Mince beef roulades stuffed with sauerkraut & mushrooms, topped with tomato & mushroom sauce, potato purée on the side 🍴

So What’s for dinner tonight guys?

Mines just quick and tasty! Was Very risky at the same time, my fiancé is not the biggest fan of a texture of the mushrooms so had to make sure to cut them in the tiniest little pieces ever! Do you like mushrooms??! Personally I’m a fan but different petiole different preferences I suppose 😋 🍄

At the end take a guess? He had it all so no complains, cutting mushrooms in tiny pieces worked so if any of your family members/friends don’t like one of the ingredients try and hide them in the dish 😉

So here’s a recipe :-

Ingredients for 3 roulades (1 person) :-

250 g mince beef
1 egg
2/3 tablespoons breadcrumbs/ or few days old bun
150 g sauerkraut
100g mushrooms (any mushrooms)
1 onion
Big spoon of butter
Cup of chicken stock
2 teaspoon of tomato purée
4 dry pieces of mushrooms
2 teaspoons marjoram
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
Pinch parsley
3 bay leaves
5 allspice

Method :-

Boil sauerkraut for few minutes in a small pan, drain,

Cut the mushrooms, chop the onion, and sauté on a sauce pan for minutes together, add little salt, pepper and marjoram. Put sauerkraut into the mushroom onion mixture, and sauté for another few minutes, make sure the sauerkraut is cut into little pieces as well.

In a separate bowl, mix the meat, breadcrumbs, egg, and add some herbs – salt, pepper, sweet paprika, dried parsley, – mix all well together. – grab a handful of meat mix and place on the wooden board and start forming flat pancake looking thing, and put the filling in, then close the roulade and shape it in your hands. Then coast the roulade in the flour, repeat with the rest.

Heat up oil in the pan until very hot, place the roulades on the hot pan, fry on each side for few minutes, then add chicken stock, bay leaves, allspice, and dried mushrooms cover and simmer for 20 minutes. After that time add tomato purée and simmer for another few minutes.

Serve with fresh parsley on top, and any side dishes you want

🍄♥️🍄♥️🍄

Enjoy

Xoxo

SSS- for Spaghetti 🍝🍝🍝

I believe everyone knows the basic spaghetti recipe right?

I guess it’s like “must to know how to do” thing, however if you’re interested to know how I make my spaghetti then please do keep on reading 🙃

There’s not much to really say about spaghetti I suppose, long story short- everyone loves it ♥️

So here’s a recipe (serves 6) :-

Ingredients :-

500g beef mince
5 bacon rashes
1 pack fresh basil
4 bay leaves
1 big carrot
2 celery sticks
1 red chilli
3 garlic gloves
2 medium onions
2 tablespoons oregano
3 springs fresh rosemary and splash of dried ones
1 beef stock cube
3 tablespoons tomato pure
400g spaghetti pasta
1 cup red wine
2 cans plum tomatoes
Parmesan on top

Method :-

In a sauce pan out olive oil on, and Add bacon rashes, fry them until crispy.
Add onions, carrots, celery,garlic gloves, and the rosemary springs,fry until mixed and soft.(around 5 minutes)
Put the heat to high and put the mince in, fry until all meat nice and brown
Add plum tomatoes, few basil leaves, dried oregano,bay leaves,tomato purée, beef stock, chilli if you want, red wine, stir well to break the plum tomatoes.
Bring to boil, reduce the heat then cover and let it simmer for around 2 hours, stir few times in between, make sure it doesn’t burn, if it gets too dry add some water. Although you want the sauce to be nice and thick
Cook the spaghetti following the package instructions, I usually cook in boiling water for 11 minutes to get it al dente while boiling water I add olive oil so the pasta doesn’t stick together.
Drain the spaghetti, and put the sauce on top, sprinkle with grated Parmesan on top. Add some basil if wanted.

And eat!! 🍝♥️🍝♥️🍝♥️

Yours

Xoxo

Question time..Bake or Cook??? Sweet or Savoury?

Thought I’d involve my self in some of the posts, unlucky you have to watch my face, however I’ve got a question which I’m hoping you guys will help me to answer 🙃

What would you prefer to see in my posts ?!?Bakes, cakes and all the sweetness in the world or main dishes, savoury and creative food?!

I personally prefer baking, you wonder why? Well I do believe it’s more challenging and requires you to be more precise, whereas when it comes to cooking you just throw everything on the pan and voila- dish made.. easy as that

Trust me to tell you, that I do get really upset when something turns out not how I planned in my head 😂 wouldn’t we all get upset about it? I do like a challenge and I set my expectations to the new level! 😂 *impossible*, I like how you have to practise few recipes for your bake to turn out as you wanted, and then you get this awesome SATISFACTION.. you’re like “yes yes, finally” – that was only twice when my macaroons turned out “okay” the others practises it’s been hard times haha! But it only makes you want to do it better and better until you reach that time when it all comes together, I like how you have to adjust ingredients to your own liking, temperature, time and everything is all about how you make it! .. other times it does make me happy when all my bakes,cakes etc turns out good. That’s why I prefer to spend my time in the kitchen baking. I could literally so many reasons why I like baking but think I’d need few hours of your time 😂..maybe ask me if you’re interested. Happy to tell u 🙃🍫

Coming back to cooking- I believe everyone can cook it’s all about knowing your ingredients, if you know how something taste and know how to cut the strongest of the flavour with some other ingredient then it’s as easy as riding a bike (once you know how to ride it 😂)

So tell me what you personally prefer ? And what would you like to see more often?

DJ xoxo

Brownie with fresh raspberries..

Okay here’s a quiz.. ready you’ll get brownie points if you answer right..

Name me one person who doesn’t like brownies?!!? You’re right you’ll be struggling to find one..🍫💋🍫💋

So here it is simple, quick & overflowing with chocolate brownie.. and just because it’s all about being “healthy” these days and not overdoing on sweets🤦🏼‍♀️🙄.. top it off with some fresh raspberries ( 1/5 a day they say) 🤥

Recipe for brownie with fresh raspberries :-

Ingredients :-

250 g milk chocolate
200 g butter
3 eggs
175 g sugar
125 g flour

Method :-

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, small tray.

Melt butter and chocolate together.
Mix eggs with sugar in a stand mixer, and the gradually start adding the chocolate & butter mixture (in a thin stream) and add the end sift the flour and mix it with wet ingredients. Make sure everything is combined together.
Put in the tray with baking sheet, place the raspberries on top, bake for 22 minutes.

Take out, let cool for a bit and enjoy🍫🍫🍫(make sure to save a piece, don’t be greedy)👅👅

Recipe received by my cousin Piotrek ages ago and I can guarantee it’s the best brownie ever, stay moist for days!!

Xoxo

Blue cheese, grilled pear, walnut bacon burger 🍔

Shall I say what everyone’s say ” another day, another burger?! Huh” yes what else can you do with left over bun and beef patty ??! Think of another recipe for delish burger,

This one is a mixture of sweet and savoury, and it just meat in the middle, perfect mixture to combine the ingredients and make something so intense in flavour.

So keep on reading to find out the recipe for this mouth-watering burger. 🤤🧀

Oh wait, have I mention the red onion balsamic relish?! And how the walnuts and crushed and grilled with bacon???!

Doesn’t it just sound tempting??!

Well if it still doesn’t then just follow this post to see the photos and the recipe..

By the way The reason I use blue cheese in most burgers is just I think it got powerful creamy delicate savoury and sweet flavour and it’s much much better than just your typical yellow cheddar, is that not correct?

Okay okay let’s see the recipe then..shall we?

Recipe for 1 serving :-

Ingredients :-

Burger :-

beef patty

1 bun toasted ( any bun you fancy really)

2 slices smoked bacon
3/4 cup walnuts ( crushed either by hand or food processor)
1 pear
1 thick slice of blue cheese
1 cup rocket salad

Red onion relish :-

Splash of olive oil ( 2 tablespoons?)

1/2 red onion ( sliced)

3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons red wine
2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey ( I personally use honey all the time)

* By the way I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned that in previous posts however I give you guys measurements but I always just splash things as much as possible, just to make sure you get that rich flavour in every dish without adding that extra salt 🙂 – just my secret! So just splash those ingredients as much as you can 😉

Method :-

Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion, cook for 5 mins until the onions become soft, add the balsamic vinegar, red wine and honey. Cook for 20-30 minutes until the mixture becomes a reduced syrup.
Now bacon, toss bacon slices in crushed walnuts( make sure all fully coated) place on the baking sheet and bake in 200 degrees for around 15 minutes or until you see the bacon looks crispy.
Preheat your grill, and bake your patty on the grill for 5 minutes each side or how well done you like it.
Slice your pear into 3/4 slices and grill for 1-2 minutes.
Place relish on the bottom of the bun, then add beef patty, add two slices of the pear and top it off with walnut bacon, OH and forgot obv. The blue cheese on top, and some rocket salad on top,cover the bun!

You can thank me later! 🍔🤤 now go and eat!!

Xoxo 💋

Juicy Glen Garioch Scotch whisky blue cheese burger with Cider cheese sauce & crispy onions .. and fries on the side

The title Itself sound delicious doesn’t it!!?

Who doesn’t like big juicy burgers 🍔 🍔?? My fiancé only recently started to like burgers( since he met me and I made few 😇) haha hence why I’ve started to experience with different fillings in burgers, you can literally put anything in and it will taste as great, but back to this one well what can I say?!!

Why that whisky of choice? Well I think it’s a strong whisky and it’s taken from our local distillery so why not?

Blue cheese goes well with anything, specially in burgers.

Cider ( any dark cider, no flavoured) cheese sauce, okay okay everyone loves a good cheese, and it’s easy to just put cheese on top but cheese sauces are way better! Nice and creamy full of flavour give that better taste than just a quick cheese slice 🧀 and and who doesn’t like a burger with two different types of cheese anyways?!!!

Crispy onions, well the onion? They’re nice crunchy fried, my fiancé is not the biggest on onions but cmon they give dishes the flavour isn’t it just main ingredient in most of the dishes?! And you can’t go wrong with crispy and fried right?

Okay let’s DO IT! Here’s your recipe (one serving) :-

Ingredients:-

Whisky glaze :-

1/4 whisky
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Crispy onions :-

1 or 2 large onions

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup flour

Pinch of pepper & cayenne pepper

Oil for frying

Burgers :-

200g ground beef
30g blue cheese
Salt and pepper
1 good quality bun toasted

Cider cheese sauce :-

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup cider
1/3 cup milk
80 g cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper to taste

Method :-

To make the crispy onions, add the sliced onions to a large bowl and pour the buttermilk over top. Make sure they’re fully coated, allow the onions to sit in the buttermilk 30 mins. In a separate bowl add the flour, salt and a pinch of both cayenne and pepper and mix it well. When ready to fry the onions heat a large pot of oil until hot. Take a handful of onions from the buttermilk and place them into the flour mixture. Coat the onions in the flour mixture. Carefully drop the onions into the hot oil. With a spoon, fiddle with them a bit just to break them up. After about 1 or 2 minutes, they should be golden brown, remove from the oil and place on a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with the remaining onion slices. Onions are best served right away, but can be reheated in an oven for few minutes.
To make the whiskey glaze, add the whiskey, ketchup, soy sauce, honey, mustard, Worcestershire, cayenne and pepper to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer for few minutes or until the sauce has thickened slightly. Keep warm over low heat until ready to serve.
To make the burger, divide the meat into section. Place a cube of blue cheese in the center of the Pattie and then inclose the cheese in the meat forming a pattie. Place the pattie on a plate. Preheat the grill or a grill pan to medium high heat, once hot, season the burger with salt and pepper and then grill until your desired doneness. About 4-5 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove the burger from the grill and and cover with foil to allow the burgers to rest while you prepare the cheese sauce.
To make the cheese sauce, heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter, and once it’s melted and bubbly add the flour. Whisk together to create a roux and cook for 1-2 minutes until mixture gets a bit golden in color. Add the beer , milk, stir and turn down heat to low. Continue stirring until milk thickens. Add in the cheddar cheese and continue to stir until mixture is smooth. If the sauce seems too thick, thin with more milk.

To serve, place burger on a toasted bun. Top with a good amount cheese sauce then a lot of whiskey glaze and cheese sauce again. Add those crispy onions and then the top bun.

EAT NOW!! 🍔

Xoxo

Valentine’s Day.. valentines shaped meringues

♥️🍦♥️🍦♥️It’s Valentine’s Day today , still not too late to prepare something sweet for your special someone? have you prepared yours?!♥️🍦♥️🍦♥️

My fiancé is obsessed with meringues, no jokes whenever I make a dozen of them, he has it all in one go! .. so for me what’s better thing to make than heart shaped meringues with some white chocolate icing?!

It’s quick, and really does please everyones taste buds 🤤 see the recipe :-

ingredients :-

4 egg whites (room temperature)
115g caster sugar
115 g icing sugar
Food colouring

Method :-

Preheat the Oven to 110c ( what I find is that everyone’s oven different, you should really know your oven, it might work on 100 degrees for some or even 120 for some) grease pan with butter and place baking paper

Whisk egg whites, until stif peaks form, if you want you can add cream of Tatar, however I don’t do it.

Put the mixer on higher speed, and gradually start adding sugar, and also add food colouring, add as much you want, depending how bright and vivid you want the colour to be.

Once it’s mixed, fold in icing sugar

I didn’t have pipping back, so I used two teaspoons, take a spoonful of mixture and place on the prepared baking paper, start shaping heart out of it with your teaspoons( took me a while 😂)

Place the tray in the oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes or longer if required

Take out and do not touch until completely dry and cold,

Start decorating your meringues

There you go! Hope your loved ones enjoy it 🙂

xoxoxo

North African saffron & honey style chicken with a bit of personal mix 🥘

Tonight’s dish, is taken from one of my pencilled down recipes in my recipe book, I’ve always been writing down my favourites recipes. I like exploring dishes from all around the world 🗺

I’ve made North African chicken ages ago and I did like but thought I’d give it a twist tonight and followed the thought of doing Andalusian style chicken while ago as well. I like adding nuts and all types of dry fruits to my dishes, as well as something savoury to cut too much sweetness.

So follow this recipe for something delish 😋

North African style chicken with a twist recipe :-

Ingredients for 2 :-

2 Chicken breasts (or whatever chicken you prefer) 4 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion 3 garlic gloves (crushed) 7 cm Fresh ginger, chopped or grated 3 cinnamon sticks 1 teaspoon ground ginger 400 g can chopped tomatoes or fresh1 tablespoon Harrisa paste 150 ml chicken stock 1 teaspoon saffron 2 tablespoons honey 1 big squeeze of lemon Small bunch of Fresh coriander, choppedHandful of different types of nuts/dried fruits – I used almonds, hazelnuts and some dried cranberry

Method :-

Cut the chicken breasts into halves, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan, add the chicken and fry until the chicken is golden brown, take the chicken out and place onto the plate, keep it warm
Add some more olive oil into a pan, add the onion and sauté for 5 mins, next add the garlic, fresh ginger and cinnamon, cook for further 2-3 minutes, add ground ginger and cook for another 1 minute, add the nuts and dried fruits ( nuts of your choice, I cut my almonds and hazelnuts in smaller pieces, and also cut my dried fruits)
Stir in tomatoes and harrisa paste, cook gently for 5 minutes on the medium heat. Stir in chicken stock, saffron and some extra seasoning if needed. Bring to boil, return the chicken to the pan, simmer for around 20 minutes until the mixture reduce in size and becomes thicker.
Add honey and squeeze lemon in, cook for another 2-3 minutes.

You can serve it with anything you want, I served mine with mash potatoes due to personal preferences but it will go nicely with either some rice, couscous or just boiled potatoes 🙂 sprinkle coriander on top.

Enjoy 😊

Xoxo

Italian almond magic custard cake!

Today’s recipe will definitely fulfil one of those cravings for something sweet but not too sweet if you know what I mean?!

Italian almond magic custard cake- it’s not too heavy, it won’t leave you thinking ‘ damn I feel like I had too much, and that’s s bit too sweet’. The rich flavour that those toasted almonds give is just mmmm… trust me it will leave you just satisfied 🙂

So keep on reading this post to find out the recipe and see some tempting photos to go and make this right this second 😉 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Italian custard magic cake recipe :-

Ingredients for the Cake :-

4 eggs ( separate yolk from the whites)
1 1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup self raising flour
Few drops of vanilla extract, or 16g pack of vanilla sugar
130 g butter, melted
2 (not full) cups of full fat lukewarm milk

Ingredients for the Honey Syrup :-

2/3 tablespoons honey (use the proper honey, not one of those sugary sticky things)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water

1/2 pack of toasted flakes almonds

Method :–

Preheat an oven to 150°C. Line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake pan

When you’re ready in a mixing bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer until firm peaks form and then put it on the side.

In a different bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and water with an electric mixer until mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually add in the butter until mixed through.

On a low speed, add flour and mix in until just combined. Pour in the lukewarm milk slowly, making sure it’s fully mixed. At the end gently fold in beaten egg whites until it’s all mixed together

Now Pour mixture into pan and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until the top is golden, and the centre is slightly wobbly. When you put wooden stick in it comes out clean, Cool in the pan until completely cold.

Honey Syrup :-

In a saucepan combine together sugar, water and honey. Stir over medium heat until boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for around 30 mins. Allow to cool completely, I find out that the mixture only thickness up for me once it’s cool, so don’t worry if it didn’t thicken once simmering.

Once the cake is finished, turn up the oven to 200c, put the almonds flakes in, leave them there until they reach this nice golden colour. When ready take out and sprinkle over the top of the cake, drizzle with syrup and serve.

Enjoy 🍰

Xoxo