Beef And Onion Stew

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Beef And Onion Stew

This is a very simple beef stew. I like to cook it with beef liver, but if you don’t like to use liver in your meals, just replace it with beef stew meat. This recipe is very easy, especially for those who haven’t yet dared to make stews. It is such a tasty dish, wich can be served as a main course with, my favorite mashed potato, rice or vegetables. Try it out.  

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Ingredients:

·         Beef liver, diced on small cubes 300g /10.5 oz/

·         5 medium onions, thinly sliced

·         Olive oil 1 tablespoon

·         Salt ½ teaspoon

·         Water

Directions:

1.    In a saucepan combine onions, olive oil, beef liver and salt. Pour water over meat and bring to a boil.

2.    Reduce the heat on medium and continue cooking for 40 min. Add water constantly, to be over meat, until onion is completely soft and tender.

3.    Serve with mashed potato.

Calories: 230

Preparation time: 10 min   |   Cook time: 40 min   |  Serves: 3

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Mini Pizzas

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Mini Pizzas

Everybody loves them, crunchy and rich with filling, mini pizzas are ideal for any gathering. Great solution for birthday parties, celebrations and especially for children’s birthdays. Excellent as a snack. This recipe takes a while to prepare, but once you take them out of the oven, you’ll put a smile on everyone’s face. 

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Ingredients:

·         Milk 300 ml /1.2 cups/

·         Water 300 ml /1.2 cups/

·         1 dry active yeast 7g /2 teaspoons/

·         Oil 150 ml / ½ cup/

·         Salt 1 tablespoon

·         Sugar 1 teaspoon

·         All-purpose flour 1 kilo /2.2 pounds/

Pizza Topping:

·         3 egg yolks, beaten

·         Sour cream 200 ml /1 cup/

·         Butter, softened 100 g /3.5 oz/

·         Ham, shredded 400 g /14 oz/

·         Gouda cheese, shredded 500 g /17.6 oz/

·         Mushrooms 700 g /25 oz/

·         Pepperoni, chopped ½ cup

·         Ketchup

·         Oregano

Directions:

1.    In a large bowl combine milk, water, flour, yeast, oil, salt and sugar. Knead the dough for 15 min until smooth and fluffy and doesn’t stick to a bowl.

2.    Cover the dough with kithen towel and leave in a warm place to rise for at least 40 min.

3.    When the dough is doubled, take out on a floured work sourface. Divide into 3 quarters.

4.    Roll out each of the 3 balls with a rolling pin and use flour to prevent sticking. Spread pizza filling evenly on top of each rectangle.

5.    Prepare filling in a bowl by combining egg yolk, sour cream, cheese and butter. First spread ketchup on each rectangle, spread filling over and toss ham, pepperoni and mushrooms equally. Sprinkle with oregano.

6.    Roll up the filling inside the dough starting from ends. Roll the dough with your hands in jally roll fashion until you finish the entire rectangle of dough.

7.    Cut the rolled dough into individual rolls with knife, making each pizza roll 3 cm /1 ½ inches/ thick.

8.    Place in greased baking sheet and leave to rise for 30 min before baking.

9.    Bake in the preheated oven for 15 min at 180 degree C /356 F/ until lightly browned. 

Calories: 560

Preparation time: 2 hours  |  Bake time: 15 min  | Serves: 10-15

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Pizza Phyllo Pie

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Pizza Phyllo Pie

This is very quick and easy pie which can serve as a main dish when you have unexpected house guests. Everyone loves pizza, and pizza filling can be used for various types of dough, and each pizza will turn out great. This recipe is with the easiest in the world-dough, available everywhere - phyllo dough. If you haven’t prepared ​​anything with phyllo sheets, then you should start right now. With this dough you can make a huge number of sweet, sour, salty and savory pies and each one will be a succsess. You can not go wrong with this dough. Phyllo dough is usually baked in 25 min and the pie is ready for serving. Filling can be whichever you like, use your favorite pie-filling to make this crispy pastry and have fun baking.

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Ingredients:

·         8 sheets phyllo dough

·         6 tablespoons butter, melted

·         Ham, shredded 200g /7 oz/

·         Mushrooms 150g /5 oz/

·         Mozzarella cheese, shredded 250g /1 cup/

·         2 cloves garlic, minced

·         1 small onion, thinly sliced

·         1 teaspoon dried oregano

·         Pepper

·         Salt

Directions:

1.    Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C / 360 F/. Brush 15inch x 10inch x 1inch baking pan with butter.

2.    Lay a phyllo sheet in pan, folding edges in to fit. Brush phyllo with butter and sprinkle with half mozzarella cheese, half ham, half mushrooms, minced garlic, and onion.

3.    Top with remaining phyllo sheets and brush with butter. Sprinkle with remaining half of mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, garlic, onion and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle oregano.

4.    Brush the last top layer of phyllo sheets with butter.

5.    Bake in the oven until crust is crisp and golden brown color. Bake for 25 min.

Calories: 195

Preparation time: 15 min   |  Cook time: 25 min   |  Serves: 16

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Juicy Gourmet Burgers

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Juicy Gourmet Burgers

This beef burger tastes as good as it looks! Many cooks like to add a bunch of extras in the burger recipe like chili pepper, Worchester sauce, basil, chopped dill, etc. Still I mostly like to make this very simple recipe for a gourmet burger that usually suit everyones taste. Gourmet burger is extremely popular in the countries of central and eastern Balkans, particularly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia. Not only that, but every meat tossed on the grill. This burger recipe was tested, and is good and above all simple. Burger is juicy, tasty and compliments are never lacking.

Ingredients:

·         Lean ground beef 500g /1 pound/

·         Onions, diced thinly 50g /1/3 cup/

·         Edam cheese, shredded 50g /1/3 cup/

·         Ham, shredded 50g /1/3 cup/

·         1 clove garlic, minced

·         Black pepper

·         Salt

Directions:

1.    Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat, and lightly oil the grate.

2.    In a mixing bowl combine meat, onions, garlic, cheese and ham until evenly combined. Season with pepper and salt and mix again.

3.    Form the meat mixture with hands into 2 patties.

4.    Toss on preheated grill and cook for 5 min per side, until no longer pink in the center. Serve with French fries.

Calories: 460

Preparation time: 10 min   |   Cook time: 10 min   |  Serves: 2

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Easy Pasta With Mushrooms

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Easy Pasta With Mushrooms 

Pastas are made in many shapes, different taste and color. What’s common is that almost everyone loves pasta, and it’s easy and quick to make. The usual color of pasta is green, and it comes from spinach. Next to it there’s red pasta, which comes from tomato puree. The most common question regarding preparation is- how long should we cook pasta?

The answer is simple; pasta should be cooked in very salty water. For every 400g of pasta should be 4 liters of water, and 4 tablespoons of salt. To test how well is cooked, try a piece of pasta, if it’s soft and stringy, then it’s well cooked. If later you would bake pasta, like lasagnas in the oven, than don’t cook it thoroughly.  

Ingredients:

• Shell pasta 500g /1 pound/
• Mushrooms 600g /21 oz/

For Béchamel Sauce:

• Butter 50g / 3 tablespoons/
• Plain flour 50g / ½ cup/
• Milk 500ml /2 cups/
• Cheese 150g /4 oz/
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

1.    Boil seashell pasta in water to which was added 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of oil. 

2.    Put in the pan washed and sliced mushrooms. Add half a teaspoon of salt and fry mushrooms on increased heat. Stir the mushrooms and fry until they get golden color. 

3.    Make béchamel sauce as dressing. Put the butter in a pan, and melt it and add flour. Stir constantly and cook the sauce on low heat. 

4.    When the sauce gets cream color, add milk, salt and pepper. Stir and continue to cook until the mixture becomes thick, and then the sauce is done. 

5.    When the pasta is boiled, strain it, without rinsing in water. 

6.    Pour béchamel sauce over pasta and add mushrooms. Stir it and serve the dish. 

Calories: 680

Preparation time: 30 min   |   Cook time: 30min   |   Serves: 4-5

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Did You Know? Pastas emerge in Italy thanks to the Arabs; the first long noodles were brought to Sicily by Arab conquerors in 7 century!

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Karadjordjev Steak

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Karadjordjev Steak

Karadjordjev steak is a traditional Serbian dish and it’s also served in other neighbor countries of the Balkans. This steak is a dish that you should definitely taste. It’s a rich, delicious meal and if you’re on a diet, pass it. I couldn’t. There are only two recipes for this steak but I prefer making it in this way. Cooking it is really not difficult and you need only 10 min to make it. The steak is filled with prosciutto and cheese, so it has to taste good. The most important thing is to choose the right and fresh meat. When the steak is filled pin it with toothpicks to make frying easier. If the steak is flatten enough and not overload with prosciutto and cheese you’ll fry it finely. Food is really delicious and worth tasting, and it takes only 30 min only to cook it. I’m sure you’ll have nothing but praises. 

Ingredients:

• 1 Pork fillet
• Cream cheese 50g / ½ cup/
• Gouda cheese, shredded 50g / ½ cup/
• Prosciutto 50g /1.7 oz/
• White flour 90g / ¾ cup/
• 2 eggs
• Breadcrumbs 50g /1.7 oz/
• Salt
• Oil for frying

Directions:

1. Clean the pork fillet and cut the front and rear end of the meat.

2. Cut open file meat and whisk it to get a thinner steak. The steak should be rectangular shape and have flat sides. 

3. At the longer half of meat spread cream cheese over, grate the cheese, and add a thinner prosciutto. 

4. Begin to roll in the steak in the shape of a steak roll. When wrapped, the ends of the meat should be placed inside of a steak. 

5. Prepare the flour on a plate. Whisk the eggs and put in third dish breadcrumbs.

6. First we roll the steak in flour, then in eggs and finally in breadcrumbs. And repeat again in eggs and breadcrumbs once more. When we do this the steak is ready for frying.  

7. Pour oil in a pan. Fry the steak on low heat in deep oil for 15 min. Serve this steak with French fries or grilled vegetables.  

Calories: 340

Preparation time: 20 min  |  Cook time: 10 min    |  Serves: 1

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Baked Sea Bass With Potatoes

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Baked Sea Bass With Potatoes

Next to sea bream, bass is the most valued fish in the Adriatic Sea. Sea bass is a predator that can survive in different and extreme conditions, and quickly adapt. It can grow to a 1 meter length, and achieve 15 kilo of weight, though these specimens are very rare. Mostly caught sea bass has less than 1 kilo. Usually it can be found in ports, next to the pears, and one of the most favorite places for sea bass is river deltas. This is my favorite fish recipe to prepare and I usually like to bake it in the oven with vegetables. 

Ingredients:

• Bass 500g /1.1 pounds/
• Onions 200g /7 oz/
• Eggplant 100g /3.5 oz/
• Zucchini 100g /3.5 oz/
• Button mushrooms 200g /7 oz/
• Tomatoes 100g /3.5 oz/
• Bell pepper 100g /3.5 oz/
• Potato 200g /7 oz/
• Olives 50g /1.7 oz/
• Olive oil 100ml / ½ cup/
• Garlic 1 clove
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1 Lemon juice
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

1.    Clean sea bass, season it with salt, pepper and lemon.

2.    Fry bass on both sides in the pan for 5 min, until it gets golden crust. 

3.    Cut all vegetables into small slices.

4.    Cook onion in a deep saucepan. Add eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, paprika, olives and potatoes. When added, potatoes should be sliced ​​thin.

5.    In saucepan add garlic, salt, pepper and tomato puree. Then cook on medium heat for 15 minutes. 

6.    When vegetables are cooked, pour into a deep baking tray.

7.    Cover the top with tomato slices. Put the bass on vegetables and bake in oven for 15 min at 200 C /392 F/.

Calories: 670

Preparation time: 30 min  | Cook time: 45 min |  Serves: 8

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