Thick Pizza with Mozzarella & Black Olives [dough adapted from Anthony Worrall Thompson recipe, from BBC Food website]
Watermelon & Feta Salad with Toasted Pine Nuts [recipe originally from: Traveler’s Lunch Box] INGREDIENTS ¼-½ medium size watermelon 200g feta or salad cheese 50g (about 100ml) pine nuts or blanched hazelnuts (chopped) 3 tbs olive oil rainbow peppercorns handful of fresh basil leaves (chopped) few more basil leaves for garnish METHOD Remove skin from watermelon, cut in into cubes and deseeded. Chop […]
Kopytka – Polish Potato Dumplings Traditional Polish dish made out of mashed potatoes and flour. Can be served as a main or side dish.
Vegeta (vegetable seasoning) Vegeta is mixture or vegetables, spices and salt. It is quite similar in taste to Adobo seasoning or Knorr Aromat, can be also replaced with regular vegetable stock granules. It is produced by Podravka, a company from Coratia. Vegeta is sold worldwide, often in Polish shops as it is widely used in Poland.
Vege-Gel (Vegetarian substitute for gelatine) My latest discovery: Vege-Gel. It works the same good like traditional gelatine, actually is getting firm even faster. I used it for instance in “Almond Panna Cotta with Cherries in Orange Syrup“, “Fruity Cheese Cake” or “Jelly Deluxe”.
Sour Cabbage / Sauerkraut Salad INGREDIENTS 900g (600g drained) jar sour cabbage / fermented cabbage / sauerkraut (drained, but not completely and chopped) 2 carrots (grated) 2 apples – optional 2 tbs white sugar or to taste METHOD Mix everything together. Serve as a side dish and enjoy. Serve 6 people. Taste good for instance with fried chicken liver.
Mushroom & Sour Cabbage Pierogi – Polish Filled Dumplings A little bit less traditional sour cabbage and mushroom pierogi recipe using button mushrooms instead of wild mushrooms.
Runner Beans Originally from South America but grown all over the World, also in UK. Pods are about 20cm long. They are perfect for stir-frying and steaming as they are getting soft quite fast. See for instance “Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir-Fry”.
Easy Chłodnik – Polish Summer Cold Beetroot & Yogurt Soup INGREDIENTS 500g cooked and peeled beetroot (chopped) 2 vegetable cubes handful of fresh / frozen dill (chopped) 1250 ml water / 5 cups 3-4 spring onions (chopped) ½-1 cucumber (sliced) 2 x 500g natural yogurt 4-6 hard boiled eggs salt black pepper METHOD In large saucepan place cubes, beetroot, dill and water, bring to boil. […]
