Posts Tagged ‘garlic’

Szczawowia Zupa (Sorrell Soup)

Make a stock out of all the veges you have – with garlic, until carrot is very soft

Strain and leave only stock.

Wash all the leaves of the sorrell – about 20 leaves. (From mum’s garden) Chop making sure they are not stringy and put into stock (onion and carrots can remain in stock). Boil for 2 minutes.

When it cools, then blend in blender.
Return and almost bring to boil, in order to thicken with flour and aster mixture (pre mixed, and tinnily poured). Add cream and dill when ready to serve. Can be served in cups with garlic bread, or in bowl with chopped hard boiled eggs or potatoes.

Baked Vege

Lightly boil veges like sweet potato, zucchini, potatos or pumpkin cut in cubes 2×2 cm with some salt.
Cook, strain and dry.

Lay out veggies on the bottom of a casserole dish, to a thickness of 2cm thick layer.

Top mixture

250g neufchâtel cheese
4 eggs
150 gms cream
150 gms sour creme

Blend together well, and season including herbs such as parsley or basil or lemon pepper, vegetta all to taste. Pour over vegetables and sprinkle with grated cheese such as tasty.

Bake on 160 to start and after 20 mins reduce to 140 until golden brown.

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Option 2

Add soft tip asparagus or spinach to the dough recipe below.
5 eggs beaten, 1/3c milk
150 gms cream
300 gms sour cream
Seasoning
Lots of garlic
Other seasoning to taste
1/2 c grated cheese, save some for sprinkling on top

Once all of this is blended add either precooked spinach or can of asparagus tips.

Can have sliced tomato on top
Quiche

Dough

200g self raising floor
100 gms unsalted butter
1 egg yolk
Icy cold water

Chop soft butter with flour and make a crumble. Then add egg yield and icy cold water and make dough. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/2 cm.

Put into quiche dish and press dough in tightly.

Bake shell for 10-12 mins in a preheated oven (180C) Can be done day before. (don’t bake it right thru). Make sure shell is cold prior to adding filling.

Rest of cheese – 3 eggs, ¾ c of sour cream and spinach.

Add lots of fresh garlic, and add dried garlic. Season with salt and pepper, vegeta, add 1 Tbsp self raising flour and mix together well.

Pour into base and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake in oven for 35 mins on 180C

Super Lamb Chops

1kg Leg of lamb chops – find leg of lamb and ask butcher to cut into chops

Season with vegetta, salt and pepper
After half an hour, place in very well heated frypan with oil + bay leaf

Put chops in and make sure you brown them lightly on both sides.

Into saucepan, add some oil (from frypan) place chops and lots of onion (2 large) and cover with lid with slight gap in lid. Also add 2 cloves of garlic. Cover and allow to simmer lightly until very tender.

Check from time to time and add a little water when needed to prevent sticking.

Eat – yummm!

Eggplant rollups

Cut eggplant lenghthways – about 8mm wide, and throw into boiling salted water.
Try to hold it down under the water with a spoon.

After about 8 minutes (until softened but not cooked)
Take them out – put on chopping board on top of each other in rows

Use another chopping board to place on top – and keep it there so all water is squeezed out (for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight)

Treat it like pancakes – stuff with whatever you want….

*mince meat & tomato
*Neufchatel or philly cheese, softened spinach, garlic, salt to taste, 3 tbsp breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp cornflower, season with pepper salt etc. Quite a bit of garlic – as much as you can handle to taste. Optional – fetter cheese for stronger flavor.

spread over the eggplant and roll up

On baking dish place oil.

When rolled up ensure the join of the roll up is on the bottom facing the tray, Spread oil on trays and on top of rollups. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Cover with baking paper and alfoil before placing in oven.
Bake for 45 minutes, begin on 170 – then 150.
Keep checking frequently with a toothpick to see it is not too crunchy.

They will look a light gold colour when ready.