SEASONAL MEALS FEBRUARY 2012
Romanian team
SPRING RECIPIES POTATO DISH Ingredients 7 potatoes 1 onion 1 tablespoon oil 2 carrots 1/2 parsley 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 teaspoon vegetable seasoning a teaspoon of thyme 2 bay leaves salt and pepper to taste Preparation Peel carrots, onions and potatoes . Chop the onion and carrot finely and cut the potatoes into thick slices . Put oil in a saucepan and after it's heated up add the chopped onion and carrot and mix .
Add 2 bay leaves, seasonings, savory, salt and pepper. After 4-5 minutes add water and the sliced potatoes .
After the potatoes are cooked add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste mixed with a little water. Add chopped parsley leaves and boil for another 5 minutes.
FRUIT SALAD Ingredients 2 apples 1 orange (grapefruit) 2 bananas 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 tablespoons ground peanuts (optional) Preparation
Peel the fruits , cut them into pieces and place them in a bowl. Add sugar , you could even add some ground peanuts or a tablespoon of rum.
Leave it in the frige for an houre .
ELDERFLOWER JUICE Ingredients Elderflower (as many as you can put in a mug) 3 lemons 250g raisins 1, 5 hg sugar 25g yeast Preparation Pick the flowers when they are in full bloom, without insects. The best flowers are picked after the rain since the water wards off the insects. Do not wash the flowers because they will louse they're color and flavor, which comes from the pollen. Place the elderflower in a large bottle and scald them with 2, 5 liters of water. Add the chopped raisins, lemon juice and sugar. Once all this has cooled down (to room temperature) add the yeast, cover the bottle and let everything ferment for about 4 days in a well light place. After 4-5 days remove the solid ingredients from the juice settle. The elderflower juice is kept in a shaded/dark and cool place for another 2 months after which it can be bottled.
SUMMAR RECIPIES
VEGETABLE SOUP Ingredients 1 onion 3 potatoes 1/2 red bell pepper 1/3 celery 1 small parsnip 2 medium carrots 1-2 zucchini 3 potatoes 2-3 tomatos green lovage 2 eggs A cup of borscht Preparation Wash and chop all the vegetables.
Put a few tablespoons of oil in a pot and add the onion , carrots , celery, parsnip, and bell pepper. Stir for a few minutes , then add 2.5 liters of water. Add salt by taste and let it boil at medium heat.
When the vegetables are half cooked add the potatoes and tomatoes which have been cut in larger cubes.
Let everything boil for a little longer then add the borscht, which has been heated in advance. Add the borscht depending on how sour you want the soup to be.
After you close the fire beat 2 eggs well in a bowl. Pour onto the eggs , while still beating them , a ladle full of the soup, a little at a time , then gently pour this mixture into the pot while stirring. This trick helps us get a delicious looking soup without seeing coagulated eggs.
When serving add green lovage so as to enhance the flavor of the soup .
EGGPLANTS WITH MAYONNAISE Ingredients A baked eggplant 2 eggs 2 medium onions oil a teaspoon of mustard, salt, pepper, Vegetable seasoning
Preparation Finely chop the eggplants. Peel and finely chop the onions. Put some oil in a pan and let it get hot, and then add 2/3 of the onions. Leave it until the onion has glassy surface.
Prepare the mayonnaise out of 2 egg yolk , a teaspoon of mustard and oil. The oil is added little by little while stirring in only one direction. The mayonnaise is ready when it becomes consistent .
Place all the ingredients : the mayonnaise , the chopped eggplant, remaining raw onion, onion with oil, salt, pepper in a bowl and mix.
Serve as is with bread as an appetizer.
APPLE CAKE Ingredients 2 whole eggs 9 tablespoons of sugar 9 tablespoons of oil 12 tablespoons of flour 1 sachet of baking powder 6 apples 4 tablespoons of sugar Preparation
Clean and grate the apples.
Let them cook with sugar until the
remaining juices evaporate. Mixed up two eggs with sugar and oil .We add the flour gradually. Then add the milk and mix until we get a dough . Put half of the mixture in a bowl and place it in the oven for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and add apples. Add the rest of the dough and place it in the oven for another 40 minutes. Decorate with powdered sugar and eat.
LEMONADE WITH WATERMELON Ingredients 400g watermelon 400g lemon juice 400 ml water Mint leaves Thin slices Ice cubs Preparation Remove the seeds from the watermelon before you start to prepare the lemonade. Put the watermelon which has been cut into cubes in the blender and mix it until you get a thick juice. Into a bowl add the lemon juice, the watermelon juice, the water and sugar. The watermelon lemonade is served cold, with ice cubes and decorated with a slice of lemon and mint leaves.
AUTUM RECIPES
REFRESHMENTS ZACUSCA Ingredient 8 kg of eggplants 3 kg of capsicums 2 kg of onions 3 kg of tomatoes 1 l of oil salt, pepper and bay leaves Preparation Bake the eggplants, peel and leave them to drain. Bake the capsicum, peel and chop into little cubes . Peal the onion chop and fry it in oil.
Bake the tomatoes, peel , chop and
leave them to drain.
In a larger saucepan put oil and add the onions, tomatoes and
capsicum . Stir for about 5-6 minutes then add
the eggplant and
seasonings.
Let it cook at low heat for about 15 minutes.
BEAN DISHE Ingredients 500 grams of beans 3 onions small plant 2 carrots 1 parsnip root 300 ml of tomato broth (or 60 grams of tomato paste diluted with water) 3 cloves of garlic 1 tsp chili paste (sweet or hot, if you prefer) 2 bay leaves 3-4 tablespoons of oil Salt and pepper chopped parsley sprinkled Preparation Wash the beans well and let them soak in cold water over night.
Allow the beans to boil 2-3 minutes, drain water and rinse well with cold water. In a large stew pan, place beans, carrots, whole onion and parsnip.
Add a teaspoon of salt and bay leaves and cover completely with cold water then let to boil .
Normally, beans soaked for 10-12 hours should boil in 40-45 minutes. After this time, the beans must be thoroughly tender, but not broken, the beans must have their shape. Place the stew pan aside. Remove the boiled ingredients from the stock (keep the stock!) Peel and chop two onions and remaining garlic and fry them in oil. When the onion is glassy add the beans and vegetables and about 600700 ml. of the stock. Add carrots and parsnips cut into medium pieces and tomato paste Let everything boil for 3-4 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Place it in the oven . Food should not be dry, but quite juicy.
BAKED APPLES Ingredients apples (preferably Jonathan) sugar butter cinnamon Preparation Wash and pick apples to remove the spine, be carefully not to break the apple .Arrange the apples in a pan. Placed in the hollow of each apple a ½ slice of butter, 1 pinch ground cinnamon and sugar.
Bake. Baked apples are ready in about 30 min .
CARRTS JUICE Ingredients Mint Carrots Lemons Preparation Wash and pill the carrots. Put them in the squeezer with two mint leaves. At the end you add the lemon juice and you mix everything well.
WINTER RECIPE
ORIENTAL SALAD Ingredients 1 kg potatoes 4-5 eggs 1 medium onion pickles 6 tablespoons oil juice of 1/2 lemon Salt and pepper Preparation
Boil potatoes in salted water until the fork can easily enter them, if you boil them in pressure cooker will be faster. Drain, allow to cool until you can least handle by hand and then peel. Boil the eggs until they are firm (5 minutes after the water begins to boil). Put salt in water, so the albumen will not spread if the eggs break during boiling. Slice the onion into slices green onions or julienne if you use dried onions. In a large bowl add: the potatoes , which have been cut in larger cubes, chopped eggs, chopped pickles and onions . Put a little salt and pepper and mix gently using two spoons, so as to not crumble the potatoes and eggs. Always add the spices before putting the oil. Mix oil with lemon juice and pour over salad. And mix thoroughly.
CABBAGE ROLL (stuffed cabbage) Ingredients 2.5 kg cabbage 100 g onions 200 g tomatoes 200 g rice pepper capsicum 200 g oil 200 g tomato paste 2 g pepper, salt. Preparation If prepared with sauerkraut, rinse first to take the bitterness, the sheets are selected and finely chop the rest.
Separately chop onion and half of the total amount they fry in well heated oil.
When the onion becomes yellow, add rice, which was chosen before, washed and drained of water. Allow to fry less. Add tomato paste (half the amount provided), add hot water, the amount should be two times the rice. Mix, add pepper and salt to taste and form cabbage rolls with the cabbage leaves chosen before.
Arrange on bottom of pan a row of chopped cabbage, then place the cabbage
rolls.
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cabbage.
Cover with a little tomato paste and fill with water. Cook on the stove for about an hour then place the pan in oven until the cabbage is ready.
PIE PUMPKIN Ingredients -500 g flour -150 g powdered sugar -1 Package of margarine -200 g granulated sugar -3 eggs -1 Teaspoon baking soda Pumpkin -1 (white pumpkin) of 2 kg.
Preparation Mix the flour , prouder sugar , eggs and margarine until you get a dough .
Peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds. Grate the pumpkin then mix with 200 g of sugar.The dough is divided into two: the first half is spread a thick sheet on a greased baking pan. Place the pumpkin, then stretch the second sheet of dough and roll the sheets with the pumpkin .
Keep in
the oven for 30 minutes- 1 hour at medium heat.
When cool cut into squares.
BANANA SMOOTHIE Ingredients A ripe banana 200ml milk 5 gr sugar 3 gr vanilla
Preparation Put the banana in a blender, add milk, sugar and vanilla and mix them well. Pour the mixture into a tall glass. It can be served cold or worm.
POFTĂ BUNĂ! BON APPETIT!