lunes, 31 de mayo de 2010

Hamburguesas de merluza

Estes patties son muy ricos. Puede usar cualquier pescado blanco pero merluza es lo mas facil y barato.

Ingredientes@
500 g de merluza
2 papas grandes, cortado
Cibulet, cortado fino
Finlandia queso
Sal y pimienta
Harena
Aceite de cocina

Metodo:
1. Hervir las papas hasta cuando son cocinados
2. Cortar la merluza en pedazos de 2 cm y guardar
3. Mezclar con cibulet, queso, sal y pimienta
4. Anadir las papas y pisar todo un pocito
5. Hacer 'hamburguesas' con la mezcla, con harena para juntarlos.
6. Freir en aceite muy caliente, 5 minutos cada lado, hasta cuando las hamburguesas estan croceantes
7. Servir con limon o una salsa de queso finlandia, cibulet, limon y pimienta

martes, 11 de mayo de 2010

Salmon with cream cheese and chive potato mash

This is dedicated to my friend Katie who loves salmon! I made this in Newcastle where salmon is relatively cheap, just before exams for some brain food. serves 2

Ingredients:
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
Handful of chives, finely chopped
250 g cream cheese
2 tablespoons of milk
2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 fillets of pink salmon
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Salt and pepper

Method:
1. Boil the potato with salt
2. In a bowl mix half the chives, half the cream cheese and all the garlic
3. Spread this over the top of the salmon fillets and place in a preheated oven, at medium temperature (about 200 degrees centigrade. Roast in oven for 10-15 minutes or until you can see the salmon has turned a lighter pink colour
4. When the potato has boiled, drain the water and mashed well. Add the milk and seasoning.
5. To tie in the flavours add the rest of the chives and cream cheese to the mashed potato
6. Serve the salmon and mash together for some wonderfully comforting brain food!

Clams with sweet potato mash

This is one of Fede's creations! It is so simple and unbelievably tasty if you can splash out for the clams. For 2 people.

Ingredients:
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
Butter
4 tablespoons milk
12-16 clams, washed
Half a lemon's juice
Handful of parsely, finely chopped
1 large sweet potato, chopped and peeled
1 large potato, chopped and peeled
Salt and pepper

Method:
1. To start, boil the sweet potato and potato with seasoning
2. When the potatoes are very soft, drain them and add butter, milk and more seasoning.
3. Keeping the mashed potato mixture hot, fry the garlic gently. Then add the clams and lemon juice. Cook until the clams have opened, about 2-5 minutes. Add a bit of butter and stir in to make a rish velvety and fishy sauce.
4. Serve the clams around the mashed potato including all the sauce and shells!

Delicious!

Sopa de pollo a la crema

Este es muy sencillo y con un gusto frances. El clave es el vino! 2 personas

Ingredientes:
2 dientes de ajo, cortado fino
1 cebolla grande, cortada en dados
Unas hojas de apio
2 muslos de pollo
caldo de pollo (500ml)
media botella de vino blanco (un poco dulce)
150 ml crema

1. Freir el ajo y cebolla por 5 minutos en bajo fuego
2. Anadir los muslos con sal y pimienta hasta que la piel es un poco tostada
3. Anadir las hojas de apio
4. Anadir el vino y hervir. Es importante a poner mucho porque es este que da la sopa su sabor. Hervir en bajo fuego por 10 minutos
5. Anadir el caldo y hervir por 20-30 minutas mas.
6. Apagar el fuego y anadir la crema, revolviendo la sopa lentamente.
Servir lo con pan y una copa de el miso vino! Es muy rica y muy facil!

viernes, 30 de abril de 2010

Moussaka

This is a great dish, with a slighty sweet hint in the spiced meat, but the warming baked feel that is similar to lasagne. Can't get enough! Although this has meat, the mince can be replaced with lentils and cooked for a while longer for a vegetarian version.

Ingredients:

2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
500 g mince meat
1 tin tomatoes
Vegetable or beef stock cube
1 tablespoon of mixed spice (cinammon, nutmeg and cloves will do)
2 teaspoons of cumin powder
2 large aubergines (eggplant) sliced to 1 cm width
Salt and pepper
750 mls milk
4 tablespoons white flour
1 cube of butter
Cheese for topping (grated mozarella or parmesan)

Method:

1. Fry the onions and garlic until softened
2. Add the mince meat and stir in spices and seasoning until the meat has turned a brown colour
3. Add the tinned tomotoes, stock cube and 250ml of water. Allow to simmer and let the flavours dissapate through the meat mixture.
4. In the meanwhile make the white sauce. Melt the butter in a heavy based pan, and heat the milk with it. Do not let the milk boil. Then add the flour teaspoon by teaspoon, whisking thouroughly so there are no lumps. Add seasoning as required. After about 5 minutes this should become a thick sauce. Dont let it become too thick so that it cannot fall of the spoon easily!
5. In a deep baking dish layer the meat, aubergines and white sauce until full. Sprinkle with cheese.
6. Place the dish in a preheated oven for 45 minutes to one hour. The mixture should be bubbling slightly and crispy on top but do not let it burn!

This ia great dish to serve at a dinner party, a large family gathering or to keep and eat for left-overs the next day!

sábado, 24 de abril de 2010

Donations

Any pennies, cetavos, cents would be most welcome and a great help to the kitchen stores!













viernes, 23 de abril de 2010

La idea

Bienvenidos a mi blog de recetas faciles y rapidos. Quiero compartir mis recetas y mi amor de cocinar comidas ricas, rapidas y economicas. Naci en Londres, pero vivo ahora en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trato a ensenar recetas interesantes de todo el mundo, que pueden ser cocinado con ingredientes sencillos y baratos.

Mi familia son de la India, y por eso muchas de mis recetas son picantes, con especias o con un sabor de la India. Aprendi de mi abuela, una ama de casa maravillosa y la mejor cocinera (en mi opinion). Sin embargo, muchas recetas son de otros partes de mundo, reflejando el variedad de cultura en Londres. Voy a poner fotos de lo que cocino, y todo son provados por mi novio, quien es argentino!

Si algien tiene alguna pregunta, por favor contactame, seria muy bienvenidos!

The idea

Welcome to my quick and easy recipe blog. My idea is to share my recipe ideas and my love of cooking fast, cheap and tasty meals! Originally from London I am now based in Argentina, and this had made cooking my normal variety a bit more difficult. I will attempt to show how interesting recipes from all over the world can be cooked using uncomplicated ingredients on a budget.

My family are Indian, so a lot of my recipes are spicy or have an Indian theme. I learnt to cook from my grandmother, a wonderful housewife and the best cook (in my opinion)! However, a lot of recipes I use are based on the variety we ate at home in London. I will publish pictures of the different recipes, which I test on my Argentine boyfriend. He is a great guinea pig!

If anyone has any particular requests or comments, they would be most welcome!