Monthly Archives: August 2008

This month’s challenge was hosted by MeetaK and Tony Tahhan. The recipe chosen was Chocolate Éclairs from Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé written by Dorie Greenspan. Pierre Hermé’s Chocolate Éclairsfrom Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé Pâte à Choux, also known as Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough 125g whole milk125g water115g unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces1/4 tsp sugar1/4 tsp…

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500 g beef, roughly minced100 g green beans, cut120 g eggplant, diced3-4 cloves of garlic, sliced2 Tbsp soy sauce2 Tbsp soybean miso1 Tbsp plum jamoil Heat some oil in a wok and stir fry green beans. When they’re done, transfer them to a plate. Heat wok again and now stir fry eggplant with 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp…

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Prunus Domestica are the most produced fruit in Serbia. Probably because of Šljivovica But I never liked them and was a little stuck with these plums from my relative’s farm. There is actualy one food that I like plums in and those are Serbian potato dumplings with plums, but my grandmother never wrote down her recipe and after she passed…

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Biscuit: 2 eggs75 g sugar1 Bourbon vanilla sugar50 g flour50 g corn starch10 g baking powder (1 bag) Mix eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until foamy. Gently stir in sifted flour with starch and baking powder. Bake in a preheated oven in spring-form pan of 26∅ cm on 180°C for about 15-20 minutes. Cream: 200 ml plain yogurt160 g…

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