Posted in BAKING, Cakes & Muffins, Croatian, Recipes, WORLD CUISINES on 23 August, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Mum’s Fruitcake
SOURCE: Mum’s recipe
PREPARATION TIME: 15 min
COOKING TIME: 30 min or until done
CUISINE: Croatian
INGREDIENTS:
3 eggs
250 g butter
8 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp vanilla (or 2 – 3 sachets of vanilla sugar)
0.5 kg all-purpose flour
13 g baking powder (or 1 sachet)
2 dl milk
fruit chopped into small pieces (we used loads of peaches and nectarines, and a little apple [...]
Posted in Kitchen Talk on 12 August, 2007 | 2 Comments »
… and here I’m not referring to myself!
This simple but delicious moist and soft peach cake was my breakfast
one morning last week. I was sitting by the window, sipping my latte
and enjoying the beginning of the day. That’s the morning light on the
cake, dreamy and soft.
(recipe here!)
Posted in Blogging Events, Croatian, Recipes, Something on the side, Vegan, Vegetarian, WORLD CUISINES, tagged ajvar, Blogging Events, Croatian food, food, Recipes, relish, Vegan, Vegetarian, waiter there's something in my... on 9 August, 2007 | 16 Comments »
At the end of the summer, sometime at the end of August / beginning of September, red peppers and aubergine are in abundance and very cheap at markets in Croatia. This is the perfect time to make ajvar, a gorgeous thick relish, made of red peppers and aubergine, and flavoured with garlic and chili pepper. “Depending on capsaicin [...]
Posted in Croatian, Kitchen Talk, Lamb, Recipes, Stuffing, WORLD CUISINES on 6 August, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I promised you the recipe for the stuffing for the Croatian roast lamb on the spit in one of my previous post. I’m sure not many will attempt to roast the lamb like this (an under-under-understatement!), but here it is, just in case! If you do, you must tell me!
I haven’t had [...]
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