Monday, February 22, 2021

Sweet Pumpkin (Kabak Tatlisi)

3 lbs butternut squash or pumpkin (1500 gr)
2-3 cups sugar
½ cup walnuts or pecans
thickened cream (optional)

Cut the butternut squash or pumpkin in chunks larger than bite size (you can cut them in any size you like). Clean the seeds inside and peel the pumpkin chunks. Place them in a large pot and spread the sugar evenly on the surface.
Let them stand for 3-4 hours, for sugar to dissolve. After you see the sugar dissolved, place the pot on a low-medium heat and cook for 40-50 minutes until the pumpkins are darken in color. The water should be mostly drained.
When they are cooled; garnish them with thickened cream, walnuts, pecans or any kind of nuts.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1500 gr (1 ½ kg) bal kabagi
2-3 su bardagi seker
½ su bardagi ceviz
kaymak ve uzeri icin antep fistigi (istege bagli)

Kabagi lokmadan daha buyuk parcalar halinde kesin (istediginiz buyuklukte dilimleyebilirsiniz). Kabagin ic kisimlarini temizleyip, kabugunu soyun. Genis bir tencereye kabaklari koyun ve uzerine sekeri esit olarak yayin.
Sekerin erimesi icin 3-4 saat bekletin.Seker eriyince, tencereyi dusuk atese alip kabaklarin rengi koyulasan dek, yaklasik 40-50 dakika pisirin. Suyun buyuk miktari buharlasmis olacaktir.
Kabak tatlisi soguyunca; ceviz ya da istediginiz diger kabuklu yemisler ile servis edin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Victorian Milk Bread (Sutlu Ekmek)


2 tsp dry/instant yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 ½ cups luke warm milk
3 ¾ cups bread flour
1 ½ tsp salt to taste

Glaze:
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
Sesame seeds

Add yeast and sugar into 1/2 cup of milk in a bowl. Leave for 5 minutes; stir to dissolve. Mix flour and salt in large a bowl. Make a well in center and pour in dissolved yeast. Mix in flour. Stir in reserved milk to form a sticky dough. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Knead dough until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes.

Put dough in a clean bowl and cover with a towel or cloth. Let rise for 45-60 minutes in a warm place. Punch down, cover and let dough rise again until doubled in size about 45 minutes.
Grease an 8 x 4 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pan. Shape dough into a long loaf (see the picture).
Place shaped dough in greased loaf pan. Cover with towel/cloth. Leave for a rest until dough is 1 inch above the top of pan, about 1 hour.
Brush top of loaf with egg glaze and sprinkle sesame seeds. Bake in preheated 400F (200 C) oven for 40-45 minutes until golden. After taking the bread out of the oven cover it with a towel/cloth to keep it soft and warm.
Serve warm and enjoy Victorian Milk Bread with butter or cream cheese.
ENJOY
P.S: Do not use metal container when kneading or resting the dough. Metal spoils the texture of dough.
TURKCE
2 tatli kasigi kuru/instant maya
1 tatli kasigi seker
1 ½ su bardagi ilik sut
3 ¾ su bardagi ekmek unu
1 ½ tatli kasigi tuz

Uzeri icin:
1 yumurta
1 yemek kasigi sut
susam

Bir kasede ½ su bardagi ilik sutu, seker ve mayayi karistirin. Mayanin cozunmesi icin 5 dakika bekletin. Genis bir kasede un ve tuzu karistirin, ortasina bir cukur acin. Cukura cozunen maya karisimini dokun. Un ile karistirip geri kalan ilik sutu ilave edin. Hamuru unlanmis bir yuzeye alin ve puruzsuz ve elastic bir hamur elde edene dek yaklasik 8-10 dakika yogurun.
Hamuru temiz bir kaseye alin ve uzerini temiz bir havlu/bez ile ortun. 45-60 dakika boyunca kabarmasi icin ilik bir ortamda bekletin.Daha sonra havasini cikarmak icin nazikce bastirin, ortun ve tekrar hacimce iki katina cikana kadar bekletin (yaklasik 45 dakika).
20x10x6 cm’lik bir dikdortgen kalibi yaglayin. Hamura uzun bir ekmek sekli verin (resime bakiniz). Yaglanmis kaliba yerlestirin ve uzerini havlu/bez ile ortun. Hamur kalibin uzerinden yaklasik 2 ½ cm kadar yukselene dek bekletin (yaklasik 1 saat).
Uzerine yumurtali sut karisimini surun ve susam serpin. Onceden isitilmis 200 C (400 F) firinda 40-45 dakika uzeri kizarana dek pisirin.
Ekmegin yumusak ve sicak kalmasi icin; firindan cikarinca, uzerini havlu/bez ile ortun.
Sutlu Ekmek sicacikken, tereyagi ve krem peynir ile tadini cikarin.
AFIYET OLSUN
NOT: Hamuru yogurmak ya da dinlendirmek icin metal kap kullanmayin. Metal, hamurun yapisina zarar verir.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Friday, January 15, 2021

Turkish Milk Pudding with Kadaifi (Kadayifli Muhallebi)

½ lb shredded dough (Kadaifi)
5-6 Tbsp sugar
4-5 Tbsp butter
1 ½ cups walnuts/pecans, largely crushed
½ lb whipped cream

Leave the kadaifi in the freezer for about 1-2 hours prior to use. Then, take it out and crack it into small pieces. Take it to a pot and add butter and sugar. Cook stirring constantly over medium heat until it gets pinkish. Stir in walnuts/pecans and turn the heat off. Let it cool.
Click for the recipe of Turkish Milk Pudding (Muhallebi). Let the Muhallebi cool and add whipped cream. Mix with a mixer until it gets smooth.
Take the half of the kadaifi mixture over a rectangular big Pyrex dish and spread the Muhallebi over. Finally spread the remaining kadaifi mixture over. Cut in square slices and serve.
ENJOY

TURKCE
250-300gr kadayif
5-6 yemek kasigi toz seker
4-5 yemek kasigi tereyagi
1 ½ su bardagi ceviz, kiriklanmis
250 gr krem santi

Kadayifi 1-2 saat kadar derin dondurucuda bekletin. Dondurucudan alin ve kirarak kucuk parcalara bolun. Tencereye alin, tereyag ve sekeri ilave edin. Orta ateste surekli karistirarak rengi pembelesene dek kavurun. Cevizleri ilave edin. Ocaktan alin ve sogumasini bekleyin.
Muhallebinin yapilisi icin tiklayin. Muhallebi soguduktan sonra icine krem santiyi ekleyip mikserle karistirin.
Kadayifin yarisini buyuk dikdortgen borcama yayin. Uzerine muhallebiyi doseyin. Kalan kadayifi uzerine yayin.
AFIYET OLSUN