Pasta salad is a well-known crowd pleaser, especially when you plan a large and spontaneous party outdoors. And it goes without saying that two pasta salads are better than one! Try them both before your family guests finish them.
Recipes
Chinese Cuisine: 5 Unusual Food Facts and Legendary Peking Duck Recipe
If you have ever dreamed of organizing a foreign cuisine party, you are lucky to come across our post about the Chinese cuisine traditions. Not only will you discover some interesting facts about this nation, but will also learn how to cook the true Peking Duck even though its recipe is considered to be full […]
Chocolate Crepe Cake
- Butter 120 gr
- Milk 0,7 l
- Eggs 6
- Flour 1½ cups
- Cocoa powder ⅔ cup
- Sugar 11 tbsp
- Whipped cream 1 l
- Heavy cream 0,2 l
- Chocolate 170 gr
- Powdered sugar ¼ cup
- Melt the butter (100 gr) in the pot allowing it to turn brown slightly. Set aside.
- Warm the milk. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl whisk flour, cocoa powder and sugar (7 tbsp).
- Mix in eggs, then gradually mix in the melted butter and warm milk, whisking them until smooth. Chill the mixture.
- Pour ¼ cup of crepe batter on a crepe pan over medium heat covering the entire bottom surface.
- Flip the crepe when the surface begins to to get brown. Cook about 30 seconds per each side.
- Repeat the process with the remaining and cool the crepes when finished.
- Lay 1 crepe on a cake plate and cover with a thin layer of whipped cream. Repeat until all crepes are used.
- Trim edges for a cleaner look.
- For the ganache, mix heavy cream and sugar (4 tbsp) and bring the mixture to boiling, add the melted chocolate and butter (20 gr), whisk until smooth, let cool and spread over the crepe cake.
- Garnish the cake with powdered sugar, and chill for 2 hours before serving.
Japanese Pancakes: Tasty Breakfast & Brunch Recipe
- Eggs 2
- Buttermilk ¾ cup
- Butter 20 gr
- Sugar ¼ cup
- Salt ¼ tsp
- Flour 1 ½ cups
- Baking powder 1 tsp
- Baking soda ¼ tsp
- Olive oil 2 tbsp
- Mix together eggs, buttermilk, sugar and salt, using blender on a low setting for 1-2 minutes.
- Add flour, baking powder and baking soda to the mixture, and continue blending until the batter is completely combined.
- Heat up olive oil in a crepe pan over medium heat.
- Grease up the inner side of metal ring mold with butter and place it in the center of a pan.
- Pour the pancake batter into the mold until it’s half full. Cover the pan and cook for about 5 minutes or until bubbles start to form on the top of the pancake.
- Flip the pancake and mold over, cover and cook for about 3 minutes or until the pancake is golden brown at the bottom.
- Serve with butter, custard, syrup and berries.
Kentucky Fried Chicken – 2 Healthy Ways
If you are a KFC addict, you will duly appreciate these two recipes. You don’t need to be Colonel Sanders to cook the legendary Kentucky Fried Chicken right in your kitchen! Try these two healthier variations and choose your favorite one.
Easy & Healthy Greek Yogurt Chicken Salads
Here we are with the best Greek Yogurt Chicken Salads recipes: a light yet satisfying lunch easy to whip up in no time!
Easy Spaghetti Squash Recipe
If you are sick and tired of ordinary spaghetti, this recipe is right for you. Not only is it healthy and low in calories, but it also hardly takes any time to cook. You can use an original squash or try a pumpkin or a marrow instead. We are looking forward to your feedback on […]
How to Boil Eggs That Are Easy to Peel
Cooking hard-boiled eggs is easy as pie. Peeling them afterwards is not. Sometimes they get peeled like a charm, but sometimes they are able to drive even the most devoted cooker crazy. What is the secret? It is possible to make hard-boiled eggs always easy to peel? Sure!
3 Breakfast Casserole Recipes You Will Enjoy
If you have run out of ideas what to cook for breakfast, this post is right for you! Stop eating boring cold cereal, eggs and toasts every morning – we have a more attractive variant. Discover casseroles which are not only easy to cook (just mix the ingredients, put them in the oven and wait […]
Mushroom And Ricotta Quiche
- Frozen shortcrust pastry 2 sheets
- Ricotta 240g
- Parmesan 25g
- Button mushrooms 200g
- Swiss brown mushrooms 200g
- Eggs 3
- Olive oil 1 tbsp
- Butter 50g
- Onion 1
- Garlic 2 cloves
- Flat-leaf parsley 1/2 cup
- Nutmeg 1 pinch
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Saute the mushrooms, onions and garlic together.
- Stir in seasonings and cook for 2 minutes until liquid is evaporated.
- Let cool for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs; add salt, pepper, nutmeg and grated parmesan cheese and stir well.
- Add the ricotta cheese and thickly sliced mushrooms, mix gently.
- Place the shortcrust in a 9 inch oven pan.
- Pour the mixture into the crust and fold the edges.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 40-50 minutes.