarpone cheese
- salt and pepper

Heat oil in a big saucepan. Put chopped vegetables and fry lightly, then cover and sweat them on a low heat for 5-7 min. Pour in the water, just to cover them, add salt, pepper and ginger. Cover and simmer for 20 min, add milk and wait another 3-5 min.
Mix everything with a food processor.
Serve in a bowl garnished with mascarpone cheese.

Leek and Thyme soup

This is a very tasty, heart warming soup. Thanks to thyme smells fantastic.My daughter and her boyfriend ate all the pot  of the soup yesterday...so I am cooking another soup today ;)

















"Leek and Thyme soup"

- 1 kg leeks
- 1/2 kg potatoes
- 120g butter
- 1 large sprig of fresh thyme
- 1 cup milk
- salt
- pepper

Wash the leeks under cold water, then cut into thick slices. Cut the potatoes into rough dice.
Put the butter into the saucepan and melt it. Add the leeks and thyme. wait for a few minutes and add the potatoes pieces and than water just enough to cover the vegetables. Cook over a low heat for 20 min than pour the milk and season well. Cover the pot and wait another 20 min.
Remove the sprig of thyme and soup is ready to serve.
And it is delicious!

Old-Fashioned Coffe Cake

Unfortunately I like cakes. I like to bake them and especially eat them too... This time I wanted to taste something really familiar, remanding me my childhood....

















"Old-Fashioned Coffe Cake"

- 180g butter
- 180g brown sugar
- 180g self-raising flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 spoons of a very strong coffee

Put all ingredient  to a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.

Greased a tin with a butter or oil and turn the mixture into the tin. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 min, 180st C.

Cut into two pieces, spread with a wiped cream or a cornish cream. Delicious!

American whisked sponge cake

My daughter's boyfriend loves Victoria Sponge cake. I can understand his fascination but personally I prefer not so heavy version: American whisked sponge cake.
















"American whisked sponge cake"

- 100g flour
- 100g sugar
-3 eggs
- vanilla extract
- 200 ml double cream
- 150g fresh strawberries

Preheat the oven to 180 C.

Whisk the egg whites and add egg yolks and sugar. Gently add flour and vanilla extract. Pour the mixture into one big/you must cut cake on two pieces later on/ or two small tins. Bake about 25-30 minutes. Leave to cool.

Whip the cream. Chop all but 2 strawberries. Sandwich the cake together with the whipped cream and chopped strawberries. Decorate with icing sugar and 2 left strawberries.

Potato cutlets with mint chutney

Of course I visited slums! With a guide. We went into the private houses and places where people worked. On a street I felt smell of different dishes. The most delicious smell came from potatoes with mint sauce.

"Potato cutlets with mint chutney"

Chutney:

- 250g mint leaves

- 1 chopped onion

- 3 green chillis

- juice of 3 lemons

- salt, pepper

The cutlets:

- 2 kg potatoes boiled and mashed

- 1 tb spoon cumin seeds

- 1 tsp black pepper, freshly ground

- 3 tsp vegetable oil

- salt

Whizz the ingredients for the mint chutney in the blender and mix.

Combine the mashed potatoes with other ingredients. Shape the mixture into small cutlets. Heat oil on a pan and place potatoes into the pan. Cook from the both sides.

Serve with the chutney.

Baked sour fish

I was in Mumbai for a few days. I loved to feel the warmth of the sun on my face. I know, I know. It is not healthy and I will be old very soon. So what? I enjoyed the smell of the spices and I tried them in different dishes. For ex. mango powder...

"Baked sour fish"

- 6-8 portions of any white fish, boneless

- chopped garlic

- chopped ginger

- 1 teaspoon chilli powder

- 1 teaspoon tandoori masala

- 1 teaspoon mango powder

- 3 tablespoon dried breadcrumbs

- salt

-oil

Put fish into mixed chilli powder, garlic, ginger and masala.

Mix the mango powder with breadcrumbs.

Arrange the fish on a greased baking tray. Put breadcrumbs on it and drizzle the oil over.

Bake about 20 min at 180 st C.