If you cook with joy for your loved ones, it is impossible not to make something tasty!
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
BANANA SPLIT
Banana split is a dessert originated in the United States of America consisting from 1 banana, 3 types of ice cream, different sauces and cream. As simple as it sounds, as tasty it is. I took the recipe from videojug and I followed it almost entirely.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
BRIOSE SIMPLE CU IAURT / SIMPLE YOGURT MUFFINS
The simple yogurt muffins is a delicious dessert that you can make with your children.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Galuste de gris / Semolina Soup Dumplings
I have got two stories related to the semolina dumplings - an extremely popular Romanian recipe for clear chicken soup:
1. My mother made perfect dumplings - light, fluffy, uniform, perfect. She used to tell me that the first dumplings she had ever made where so hard that if she had thrown them towards the window, they would have broken not only the window, but also the heads of the passers-by. Unfortunately, my mother did not get to teach me how to make dumplings, but she did teach me something: HOW good dumplings should be.
2. I was living in Germany when a group of friends came from Heidelberg to see our first new-born daughter. I was making chicken soup and as I was preparing to add the noodles, Sorin (student and in the same time cook at a Portuguese restaurant) asked me why wasn't I making dumplings. I answered that they don't always come out right, he offered to prepare them and while doing that he told us the next anecdote: A woman was a very good cook, but her husband rarely praised her cooking. One day the woman prepares semolina dumplings and by mistake they turn out to be hard. Her husband comes home, sits at the table, starts eating and says: "You've finally learned how to cook! Now these are dumplings like at my mother's!" We all laughed (those of us in the kitchen), Sorin made the perfect dumplings - big, fluffy, homogeneous - the way they should be and we started eating. While eating the soup, I told Sorin that his dumplings were perfect, but Radu, another common friend said something like: "Hmmm... They're not that good. My mother's were harder..." Of course he hadn't heard the story and we all laughed at Radu and his hard dumplings.
This second story was to show that people have different tastes, depending on the way they were thaught or used to things. I have to say, even though I've said it already, that for me the dumplings should be uniform, but soft, fluffy, light and they should melt in your mouth. That's just me.
Eventually I have learned to make dumplings from Magda, my husband's aunt, but I also use a piece of advice given to me by Sorin, 10 years ago. Maybe the long experience of cooking dumplings also helps me make the dumplings I like.
1. My mother made perfect dumplings - light, fluffy, uniform, perfect. She used to tell me that the first dumplings she had ever made where so hard that if she had thrown them towards the window, they would have broken not only the window, but also the heads of the passers-by. Unfortunately, my mother did not get to teach me how to make dumplings, but she did teach me something: HOW good dumplings should be.
2. I was living in Germany when a group of friends came from Heidelberg to see our first new-born daughter. I was making chicken soup and as I was preparing to add the noodles, Sorin (student and in the same time cook at a Portuguese restaurant) asked me why wasn't I making dumplings. I answered that they don't always come out right, he offered to prepare them and while doing that he told us the next anecdote: A woman was a very good cook, but her husband rarely praised her cooking. One day the woman prepares semolina dumplings and by mistake they turn out to be hard. Her husband comes home, sits at the table, starts eating and says: "You've finally learned how to cook! Now these are dumplings like at my mother's!" We all laughed (those of us in the kitchen), Sorin made the perfect dumplings - big, fluffy, homogeneous - the way they should be and we started eating. While eating the soup, I told Sorin that his dumplings were perfect, but Radu, another common friend said something like: "Hmmm... They're not that good. My mother's were harder..." Of course he hadn't heard the story and we all laughed at Radu and his hard dumplings.
This second story was to show that people have different tastes, depending on the way they were thaught or used to things. I have to say, even though I've said it already, that for me the dumplings should be uniform, but soft, fluffy, light and they should melt in your mouth. That's just me.
Eventually I have learned to make dumplings from Magda, my husband's aunt, but I also use a piece of advice given to me by Sorin, 10 years ago. Maybe the long experience of cooking dumplings also helps me make the dumplings I like.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Baton de ciocolata /Homemade Chocolate Fudge
Just across the street from my house there is a confectionery laboratory. Mister Milan and his son Dragan often give us chocolate fudge casseroles for the girls. Some other times we buy them ourselves - me and the girls like the chocolate fudge, my husband also enjoys the white fudge with raisins (we don't like the raisins). Some time ago we got a call from my husband's uncle Stejarel, passionate amateur cook. He had brought us a plate with homemade chocolate fudge made by himself. It was delicious so I asked for the recipe and since then I have prepared it many times - both chocolate fudge, as well as white fudge but without the raisins. And it tastes even better than that from the confectionery!
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
TORT CU NUCA / WALNUT CAKE
I love walnuts and walnut desserts. I have found this recipe here on this site GoodFood.ro - Walnut Cake, I have saved it to favourites and I have finally prepared it! It is a simple recipe, although a little time consuming - but it's worth it - it is delicious!
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