Thursday, November 5, 2015

Pumpkin Cake with Tea Biscuits (Bal Kabakli Biskuvili Pasta)

2 cups milk
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp starch
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 package (½ lb) Petit Beurre Petit or social thin tea biscuits
Walnuts for garnish, coarsely crushed

For the pumpkin puree, chop some pumpkin and take it into a small pot with water almost half of the pumpkins covered. Add 1 Tbsp sugar and cook until they are soft. Drain and blend in a food processor.
Mix milk, flour, starch, egg and sugar in a pot. Take it over medium heat and stir continuously (preferably with a mixer/ immersible blender). Once it boils, stir in butter and vanilla. Simmer over low heat for about 2-3 minutes. Add pumpkin puree and mix well. Let it cool for a while.
Cover the bottom of a square/rectangular Pyrex dish or a deep baking tray with the tea biscuits and pour some pumpkin mixture generously and spread evenly. Again cover it with arranging biscuits side by side and continue pouring the mixture and layering with tea biscuits until forming 3-4 layers of biscuits. Pour the remaining mixture on top and spread evenly. Cover and keep in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours.
Put generous amount of crushed walnuts on top, slice and serve.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2 su bardagi sut
2 yemek kasigi un
2 yemek kasigi nisasta
1 su bardagi seker
1 yumurta
1 tatli kasigi vanilya
2 yemek kasigi tereyagi
1 su bardagi bal kabagi puresi
1 paket Petit Beurre biskuvi
Uzeri icin kiriklanmis ceviz

Bal kabagi puresi icin, kabagi dograyin, uzerini gecmeyecek kadar su ve 1 yemek kasigi seker ile haslayin, suzun. Blendirdan gecirin.
Tencerede sut, un, nisasta, yumurta ve sekeri iyice karistirin. Sonra, ocaga alin ve surekli karistirark, tercihen cirpici yardimi ile pisirin. Kaynamaya başladığında, tereyag ve vanilyayi koyarak karistirin. Yaklasik 2-3 dakika kisik ateste kaynatin. Son olarak kabak puresini ilave edin ve guzelce karistirin.
Ocaktan alin ve ilimasini bekleyin. Biskuvileri dikdortgen veya kare orta boy bir borcam ya da tepsinin dibine dizin. Uzerine hazirlamis oldugunuz bal kabakli kremadan bolca dokun. Sira ile biskuviler bitene kadar ya da tepsinizin yuksekligine gore 3-4 kat biskuvi olacak sekilde ayni isleme devam edin. Uzerine kalan kremayi dokup esit olarak yayin. Uzeri kapali sekilde buzdolabinda 4-5 saat dinlendirin.
Uzerine kiriklanmis ceviz koyun ve dilimleyerek servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Friday, February 6, 2015

Eggs Florentine (Florentin Usulu Yumurta)

2 English muffins, split and toasted
1 Tbsp softened unsalted butter
2 cups packed spinach leaves, chopped or whole
2 eggs
1 tsp vinegar

Hollandaise Sauce:
2 egg yolks
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp water
Pinch of salt to taste
2 pinches of freshly ground pepper
6-8 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted


For the sauce, set over a pot of barely simmering water in a heatproof bowl, combine the egg yolks, lemon and water and whisk constantly until the mixture begins to thicken, then continue whisking for about 1 minute more. Remove the bowl from over the pan as soon as the mixture thickens. Add the salt and pepper. Blend the mixture with a stick blender while slowly pouring in the melted butter in a thin stream until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Cover and keep warm over very low heat until ready to serve. 

Lightly spread the cut side of each muffin with 1/2 tsp of the softened butter. Melt the remaining 1 tsp butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the spinach and cook until slightly wilted, about 2-4 minutes. Keep them warm until served. Fill a deep pan with 1/2 inch water to poach the eggs, leave the pan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Crack the eggs into the simmering water. Cover and cook until the whites are firm and the yolks are glazed over but still soft, about 3 minutes, or until done to your liking. Transfer the eggs to a warmed plate.

Top each muffin half with some of the spinach, an egg and generous amount of the sauce. Serve immediately.

ENJOY

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TURKCE
4 Ingiliz muffini, ikiye ayrilmis ve kizartilmis
3 yemek kasigi tereyagi, yumusamis
2 su bardagi ispanak yapragi, dogranmis ya da butun
2 yumurta
1 tatli kasigi sirke

Hollandez Sosu:
2 yumurta sarisi
1 yemek kasigi taze limon suyu
1 tatli kasigi su
Bir tutam tuz
2 tutam taze ogutulmus karabiber
6-8 yemek kasigi tereyagi, erimis

Sos icin; isiya dayanikli icinde kaynar su olan buyuk bir kabin icine bir tencere ya da kap yerlestirin. Yumurta sarilari, su ve limon suyunu icine koyun ve surekli cirparak pisirin. Koyulasmaya baslayinca 1 dakika kadar daha pisirin. Kaynar sudan cikarin tuz ve karabiber ilave edin. El blendiri ile karisimi cirparak yavasca erimis tereyagini ekleyin (yaklasik 2 dakika). Uzerini kapatin ve hafif ateste bekletin.
Her muffinin kesik tarafini hafifce ½ tatli kasigi yumusak tereyagi ile yaglayin. Bir tatli kasigi tereyagini tavaya alin ve ispanaklari hafifce soteleyin (2-4 dakika). Servis edene dek hafif ateste bekletin. Derin bir tencereye yaklasik 1 ½ cm derinlikte olacak kadar su koyun ve sirkeyi ilave edin. Kaynayinca orta atese alin ve icine yavasca yumurtalari kirin. Kapagini kapatin ve yumurta aklari sertlesene dek ama sarilari hala rafadan oldugunda (yaklasik 3 dakika ya da arzuya gore) pisirin. Yavasca yumurtalari isitilmis bir tabaga alin.
Her muffin yarisina biraz ispanak, bir yumurta ve bolca hollandez sosu ilave edin ve hemen servis edin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Brussels Sprouts with Rice (Pirincli Bruksel Lahanasi)

½ lb Brussels sprouts, cut in half
2 medium potatoes, cut in cubes
2 medium carrots, julienne cut
1 medium onion, chopped
½ cup rice, washed and drained
1 Tbsp tomato paste
3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt to taste
A pinch of fresh black pepper
1-11/2 cup hot water

Saute the onions with olive oil over medium heat and then add the tomato paste. Stir in carrots and potatoes. Cook for 2 minutes and add the Brussels sprouts and rice. Cook for 2 more minutes tossing gently. Finally stir in the hot water and salt to taste. Close the lid and cook over medium low heat until the rice and the vegetables are cooked (about 30 min).
Sprinkle with freshly grinded black pepper and serve hot.
ENJOY
*This is a vegetarian dish

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TURKCE
250 gr Bruksel lahanasi, ikiye kesilmis
2 orta boy patates, kup kup dogranmis
2 orta boy havuc, julyen dogranmis
½ su bardagi pirinc, yikanmis
1 yemek kasigi yemek salcasi
3  yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi
1 tatli kasigi tuzz
1-1½ su bardagi sicak su
Bir tutam taze karabiber

Soganlari zeytinyaginda orta ateste soteleyin ve domates salcasini ilave edip bir kac kez cevirin. Havuc ve patatesleri ilave edin ve yaklasik 2 dakika kadar pisirin. Sonra, Bruksel lahanasi ve pirinci ilave edin ve nazikce karistirarak 2 dakika kadar daha pisirin. Son olarak, tuz ve sicak suyu koyun, karistirin ve kapagi kapali olarak kisik ateste pirince ve sebzeler pisene dek pisirin (yaklasik 30 dakika).
Taze ogutulmus karabiber serpin ve sicak servis yapin.
*Bu bir vejeteryan yemegidir.
AFIYET OLSUN