Cookbook

2 15 min

Greek salad

Ingredients

• 80 g feta cheese
• 8-10 cherry tomatoes or 1 medium tomato
• some lettuce leaves
• 1 medium sized bell pepper
• half a can pitted olives
• Extra Virgin olive oil
• black pepper, Italian herbs

Directions

This salad is better served in a large glass bowl. Thoroughly rinse the lettuce leaves and tear them large enough.

If you use cherry tomatoes, cut them into halves. Otherwise cut tomato into slices and then each slice cut in half again. Remove seeds from the bell pepper and cut into pieces large enough (about 1.5-2 cm). Cut feta into 1-1.5 cm cubes.

In general when slicing the ingredients try to keep them all about the same size. Add half a can of olives to the salad and season with about one tablespoon of olive oil.

Mix the salad well. Add some black pepper or Italian herbs just before serving.

10 1 h 15 min

Snack rolls

Ingredients

For dough:

• 150 ml milk
• 250 g premium wheat flour
• 15 g fresh yeast
• 5 g salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

For alkaline solution:

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 liter water

Directions

Knead dough in a breadmaker or manually. Roll it out into about 2 cm layer. Cut the dough into shapes using molds. Leave to proof for 10 minutes.

Then treat the products with an alkaline solution.

Bring 1 liter of water to a boil in a high saucepan adding 1 teaspoon of salt.

Remove the saucepan from the stove and gradually add 3 tablespoons of baking soda stirring all the time. Bring the alkaline solution to a boil again. Immerse the products into it for 10-20 seconds, then remove with a draining spoon.

Let the water drain well. Cover the baking sheet with oiled baking paper, place the products on it, and leave for 20-30 minutes.

Sprinkle the products with coarse salt or sesame seeds and bake at 200 degrees for about 10-20 minutes depending on their size.

Such baked goods are traditional for Germany. Due to treating the products with an alkaline solution, a crisp crust forms on them during baking.

6 1 h 30 min

Chicken with beans, tomatoes
and hot peppers

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (about 1.6 kg)
• 200 g beans (fresh or canned)
• 1 large onion
• 400 g tomatoes in own juice
• 200 ml chicken broth
• 3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon chili peppers
• salt

Directions

Soak the beans in cold water for 2 hours or even better overnight. If you use canned beans, add them to the dish 5 minutes before it’s ready.

Cut the chicken into pieces.

Slice the onion into semi-circles.

Fry the chicken in vegetable oil for 15 minutes. Add onion to the chicken and saute everything together for another 10-15 minutes.

Add beans (if fresh) and tomatoes to the chicken, pour in the broth.

Simmer chicken and beans until tender (about 40 minutes).

Add salt and chili 15 minutes before the dish is ready.

If you don't like spicy food, take a fresh chili pepper, put it in the ready dish for 1 minute and then remove it. It will only add its flavor to the dish without making it too hot.

10 1 h

Baked stuffed buns

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 1/2 tablespoon dry yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g butter
• 200 g milk
• 1-2 eggs
• vanilla sugar

Directions

Sift flour into a bowl together with yeast. Add salt and sugar.

In another bowl mix soft butter, warm milk and eggs.

Place all the ingredients into the bread maker and set the dough program. Or you can knead the dough by hand and leave in a warm place for 50-70 minutes.

Divide the dough into balls (about 5 cm in diameter). From this amount of dough you can make around 28 balls.

You can have any filling. For example, cook a cup of rice, add two hard-boiled and chopped eggs, chopped green onions and salt to taste.

Flatten each dough ball, place some filling in the center and pinch the edges of a bun.

Place the buns on a greased baking sheet, spread the top of each bun with slightly whipped egg.

Place in a warm place for 20-30 minutes to proofe.

Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.

8 45 min

Onion tart

Ingredients

Dough:

• 100 g butter or margarine
• 100 g finely grated carrots
• 100 g flour
• 100 g fine oatmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Filling:

• 3 big onions
• 100 g cream
• 1 egg
• 200 g grated cheese
• salt and pepper

Directions

Mix room temperature butter or margarine with carrots.

Sift flour, add flakes, salt and baking powder.

Knead a smooth dough.

Put the dough into a pie-pan, make "borders" and bake this "basket" for 5-10 minutes in an oven preheated to 225 Celcius degrees.

Cut the onion into rings, slightly saute them. Then mix with cream, egg and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper.

Put the filling into a baked "basket" and put into oven for 10-15 minutes more.

2 20 min

Pungent flavor salad

Ingredients

• 2 big tomatoes
• 2 fresh figs
• two sprigs of basil
• raspberry
• strawberry
• 2 teaspoon pesto

For dressing:

• lemon juice
• olive oil

Directions

Chop tomatoes and figs into large pieces.

Cut the strawberries in half.

Tear off the basil leaves from the sprigs.

Mix tomatoes, basil and figs.

Put the pesto sauce on a dish in a thin layer.

Place tomatoes with basil and figs, strawberries and raspberries over it.

Mix olive oil and lemon juice.

Sprinkle the dressing over the salad.

12 1 h 15 min

Farmer cheese cookies

Ingredients

• 600 g farmer cheese
• 3 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 640 g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder or soda

Directions

Thoroughly blend the farmer cheese with sugar and eggs, using hand blender.

Add sifted flour and baking powder (or baking soda with some vinegar).

Knead the soft dough, wrap with cling film and leave for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Roll the dough out into about 0.5 cm layer. Cut the dough into shapes using molds.

Bake for 20-30 minutes until golden brown.

When the cookies cool down, sprinkle them with sugar powder.

8 45 min

Rolled pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 glass and 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 glass butter milk
• 1 glass water
• 1/5 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions

Pancake batter formula is (1+2) to 2.

1 cup +2 tablespoons flour for 2 cups of liquid.

For liquid you can use butter milk, yogurt, milk, or even just water. Only be sure to dilute thick butter milk with water. It is also advisable to dilute milk with water, because pancakes made with only milk burn. Measure flour and liquid with the glass of the same size.

If you use liquid with an acid – butter milk, yogurt or sour cream (at least one tablespoon for 2 glasses of water), you do not need to extinguish soda with vinegar. If it's fresh milk or water, add some vinegar or lemon juice.

Mix flour with eggs, salt and sugar (not more than 3 tablespoons otherwise the pancakes will burn). Gradually add liquid to the flour and whisk the batter so that there are no lumps. You can also pass the dough through a sieve to insure that there are no lumps. Then add baking soda and vegetable oil, whisk thoroughly and leave the batter for 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile heat the stove.

The most important thing in baking pancakes is to warm up the frying pan well, but not to overheat it. Rinse the frying pan under the water, place it on the stove. As soon as the water evaporates, the frying pan is hot enough.

The second important thing is heating the pan with oil. Pour in vegetable oil (less than a tablespoon). Spread it evenly over the surface of the pan, place the pan on the stove and count to 10. Then pour the oil out and quickly wipe the surface of the pan with a paper towel, removing the excess oil.

Take the batter with a ladle, pour it in one quick motion into the center of the frying pan and tilt it in different directions to spread the batter evenly over the entire surface. Then fry pancake on one side. When there are no damp spots on top, turn the pancake over. On the other side the pancakes are fried twice as fast.

Do not grease the pan every time. Do it every two or even three pancakes. Use the same paper towel you used to remove the excess oil.

You can put a small piece of butter over each pancake in the stack.

One more thing: if you fry pancakes on a gas stove, use a small burner. If you fry on a wide burner, they stick in the center.

Prepare any kind of filling: farmer cheese whipped with sugar and raisins, cooked and chopped meat with grilled onions, some jam ets. Place some filling on a pancake and roll it up.

4 30 min

Mandarin in chocolate

Ingredients

• mandarins, oranges or clementines
• chocolate bar
• dairy cream

Directions

Peel the citrus of your choice. Remove white fibers.

Melt the chocolate over a water bath or in the microwave, adding a little amount of cream.

Dip the citrus segments halfway into the chocolate, place on a dish and refrigerate for a while.

Sprinkle with coconut flakes.

12 30 min

Tart shells with farmer cheese
cream and strawberry

Ingredients

• 160 g flour
• 100 g butter
• 50 g sugar for the dough
• 1 egg
• salt
• 100 g farmer cheese
• sour cream
• sugar to your liking for the filling
• strawberry or other berries

Directions

Mix room temperature butter with salt and sugar and whip up at medium speed until smooth. Add the egg and continue whipping for one more minute. Then add flour at a low speed. Finish kneading on the table.

Divide the dough into about 10-12 pieces (according to the number and size of the molds that you have). Line the molds with baking paper (if the molds are silicone, it is not necessary). Using your hands place the dough to the molds so that it is no more than 7 millimeters layer thick.

Cover the dough in the molds with foil, press lightly and place raw beans or peas into the molds preventing the tart shells from puffing up while baking.

Bake in a preheated oven at 190-200 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes.

Let the tart shells slightly cool down.

Whip the farmer cheese with sour cream and sugar until smooth.

Fill the shells with cream and decorate with berries.

10 1 h

Gingery cookies

Ingredients

• 100 g butter
• 1 egg
• 120 g sugar
• 60 g walnuts (optional)
• 150 g flour
• 1/4 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon grounded cloves
• 1 teaspoon dry ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon dry nutmeg

Directions

Whip room temperature butter with sugar until smooth.

Mix spices with flour and baking soda. Add butter and sugar mixture.

Cover the baking sheet with oiled baking paper.

Place the dough on the sheet with a teaspoon making small balls.

Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees Celcius for 7 minutes.

Then lower the temperature to 70 degrees and bake for another 5 minutes.

6 1 h

Crescent rolls

Ingredients

Dough

• 450 g flour
• 250 g butter
• 200 g sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon soda

Filling:

• jam, farmer cheese filling, poppy seed filling

Directions

Sift about 300-350 grams of flour into a bowl. Grate butter and thoroughly mix with flour into crumbs using your hands. Add baking soda and some vinegar, then mix quickly.

Add sour cream and knead a very soft dough that does not stick to your hands.

Gradually add the remaining flour (preferably sifting it through a sieve), knead the tight dough on the surface sprinkled with flour.

You may need a little more or less flour for the dough than indicated depending on the flour kind.

Wrap the dough with cling film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Then roll the dough out into about 1 mm layer forming a circle. You can divide the dough into two pieces and roll them out separately.

Cut the circle into 12 sectors, put 1 teaspoon of filling in the base of each sector.

Roll the sectors up toward the narrow side so that the filling is inside.

Cover the baking sheet with baking paper and place the crescent rolls on it. You can spread the top of your rolls with slightly whipped yolk.

Bake in preheated to 180 degrees Celsius oven for 15 minutes.

When cool sprinkle the crescent rolls with sugar powder.

6 30 min

Teacake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 150 g sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• 130 ml of butter milk
• 100 g butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 230 g flour
• raisins or any other dried fruits like cherry, black currant etc.

Directions

Whisk eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar.

Stir in melted butter and butter milk of a room temperature.

Sift together flour and baking soda (don't forget to add a small amount of vinegar to it), then add to the liquid ingredients.

Add raisins (optional), place in a bakery mold and bake until done.