Letuce and cucumber

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Apr 142011
 
Lettuce and cucumber. One of the spring salads that help you kill the spring sickness. It’s stays in the Bulgarian menu until late May. Spring salad
Preparation time 20-30 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 100 kcal per serving

Ingredients

Olive Oil Cucumber Garlic Lettuce Yogurt Spices
2-4 tbsp olive oil, One medium cucumber, Few cloves of garlic, One big lettuce, Cup of yogurt, Salt

Preparation

Clean the Lettuce from dirt and wash thoroughly with water. Wash the cucumber. Slice everything in 1 cm stripes and distribute in 2 salad bowls. Stir. Put salt. Stir again. Let it rest for 5 minute, the salt will start pulling juices from the vegetables. While this goes on clean and peel the garlic gloves. Use garlic press or sharp knife to shred the garlic to small pieces and put it in one cup with the yogurt and the olive oil. Stir. Pour the mix over the 2 bowls of salad. You are ready.

If you are lazy enough (like me, hehe 😀 ) – Clean the garlic and put it with the yogurt and olive oil in blender and make it to thin sauce for 1-2 minutes.

This one specific salad is suitable for grape spirits like Rakia, Vodka and Brandy. Enjoy.

 Posted by at 11:34 pm

Chicken hearts stew

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Apr 132011
 
This one in particular is made slowly and needs to be attended a bit. But the reward in the end is very tasty and is capable of drying few glasses of wine, making it worth the time for preparation, cleaning and cooking. It’s a main dish and is quite filling, so don’t underestimate it. Chicken hearts stew
Preparation time 60-70 minutes
Servings 3
Calories 647 kcal per serving

Ingredients

butter Frying pan with lid Mushrooms Onion Onion Spices
50 grams of butter Wide frying pan with lid few medium mushrooms Three medium onions Frozen chicken hearts, about 1/2 kg ground black pepper, ground red pepper, ground cumin, one tbsp of salt.


Preparation

Thaw the hearts in warm water and clean them. Sometimes there are thin white skin coatings around the heart (connective tissue) and often there is some blood left in the heart itself. You will not like that taste, even well cooked.

Put the frying pan on the hot plate. Put the hot plate to “4” or medium flame if you use gas. Melt the chunk of butter. Put the cleaned hearts inside and let them steam a bit while you prepare the vegetables.

Clean the mushrooms and peel the onion. Dice the mushrooms and onion and put them in the pan, put the salt and the spices and stir everything with wooden spoon. Cover the pan with it’s lid and abandon it for 30 minutes to cook on medium heat.

Stir again after 30 minutes and check if there is need for more liquid (onion and mushrooms should give enough while cooking, but just to be sure). If it needs more liquid – add about a glass of warm water and abandon for another 30 minutes.

60 minutes should be enough for this stew. Spread it in 3 dishes and let it cool a bit, but don’t wait too much. It’s very good a bit hot with any dry wine you have. I personally like it a lot with chilled Chardonnay or a glass of Merlot.

 Posted by at 11:31 pm

Easy mushroom soup

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Apr 122011
 
Sometimes a good soup is everything you need in a cool day. This one in particular is very tasty and easy to make. You will need only few mushrooms, one medium onion (or few green onions), a bar of butter and some spices. Mushroom soup
Preparation time 30-40 minutes
Servings 3
Calories 162 kcal per serving

Ingredients

butter Cooking pot Mushrooms Onion Vinegar Spices
25 grams of butter 2 ltr. cooking pot few medium mushrooms One medium onion or few green onions 3 tbsp. of vinegar ground black pepper, ground red pepper, one tbsp of salt.


Preparation

Put the cooking pot on the hot plate. Put the hot plate to “4” or medium flame if you use gas. Melt the chunk of butter. Clean the mushrooms and peel the onion. Cut the mushrooms and onion in half and slice them. Put them in the pot, sprinkle the salt and the spices. Cover the pot with it’s lid and let everything steam for 5-10 minutes

Pour in 1-1.5 litres of warm watter. Cover with the lid. Let it boil for 30 minutes.

Before serving, put a tablespoon of vinegar in every cup.

It’s an excellent appetizer for cold days.

 Posted by at 10:15 pm