Rolled Fish Fillet

Ingredients
3 fish fillet
Green, red and yellow pepper thin sliced
1 onion, thin sliced
Salt
Pepper

Method:

Wash well the fish fillet and place them in a clean surface. Cover them with a transparent paper and start thinning it by pounding it softly with a meat mallet until looks like in the picture.Cut it in half since it will be big and place in the middle strips of onion, and peppers as you desire. If you wish, you can add other veggies like carrots, etc.

Roll them up and place them next to each other in the baking pan.
Now for the sauce:
2 medium tomatoes
3 bunches of cilantro
2 garlic cloves
Condiments as you like as: salt, pepper, red pepper, cumin, paprika, etc.
1/4 cup lemon juice
If you want it to have spicy flavor you can add chilli
4tbsp Canola Oil

Method:

Blend them all together and pour them on the rolled fish fillets. Decorate them dish with slices of lemon just like shown in the picture and bake between 30 and 50 minutes.

Very good with white rice on the side!

ENJOY!

Lasagna Bolognese

Lasagna with rich beef red sauce, easy to be done and delicious too. You can freeze trays if you would like to and they can sit for up to 3 months in the freezer - a very quick lunch to grab from the freezer and heat up in the oven.


Ingredients

3 tbsp oil
1 onion diced
3 garlic clove minced
500gr minced meat
2 carrots shredded
1 cup of green peas
1 green pepper
1 red pepper (optional)
4 tbsp tomato paste
Salt
Dried or fresh basil - chopped

Bechamel sauce
1L milk
4 tbsp flour
2 tbsp butter
Salt
Nutmeg

Lasagna box
Mozarella cheese

Method

If you buy the lasagna that needs to be boiled first, do so before anything following the instruction. If you buy the one that does not need to be cooked then leave for later use.

Heat oil in a deep pan, and add the meat with the onion and garlic. Cook for around 10 min. Once cooked, add carrots, green peas, green pepper, red pepper. If you want you can add mushroom, even corn. Cover and let it cook for 8 minutes. Add salt and basil plus the tomato sauce with around 1 cup and half of water. Let cook for 2 minute and turn off.

For the bechamel, I mix the flour in the cold milk and bring to boil. Then add the butter and the nutmeg plus the salt. Super easy.

Before assembling the lasagna, heat oven to 200 degrees C.

For assembly, put a little of bechamel at the bottom, then layer of lasagna, then bolognese sauce, bechamel, pasta, bolognese, bechamel, and so on. At the end, pout mozzarella cheese on top.

Bake for 30 minutes, and stick a fork to see if the lasagna has been cooked in case you used the type that doesn't need to be cooked. If its soft, bring to broil to allow the cheese to have this brown beautiful color.

ENJOY!

Potato Gratin

Ingredients

1kg potatoes
2 cups of milk
1 1/2 tsp salt
Grated nutmeg
1 clove of garlic - mashed (you can omit this if you don't want garlic in it, but it gives nice taste)
2tbsp AP flour
3 tbsp of finely chopped green onion
1/2 cup of heavy cream
Shredded mozzarella cheese for topping

Method

Peel potato, wash them and slice them evenly measuring 5mm.

In a pan pour the milk, salt, nutmeg, mashed garlic, and flour - whisk them, and bring to boil until thickens.

Scrub a baking form with butter, and put at the bottom a line of potatoes. Organize them nicely so that the finishing product turns out nice! So a line of potato, sprinkle green onion, put half of the cream on it then put the milk mixture on it, and continue doing another layers until done.

Once all layers are done, bake at 220 C, covered with aluminum foil for around 20min (Pinch the potatoes with a tooth pick to see if its done), then take out the foil and sprinkle the cheese. Bake another 5 minutes.

Delicious, and simple!

ENJOY!

Tuna and Shrimp Dip

I learned this recipe from a Portuguese friend, and we were shocked how good it was! Then we tried it at home and we love it!

Ingredients

500gr boiled shrimps
1 can of tuna in water - if you want to use in oil you have to drain it very well
1 boiled egg
Pickles - as much as you desire and of any kind, it doesn't matter
Salt
3tbsp Mayonnaise

Method

Using a food processor, mix all ingredients except salt and mayo. Then put the outcome in a bowl and add the salt and mayo, and mix gently with a spoon. If you want to add more mayo you are free to do so but keep in mind that the dip will be very liquid in texture.

Serve with baguette bread slices, crackers, toasts, etc.

ENJOY!

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

This cake is a HIT everywhere I make it. It is sweet enough, and the texture is super nice! It goes great with breakfast, or tea party. I know some might think that sugar with condensed milk? that must sound really sweet, but trust me, it isn't. Just give it a try and see!

Ingredients

1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan
1 1/3 cups (200 g) all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup (106 g) sugar
1 vanilla bean, chopped, or tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup (239 g) sweetened condensed milk
3 large eggs

Method:

Preheat the oven 165 C. Generously butter an a loaf pan or any other cake pan, and set aside.

Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.

Put the sugar and the chopped vanilla bean, if using, in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse until the vanilla bean is finely ground. Sift through a fine-mesh sieve and return the sugar mixture to the food processor. If not using the vanilla bean, just put the sugar in the processor.

Add the butter and salt and process until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl occasionally. Add the condensed milk and pulse until well incorporated, about 15 times, scraping down the sides of the bowl once. Add the sifted dry ingredients and pulse until no traces of flour remain, about 10 times. Add the eggs and pulse just until combined, about 5 times. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, add the vanilla extract if using and finish mixing by hand to fully incorporate the eggs.

Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan. Bake until the top is dark golden brown and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool completely in the loaf an on a rack, then unmold.

ENJOY!

Potato with Coriander

This is an Arabic side dish which is called 'Batata Harra' which means 'Hot/Spicy potatoes' . I don't know why its called 'Hot' when it is not spicy LOL. But this is a great side dish that can come along with anything.

No major ingredients, just simple garlic and coriander. The kitchen smells amazingly when you fry the garlic with the coriander.. Advise: try it NOW.

Ingredients

1 kg of potatoes - peeled and made into cubes
around 5 gloves of mashed garlic - adding more isn't a bad idea!
1/2 cup of chopped coriander
2 tbsp olive oil

Method

Deep fry the potatoes. Reserve on kitchen towel and sprinkle with salt.

I in a deep pan, add oil, then add the garlic and coriander. Cook for 1 minute.

Then add the fried potatoes. Mix gently until combined.

This is a delicious side dish. I highly recommend!

ENJOY!

Cold Coconut Cake

Ingredientes:
2 cups (of sugar

2 cups all purpose flour

4 eggs

1 cup( of milk

2 tbsp of shredded coconut

1 tbsp of baking powder

2 tbsp of butter without salt at room temperature

Method

Using a blender, beat the eggs with sugar and butter until they look like a cream, then add alternating flour and milk, and at the end add the coconut and the baking powder. Butter a cake form and bake for around 40 minutes until golden and toothpick comes out clean.

Sauce for wetting the cake

1 can of condensed milk

1 can (200ml) of coconut milk

1 cup of shredded coconut

Method

Mix everything by hand and when the cake is still hot pour on it slowly the sauce until it dips in it. To make things easier use a toothpick and make holes with it on the cake, in this way it can drink up the sauce easily. Sprinkle shredded coconut on the cake and take it to the fridge to become cold. Store in fridge for minimum 5 hours.

ENJOY!

Gelatin Mosaic

Ingredients

4 packets of Jello of different colors

1 can of condensed milk

0.5 L of milk or you can use 0.2L of coconut milk and 0.3L of milk

10 unflavored gelatin leaves

Method

Prepare the 4 packets of Jello as per their instruction and pour each one alone in a squared recipient and send it to the fridge to harden.

In cold water, soak the leaves.

Cut the 4 jello you prepared previously in square around 1.5-2cm.

Not after you have cut them, place mixed colors in a sprayed cake pan, or any other form you want to.

In a bowl, mix the condensed milk with the milk, and the dissolved unflavored gelatin a little of hot water.

Pour the condensed milk mix on the colored gelatin slowly. With a wooden spoon, move around slowly the cubes so that they are all under the condensed milk mixture.

Place in the fridge for few hours.

Once you want to serve, soak a little the bottom of the form in hot water for 10 seconds then turn on a serving plate.

ENJOY!