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bleuetoile:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_female::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-03-11 10:28:24(93Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Banitza:
500g white cheese, preferably sheep
6 large eggs
500g yoghurt
1tbs baking soda
2tbs vinegar
1/2tbs salt
150g butter/preferably good quality like french president/
400g banitsa peel/pastry - you can make them yourself /too much work/ or buy ready /there are turkish for baklava, arabic, bulgarian, greek, albanian, serbian, also nice chinese sold around/

In big bowl mix eggs, cheese, salt, in the yoghurt separately add baking soda and vinegar,  mix everything together,

separately melt the butter

in a big pan spread a thin layer butter, then 1 layer thin pastry, spread 1 spoon butter, then 1 layer of the mix, then again 1 pastry, 1 butter, 1 mix till its over.

Bake on medium till ready - about 40mins.

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Its not mine picture, I dont love really this recipe, but its like traditional for my region and almost everybody likes it. There are harder to prepare recipes but this is easy - takes no more than 20 mins and you can feed everyone. :_:D

 
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Jase1:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-03-15 17:21:52(92Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Steak and Ale Pie


This steak and ale pie recipe uses stewing steak – infused with herbs, cooked with veggies and a generous amount of ale for an hour. This creates a tender, rich pie filling. In this recipe, the Hairy Bikers opt for shop-bought pastry which is a much quicker option than homemade.


INGREDIENTS


For the filling
900g stewing steak, diced
25g flour, plus extra for dusting
100g butter
2 onions roughly chopped
2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, roughly chopped
150g button mushrooms
2 sprigs fresh thyme
400ml good-quality ale
500ml beef stock
Salt and pepper
For the pastry
300g ready-made rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten for glazing


METHOD


Preheat the oven to 220°C/428°F/Gas Mark 7.

Pour flour into a bowl and season well. Coat the meat with seasoned flour.

Heat half the butter in a heated pan and add the meat. Sear all over until golden brown.

Add the vegetables, herbs, ale, and stock. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 1 hr. When cooked, season, add the remaining butter, and pour into an ovenproof serving dish.

Brush the edge of the dish with the beaten egg. Roll out the pastry using as little flour as possible and place it over the dish. Pinch the edges of the dish so that the pastry will stick to it and trim off any remaining pieces of pastry from around the edge. Brush the pastry top thoroughly with the remaining beaten egg and place on a baking tray.

Top Tip - Make sure the filling is cooled slightly before adding the pastry otherwise the pastry will begin to soften and will be hard to manipulate into the pie top style you're after.


ENJOY:_:)


 
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Xorn:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-04-05 20:16:45(89Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Jase1 wrote:

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Steak and Ale Pie


This steak and ale pie recipe uses stewing steak – infused with herbs, cooked with veggies and a generous amount of ale for an hour. This creates a tender, rich pie filling. In this recipe, the Hairy Bikers opt for shop-bought pastry which is a much quicker option than homemade.


INGREDIENTS


For the filling
900g stewing steak, diced
25g flour, plus extra for dusting
100g butter
2 onions roughly chopped
2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, roughly chopped
150g button mushrooms
2 sprigs fresh thyme
400ml good-quality ale
500ml beef stock
Salt and pepper
For the pastry
300g ready-made rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten for glazing


METHOD


Preheat the oven to 220°C/428°F/Gas Mark 7.

Pour flour into a bowl and season well. Coat the meat with seasoned flour.

Heat half the butter in a heated pan and add the meat. Sear all over until golden brown.

Add the vegetables, herbs, ale, and stock. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 1 hr. When cooked, season, add the remaining butter, and pour into an ovenproof serving dish.

Brush the edge of the dish with the beaten egg. Roll out the pastry using as little flour as possible and place it over the dish. Pinch the edges of the dish so that the pastry will stick to it and trim off any remaining pieces of pastry from around the edge. Brush the pastry top thoroughly with the remaining beaten egg and place on a baking tray.

Top Tip - Make sure the filling is cooled slightly before adding the pastry otherwise the pastry will begin to soften and will be hard to manipulate into the pie top style you're after.


ENJOY:_:)
I'm so gonna try this one :D thanks


You got one for a cottage pie you use? I can google normal

 
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The result of my last pic. And who put that carrot in there?

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Xorn:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2024-07-19 16:39:09(22Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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3 cuos of oats, 1 cup of sugar, 2 teaspoons cocoa, 200g of butter and a little coffee to make it wet
Mix and roll into small balls
Roll em in coconut, sprinkles, small marshmallows etc.
Great and easy for kids to make

 
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Take a pan that can go in the oven
Chopped tomatoes in the bottom(canned is ok)
1-2  finely cut charlottes
put some whole small mushrooms in the bittle
Some new small halved potatoes around the edge(sliced side up)
Your choice of meat on top. I used chcken. Can use anything
in the oven at 175 c .
When the potatoes begins to be a little soft(half-done), take out the meat. add 1/8l  of cream(more if you like ofc hehe). A handfull of your chosen fresh herbs(I used oregano). Put the meat on the top again and finish it with 20mins more in the oven.
I forgot to take pics. It even looks good:_B)

 
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Polleke:_trusted_uploader::_male::_sitelover:Posted at 2024-07-26 14:24:36(21Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Cauliflower soup
Delicious, nutritious and super healthy
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Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
2 onions, roughly chopped
1 large cauliflower (about 600 g)
250 ml whipping cream

Preparation
Melt the butter in a large pan and fry the onion on medium heat for 5 minutes, do not let it brown.
Remove the green and cut the cauliflower vertically into 1 cm thick slices. Cut away the tough stalk. Place the cauliflower slices in the pan with the onion and pour 1 litre of water or chicken stock over it. Add salt and pepper. Bring the liquid to the boil and let it simmer gently for 15 minutes, until the cauliflower is cooked.
Add the cream and cook the soup for another 5 minutes. Puree the cauliflower soup with a hand blender and taste to see if it needs extra salt or pepper.
Additional required: Hand blender.
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Xorn:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2024-09-14 21:08:30(14Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Not a cooking thing. But my thread :P I'll delete when home.
Finished clearing my parents house in france. In a hotel in germany omw home. 12 hour drive today. only 8 hours tomorrow... Can't wait to be alone and relax my head.
P.s. Again you had me worried about the site. "luckily" I was too busy to rly get into it.
Hope you guys n gals are good:_:):_love

Edit: I don't listen to music. Got ADD and music is just noice to me. But this song gets me. It's like someone wrote a poem about me . Thank you SO much Bear McCreary. Never thought a song could touch me like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDaDG9LVzU&list=RDMZDaDG9LVzU&start_radio=1&ab_channel=CelticWomanVEVO


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