ChIcken with potatoes

Cheesecake

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
3sp cocoa
1 baking powder

Mix all ingredients and put onto a baking tray.

2 packets cheese
1 vanilla sugar
1 vanilla custard
4 dl milk
1 egg

Mix the cheese with vanilla sugar and the egg. 
Make vanilla custard and let it cool.
Put the mixture into a icing bag and ice a grid on the dough.
Bake for 40 min.

Hamburger

Who doesn´t like a good burger?

Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese is a classic. 

You don't need a lot of ingredients to create a really tasty dish.

Ingredients:

olive oil

2 cloves of garlic

1 onion

500 g beef mince

2tins of chopped tomatoes

500 g spaghetti

Parmesan cheese

Recipe:

Put a casserole pan on a medium heat, add some olive oil and cook garlic and onion for about 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until soft.

Add the mince and break apart  with a wooden spoon. 

Let it cook for a couple of minutes until starting to brown then pour in the tomato paste. 

Add chopped tomatoes and stir well. 

Cover with a lid then cook in the hot oven for 30 min. 

About 10 minutes before the time is up, cook the spaghetti according to packet instructions.

Today´s chef - Kačka Ouzká

Sweet Halloween

We celebrated Halloween making two lovely cakes!

Chilli Con Carne

We have decided to take part in another cooking competition called

Quick and Easy.

"Get in the kitchen and show us what you can do!

Cook your favourite meal, send us the recipe in English and a photo of you and your finished dish. "

Kačka Karásková has made spicy mexican meal CHILLI CON CARNE.
GOOD LUCK!!!

Ingredients:

·        2 cans red kidney beans

·        1 tablespoon vegetable oil

·        1 large onion,

·        1 can tomatoes

·        1 can mild green chile peppers

·        2 teaspoons finely chopped jalapeno chile pepper

·        1 can tomato sauce

·        1 tablespoon chili powder

·        1 1/2 teaspoons salt

·        dash pepper

·        dash ground cloves

·        1 small bay leaf

Preparation:

Brown the onion in a large pan.
Add pepper and  beef. 
Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and seasonings. 
Cover and simmer, adding a little water if needed to keep from sticking. 
Check and stir frequently. 
Add the  canned beans and heat through.

Potato Croquettes

Would you like to have some junk food?

Have some Potato Croquettes!

Ingredients:
400	grams	potato
160	grams	bread crumbs
150	grams	plain flour
120	mls	milk
2	eggs	egg	(100 grams)
2 1/4	teaspoons	butter	(10 grams)
1/16	teaspoon	salt	(0.4 grams)

RECIPE:

Peel and boil the potatoes.
Now half of the eggs as egg yolk and keep mashing

Mash the potatos, add the salt  and butter and start mashing.

Slowly add milk and keep mashing the mixture until is is very smooth and creamy - and not too liquid!  
Slowly add the flour  until the mixture.

Form balls of the mixture and put them on a wooden board.  

Let them sit in the fridge for half an hour.   

Put the other egg on a plate. 

Mix with a fork.    

Take another plate and put breadcrumbs on it. 

Take each individual croquette, turn it in the whisked egg so it is completely coated in egg and then in the breadcrumbs . 

Put the breaded croquettes into the pan - after about 2 minutes, they should be golden brown