800 g boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced20 g dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes450 g roasted pumpkin, diced200-250 ml heavy cream1 onion, sliced1 clove garlicsagesaltground black pepper1 tsp turmericoil for frying Heat some oil in a wok. Fry chopped garlic for a moment and then toss in onion. When onion is half way done, add mushrooms…
Jolly Street is traditional Rakija Fair that takes place on Belgrade’s square of Nikola Pašić. In the spirit of my previous post about Šljivovica, here are some of the photos I took last weekend there and an old Serbian myth about origin of rakija. Mea Culpa – Sour Cherry Rakija Zlatna Drenja – cornelian cherry rakija and Zlatna Viljamovka –…
Šljivovica, plum rakija from Serbia is a world famous alcoholic beverage. Mostly homemade, it exceeds any other spirit. Serbian people have many uses of rakija. It has an important role in everyday and ritual life. There is no slava, wedding or funeral without rakija. Although the consequences of alcoholism are very well known, Serbian people has always considered rakija more…
I was always good with modeling clay at school. And I’ve been drooling over the cute creations of some of the gurus of cake decorating, but somehow never tried it myself. This is my first time with marzipan and I still need a lot of practice but, for the first time, I guess it’s fine. The cupcakes are from Vera.…