Kid’s Favourite Quick Nutella Yeast Cake Roll Easy to make Nutella yeast cake roll – Kid’ all time favourite recipe.
Turkey Meatloaf with Mixed Bell Peppers & Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Very easy to make, juicy, delicious turkey meatloaf – family’s favourite.
Coconut & Vanilla Carrot Cake with Strawberry Icing Carrot cake with vanilla seeds, shredded coconut and strawberry icing, ideal treat for Summer days.
Spiced Carrot Cake with Coconut & Chocolate Icing Easy, moist carrot cake recipe, made with cinnamon, dessicated coconut and chocolate topping.
Tartare Sauce for Fish & Seafood – Sos Tatarski Quick sauce for fish made from pickled cucumbers, fresh dill and mayonnaise plus crème fraîche – perfect for baked or fried breaded fish.
Rolled Yeast Apple Strudel Recipe for apple strudel made with yeast dough and home-made apple marmalade.
Babka Makowa / Makowiec – Polish Poppy Seed Cake Roll with Chocolate Glaze Babka Makowa / Makowiec – traditional Polish poppy seed yeast cake roll.
Kraszanki, Drapanki & Pisanki – Polish Easter Traditions Pisanki / Kraszanki / Skrobanki / Drapanki – coloured, decorated Easter eggs from Poland. Happy Spring!
Cinnamon & Nutmeg Bundt Cake / Babka z Cynamonem i Gałką Muszkatałową Very easy recipe for cinnamon and nutmeg bundt cake topped with home-made cinnamon sugar.
Mother’s Day Fruit Cake with Madagascar Vanilla – Kid’s Cooking Easy, moist & delicious fruit cake infused with Madagascar vanilla. Made by my 7 year old daughter Marissa.
Oven Baked Turkey Meatballs for Kid’s Lunchboxes Healthy, low in fat oven baked turkey meatballs for kid’s lunchboxes or as main served with pasta and tomato sauce.
Celeriac with Beets, Raisins and Walnuts aka Pink Waldorf Salad Beetroots, celeriac, raisins, walnuts, mayonnaise… pink Waldorf salad. Bitter-sweet, just like LOVE, perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Faworki / Chruściki (Angel Wings) – Polish Fat Thursday’s Treats Polish Fat Thursday / Tłusty Czwartek recipe for deep fried crispy biscuits.
How to Make Real Vanilla Sugar / Cukier Waniliowy You can make your very own real vanilla sugar very easily at home, all you need is some fine sugar and a vanilla pod or two.
Kulebiak – Traditional Polish Sour Cabbage & Mushroom Pie [Recipe by Babcia Ala, my mother.] INGREDIENTS for the dough 1 kg plain flour 100g fresh or 3⅓ tbs dry yeast 100g unsalted butter 2 whole eggs 2 egg yolks, save the egg whites for brushing 1½ cup lukewarm milk 1 tsp grated nutmeg 1 tsp sea salt, less if butter is salted for the […]
Raffaello – Almond & Coconut Cream No Bake Cake Recipe for no bake cake inspired by Raffaello from Ferrero Rocher.
Napoleonka – Polish Custard Cream Pie Napoleonka recipe – Polish custard cream pie made out of two layers of pastry filled with custard cream and often decorated with layer of icing sugar.
Mexican Enchiladas INGREDIENTS about 12 enchilada wraps 600g chicken breast (cubed) unsalted butter 400g jar of tomato sauce 1-1½ tbs enchilada seasoning mix sea salt – to taste 2-3 bell peppers (the more colours the better) – sliced freshly chopped coriander to serve – optional 200g grated cheese EQUIPMENT large, oven proof dish cheese greater METHOD Preheat […]
Walnut Keks – Traditional Polish Tea Cake INGREDIENTS 1½ cups plain flour (250g) 1 bar (250g) unsalted butter (chopped and softened) 1¾ cup icing sugar (250g) 2 cups of walnuts (250g) 5-6 eggs (I used 6 small ones) 1 tbs vanilla extract 1 tbs 95% rectified spirit – optional 1½ tsp / ½ tbs baking powder + 2 tsp of butter to […]
Bulgur Wheat Tabbouleh INGREDIENTS 250g bulgur wheat / 1¼ cup 5 cups / 1¼ litre of boiling water 3 vegetable cubes (10g each) medium red onion (diced finely) 1 red & 1 yellow or orange bell pepper (diced finely) 3 garlic cloves (chopped or squeezed) handful of chopped mint / 15g handful of chopped flat leaf parsley /15g […]
Black Forest Cake – German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte Black Forest Cake – German chocolate cake with cherry liquor and fresh cherries.
Spicy Tuna, Corn & Red Kidney Bean Jacket Potatoes Baked potatoes filled with spicy tuna, great also as sandwich filler or pasta topping.
Simple Garlic Sauce for Yorkshire Puddings INGREDIENTS frozen Yorkshire puddings for the garlic sauce 3 tbs plain flour 25g unsalted butter 400 ml of boiling water 1½ vegetable cubes (10g each) or stock powder 1 tbs garlic powder full fat milk – to taste METHOD Place frozen Yorkshire puddings in preheated oven according to the instructions on the package. In meantime […]
Lemon, Vanilla & Poppy Seed Cake INGREDIENTS 2½ cups plain flour 1 tbs baking powder 3-4 eggs (I used 4 small ones) ½ cup of milk 1 cup golden caster sugar 2 tbs vanilla sugar 125g / ½ bar of unsalted butter zest from 1 large lemon juice of 1 large lemon (⅓ cup) ⅓ cup poppy seeds + 2 tsp of […]
Traditional English Breakfast Alternative – Green Pepper and Red Onion Egg Fry Up This is my alternative to traditional full English breakfast, which I make sometimes as well (minus the sausages). INGREDIENTS 2 eggs a little bit of butter or oil to fry (I used real butter) 2 slices of brown bread (toasted) ½ green bell pepper (coarsely diced) ½ red onion (cut into wedges) couple of cherry […]