Esterhasy Torte
It’s this blog’s second birthday today! I made this cake two months ago, but decided not to post about it until today. Wanted to share something really exceptional with you today, and this cake is exactly that. It was made somewhere in 19th century to honor Pál Antal Esterházy, minister in Austro-Hungarian Empire. And although...
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Old Fashioned Quince Cake
180 g grated quince*90 ml oil220 ml quince juice50 g sugar200 g flour2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp baking powdera little salt *Quince can be substituted with apples or pears. Then you should put apple or pear juice. Also, if you don’t have juice at hand you can use just water. Puree grated quince, oil, juice...
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Fish Baked In Wine
1 cleaned white saltwater fish (about 1 kg)1 head garlic1 bundle of chopped fresh parsley leaves3 large tomatoes, peeled, seeds removedabout 1 kg peeled potatoes1 lemonwhite wineolive oilsaltground black pepper Squash 1 clove garlic through a garlic press. Rub the inside of fish with olive oil, add pressed garlic and some finely chopped parsley. Make...
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Burgers With Soured Milk Sauce
Burgers: 300 g ground pork, 1 tsp mustard, 1 Tbsp oil, 1 egg, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, 80 g bread (without the crust), ground black pepper. Finely chop onion and garlic. Add to meat with the rest of the ingredients, divide the mass into two equal parts and shape into burgers. Fry them on...
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Pheasant With Limes
Our friend’s son is a hunter. But nobody from her family wants to bother with preparing pheasants. So, whenever there is a pheasant season, we get one The bird is usually tiny and it’s never enough for a family meal. I’d say it’s enough for two. But, removing feathers is quite easy, just start pulling...
Spinach Roll
Spinach Roll Roll 500 g blanched and strained spinach* 100 g butter 100 g flour 100 ml milk 4 eggs 1 clove garlic (optional) salt to taste Puree spinach in a blender. Heat deep pan and fry spinach, butter, flour and milk for a very short time, just enough that it all combines well. Add...
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Breaddies
There is a saying on the Balkans – if a bread is incredibly soft, that it’s “soft like a soul”. These buns are exactly that. Soft like a soul with a distinctive taste of pork fat. You know me, I just love it :D We had them with Njeguški pršut, a Prosciutto-type specialty of a...
Baked Feta Pumpkin
about 800 g cleaned and peeled pumpkin, cut into thin wedgessaltground black pepperpowdered coriander seedsdried coriander leavesabout 150 g feta cheeseabout 3 Tbsp butter Dry pumpkin wedges with a paper towel. Line oven pan with baking paper and place pumpkin wedges on it. Season with salt, pepper and coriander seeds. Squash cheese with a fork...
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Daring Bakers, October 2009 – Macarons
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. Somehow, the theme for DB and kuVarijacije was the same this month. So, as I was already late, plus never ever tried to make...
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Dinner With Tito
Josip Broz Tito was the president of SFRJ from 1943-1980. The guerrilla leader of the Yugoslavian partisan units during the Second World War was a communist with style, a gentleman. During his presidency, he traveled all over the world. While he traveled he never ate the food that his host would prepare. Instead, he would...
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Smoked Salmon Appetizer
This was made as a fast appetizer. That’s why I put margarine, which I loathe normally. If anyone decides to give this a try, I suggest replacing margarine with butter or, maybe even some cream cheese. Smoked Salmon Appetizer thinly sliced pumpernickel breadmargarine (or a spread of your choice)thinly sliced smoked salmon fillets Spread margarine...
Couscous and Chickpea Tartlettes
Before I begin with the recipe today… I got nominated for the FoodBuzz Blog Awards and just being considered blew me off the chair! When I found out, I just blocked, and couldn’t get myself to writing the next post. I know I don’t talk much on this blog, but most of the time, apart...
