Wednesday, December 1, 2010

November Cooking Club

We had very good time and delicious food this month . We made Salty Cake ( Tuzlu Kek) , Rose Desert (Gul tatlisi ) and Potato Salad ( Patates Salatasi ) .I hope you will try and like this recipes .










                                                   
                                                        
Thank you so much for attending our club . Next month we don't have club see you on January Cooking Club .


Salty Cake  (Tuzlu Kek )

 3 Eggs 
 1 cup yogurt
 1 cup oil 
 1 stick butter (melted )
 2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder 
 1 teaspoon salt 
 parsley and feta cheese 

Cracked eggs , put yogurt , oil and butter mix and add cheese , parsley and baking powder, salt . Mix them and add flour then mix . Place the dough on buttered  pyrex bake it 375F - 400 F untill  it is golden color . Serve when it is warm .




                                       





                                                      


                                                   
                                                        


Rose Desert ( Gul Tatlisi )


 2 eggs 
 2 stick butter ( room temperature) 
 1/2 cup sugar
 1 teaspoon baking powder 
 2 cup flour
 walnut 
 For syrup 
 2,5 cup sugar 
 3 cup water boiled them together for 15 minutes let it cool down .

Put all ingredients in a bowl make smooth and soft dough. Put the dough at a surface then  roll the dough flat like a cookie dough . Cut from dough 2.5 inc diameter circle . Put 3 circle as you seen at the picture then put walnut each side , roll the dough and cut from in the middle . Bake them 400 F until they are golden color . When it is baked after 10 min. pour the syrup for each rose and serve when it is cool .



           



















Potato Salad ( Patates salatasi )
  8 potato
 1 lemon
 1small lettuce
 5- 7 green onion 
 parsley 
salt , black pepper and other spices you like.

Wash the potato and peel ( I hate peeling potato after boiling that's why I peel them first then I boiled) . We used red skin potato you can use any kind of potato. After boil the potato let them cool while you were waiting chop all your greens (onion, lettuce,parsley  ). Then chop your potato small cube size or any size you want add greens and lemon juice and spices then mix it very well and it is ready to serve .









                                                             
                                             

Sunday, October 31, 2010

October Cooking Club

This month we had delicious food and wonderful guest .We made Turkish Pastry( Pogaca ) , Vanilla Pudding ( Yalanci Tavuk Gogsu )  and Zucchini Salad ( Kabak Salatasi )  .



 
                                


Thank you for coming ladies and see you next month .If you want to taste our food you are welcome to our club ...........



Turkish Pastry 


1 cup milk 
1 cup warm water 

2 egg ( 1 yolk for topping)
1 stick butter (melted)
1/2 cup oil 
5 1/2 cup flour 
1 tbsp yeast and salt 
For filling feta cheese and parsley 

Put  milk, water , egg ,oil and butter mix them with your hand then add flour yeast and salt .Make smooth and soft dough . Wait at least 15 minutes for raise the dough.After then take small ball from dough flatten and fill with feta cheese close one end to another and push the end . Spread one egg yolk on top of the pastry and put sesame seeds . Bake 30 - 40 minutes then serve when it is hot .


               

Homemade Vanilla Pudding

5 cup milk
1 1/2 cup sugar 
1 1/2 cup flour 
1 package cool whip ( 8 oz )
1 package tea biscuit or graham cracker


Place milk , sugar and flour boil in a medium cooking pot .Stir constantly for about 10 minutes to get it thick. Let it cool down and add 1 package cool whip .For bottom of pudding crumbled biscuits with choppers and spread bottom of Pyrex . Then place pudding slowly and sprinkle some biscuits or walnut on top .Put in the refrigerate  for at least 2- 3 hours .

                                        





                                    


Zucchini Salad 

5 - 6 zucchini
1 cup yogurt
1 cup mayonnaise
! cup chopped walnut 
3 clog garlic
Bunch of dill
oil and salt .

First peel the zucchinis then grate finely and squeeze zucchinis  , place them in a cooking pot and add a little bit oil and cook  for 10 minutes until zucchinis absorbed the water . Let it cool down for 15 -20 minutes then add yogurt , garlic , mayonnaise , walnut and mixed very well .Cut bunch of dill small piece spread top of the salad then serve .