Wednesday, October 28, 2009

KRACHEL WITH MILK & SESAME SEEDS




KRACHEL WITH MILK & SESAME SEEDS

INGREDIENT
3 eggs
1 glass oil
2 tablespoons baker’s yeast
1 glass oil
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 teaspoon aniseed
1 glass melted butter
½ litter milk
1kg of flour
Sesame seeds &1beaten egg for decoration

METHOD

In bowl, break eggs and add castor sugar, oil baking powder, sesame seeds, aniseed & melted butter, mix well baker’s yeast is diluted
Put flour into a large shallow bowl, make a well in the centre and pour mixture of eggs into it. Knead dough energetically.
Add & cream with your palms until smooth. (Add milk if necessary).
Leave it rise 1 hour.
Divide dough into balls like eggs and let rise a second time for 1hour.with the tip of your fingers flatten each ball to get a round biscuit. With a brush coat the front with beaten egg and garnish with sesame seeds.
Bake in preheated oven at 180c for 30mn.
Samira.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Meat tagine with green beans and tomatoes




Meat tagine with green beans and tomatoes


INGREDIENTS

For 10 people
3kg of lamb
1 kg of beans
1 kg of tomatoes
1 teaspoon of ginger
½ teaspoon of pepper
1 good pinch of saffron
Salt
1 big onion
1 clove of garlic
Oliver oil
Juice of 1 lemon

METHOD

Cut the meat in pieces weighing 200g rinse and put in pressure cocotte .add grated onion and garlic ,salt ginger ,pepper, saffron ,oil and the tomatoes which have been peeled, seeded and cut up. Allow to boil for a few minutes then add the green beans. Cook with the lid on, stirring from time to time .add water if necessary when the meat is cooked and breaks off easily in the fingers check that the beans are cooked and then add the lemon juice.
Leave the sauce to boil down until it is thick then remove from the heat.
Serve very hot in a round dish with the green beans on top of the meat and the sauce pored over
Samira
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

ALMONDS GHORIBA




ALMONDS GHORIBA


INGREDIENTS1kg of almonds
8OOg of icing sugar
4whole eggs
The zest of 1 lemon
Half tea spoon of cinnamon
30g of baking powder
20g of vanilla-flavoured sugar
100g of butter
2soupspoonful of orange flower

METHOD

Blanch almonds peel and then mix them .add cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla-flavoured sugar, the zest of 1 lemon, butter, orange flower &eggs
Combine all ingredients thoroughly until smooth, grease your hands, shape pastry into little ghriba balls
Dip them dust icing sugar.
Place the ghoriba on to a greased and floured tray, bake into a moderate oven for about 20 to 25 min.
Samira

Sunday, October 4, 2009

ANZAC BISCUITS


Anzac Biscuits

Traditional biscuits baked by anxious wives and mothers during World War I, packed in food parcels, and sent to the Australian soldiers in the trenches.

Anzac BiscuitsINGREDIENTS
1 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
125g (4oz) butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon water

Preheat oven to 300F (150C)

Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut together.
Melt syrup and butter together.
Mix soda with boiling water and add to melted butter and syrup.
Add to dry ingredients.
Place 1 tablespoonfuls of mixture on greased tray (allow room for spreading).
Bake for 20 minutes.
Loosen while warm, cool on trays.
(makes about35)

Jan&Peter

Samira

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Tagine de courgettes (slaoui)







Tagine de courgettes (slaoui)


Aujourd’hui ,on va faire un tagine d’agneau aux courgettes slaoui

Ingrédients
½ de viande d’agneau
1kg de courgette slaoui
1oignon haché
½ c à c de gingembre
½ c à c de poivre noir
½ c à c de safran
1 bouquet de coriandre et de persil plat
½ verres de l’huile de table et de l’huile d’olive
Un peu de beurre rance
Sel
Eau

Préparation
Coupez la viande en morceaux moyens et disposez-les dans une marmite, rajoutez-y l’oignon haché l’huile et les épices.laissez tout rissoler à feu moyen pendant 10 minutes mouillez avec suffisamment d’eau pour la cuisson de viande
Après ébullition, additionnez le bouquet garni composé de coriandre et de persil puis couvrez la marmite
Grattez soigneusement la peau des courgettes slaoui évidez-les et lavez-les
Coupez-les en tronçon de taille moyenne.
Lorsque la viande est cuite, retirez-la et rajoutez à la place les tronçons de courgettes slaoui pour qu’ils cuisent dans la sauce
Une fois les courgettes cuites et la sauce réduite remettez dans la marmite les morceaux de viande pour les réchauffer et rajoutez une cuillerée à café de beurre rance (smen)
Otez le bouquet de coriandre et de persil, disposez la viande au milieu du tagine, décorez-la avec les tronçons de courgettes slaoui, nappez le tout de sauce et servez bien chaud.
Samira