Have a look in my chocolate-banana muffins to see why I could not resist...
Try NOT to do them! :P
Recipe reminder (muffins)
Have a look in my chocolate-banana muffins to see why I could not resist...
Try NOT to do them! :P
Recipe reminder (curry)
I would like to remind you a curry recipe that I like and my kids too btw.
As kids make hard criticism in general (ok, they are a bit softer with mum still, but not always), I think that it worths to consider it for one of your next meals.
Are you ready for my chicken curry recipe, then?
Go for it!
Recipe reminder (Gemista)
It deserves all your attention... Light, healthy, tasty, good-looking, what more to ask from a recipe?
Simply, enjoy!
Recipe reminder (Tyropitakia)
"Tyropitakia", the feta cheese pies!
If you haven't tried it yet, just do... if you have, just give me some feedback of what do you think of it or tell me your own recipe, if you like sharing :)
You can even offer them in a nice gift box to someone, to give you some ideas. I always do that, when I want to thank someone ...
Specifically made today as a surprise for one of my kids that I missed soooo much ;) Enjoy!
Coconut "Ravani"
Ok, a difficult day for me (2 of may) has passed and life gets it's rhythm again. So, what's best than trying my favorite Greek cake? Coconut "Ravani" or Coconut semolina moist cake :)
Do you remember the recipe for ravani? If not, time to revise it ...
Find today a slightly different version that is one of my favorite Greek cakes with flaked coconut.
Ingredients1 cup of sugar
1 cup of self-raising flour + 1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup of semolina
1 cup of flaked coconut
6 eggs
1/3 cup of milk
For the syrup:
3 cups of water
2 cups of sugar
lemon zest
1 cup of butter
Procedure for the cake
Whisk the sugar with the eggs until they get whiten and thick, adding little by little the milk. Mix in another bowl the rest of the ingredients and add them slowly to the mixture.
Empty in an oven dish that you have buttered well before.
Bake for about 30-35min.
Cut it in medium diamond shaped parts. Leave it to cool and start preparing the syrup.
Procedure for the syrup
Boil all the ingredients in a small casserole apart from the butter for about 5-6min. At the end, add the butter and mix until it is melted completely and integrated in it.
Pour slowly on the cake all over until all the syrup is absorbed in the cake.
Add the extra flaked coconut on top to decorate the cake. Leave it to rest for a few hours, ideally serve it the next day.
Store it covered in the fridge. Every day that passes it gets even better, yummy :)
Chocolate chip cookies
Classic recipe, that similar you can find all around the web, but I like to keep good recipes once found, so here it is the one that I prefer...
Ingredients (for about 30 big cookies)
250gr butter
100gr brown sugar
100gr white sugar
vanilla flavor
2 large eggs
350gr plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder or (bicarbonate) soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
200 gr of good dark chocolate (chips or chunks)
Procedure
Preheat the oven to air and 170 degrees of Celsius.
Whisk the butter with the sugars until whiten. Add the eggs and continue. Add the flour and the rest apart from chocolate and make a nice soft dough (adjust the flour to the feeling of the dough).
Add the chocolate chips or chunks and mix to go evenly all over your dough.
Make small or big dough balls (depending on your preference for chocolate cookies :) and flatten them. Put them in oven trays (you will need 2) that you have covered with the special baking paper.
Cook for about 10-15min depending on the size of your cookies (the bigger, the longer...).
Let them cool and then stock the remaining ones (of course, some will be already eaten in the meantime ;) in a tin box for cookies.
Let me know what o you think about this recipe, once you have tried it ...
