Monthly Archives: Mart 2015

Irlanda Ekmegi / Irish Bread

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Malzemeler/Ingredients:

1 bucuk su bardagi tam bugday unu / 1 + ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 bucuk su bardagi beyaz un / 1 +½ cups all purpose flour
1 dolu cay kasigi karbonat / 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
¾ cay kasigi tuz /¾ teaspoon salt
¾ su bardagi oda sicakliginda sut+1 cay kasigi elma sirkesi / ¾ cup milk at room temperature+1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 
¾ su bardagi siyah bira / ¾ cup dark beer
1 cay kasigi bal / 1 teaspoon honey
Arzuya gore kurutulmus feslegen ve 2 dis rendelenmis sarimsak / Dried basil and 2 cloves shredded garlic (optional)

 

Hazirlanisi/Preperation:

Firini 190 derecede isitin.
Tum kati malzemeleri eleyerek buyuk bir kaba alin. Kasikla iyice karistirin ve karisimin ortasini acin.
Sivi malzemeleri ortaya dokun ve elinizle yavas yavas tum malzemeleri harmanlayin. Sadece karistirin yogurmaniza gerek yok.
Hamuru hafif unlanmis tezgaha alin. Elinizle top sekli verin.
Yine hafifce unladiginiz firin tepsisine hamurunuzu yerlestirin ve hamurun ortasina keskin bir bicakla carpi isareti yapin.
40 dakika kadar pisirin. En az yarim saat oda sicakliginda beklettikten sonra ekmeginizi kesebilirsiniz. Afiyet olsun .

Preheat the oven at 190 C.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a medium bowl, make a well in the center.
To the center, add the milk, vinegar, honey and the beer.
Combine all the ingredients with hand until you have a rough dough.
Take the dough onto a lightly floured surface and shape it into a ball. No kneading required.
Take the dough on a baking sheet and with a sharp knife make a cross in the center.
Bake for 40 minutes. Place on a cooling rack. wait at least 30 minutes to cut. Enjoy.

Siyah Birali Cikolatali Kek / Chocolate Cake with Dark Beer

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Malzemeler/Ingredients:
300 g tereyagi/300g butter
150ml siyah bira/150 ml dark beer
250 g un/250g plain flour
Kabartma tozu/baking soda
100 g kakao/100g cocoa powder
375 g toz seker/375 g sugar
3 yumurta/3 large eggs
Vanilya/ vanilla extract
150ml sivi krema/150ml liquid cream

Ust krema icin/For the frosting:
200g bitter cikolata/200g dark chocolate
125g tereyagi oda sicakliginda/ 125g butter at room temperature
225g mascarpone cheese
225g elenmis pudra sekeri/225g icing sugar, sifted

Hazirlanisi/Preparation:

Firini 180 derecede isitin. 23 cm’lik yuvarlak kek kalibini yaglayin ve tabanini pisirme kagidi ile kaplayin. Tereyagini eritin. Icine kakaoyu ve birayi ekleyin, tel cirpici ile karistirin. 10 dakika sogumaya birakin. 

Genis bir kapta un, kabartma tozu ve sekeri karistirin. Ortasini acip, yumurta, krema, tereyagli karisim ve vanilyayi ekleyip yine cirpma teliyle tum malzemeleri iyice karistirin. Hazirladiginiz kek hamurunu kek kalibina dokun ve firinda yaklasik 1 saat pisirin. 

Cikolatali krema icin cikolatayi benmari usulu eritin. Tereyagi ve mascarpone peynirini mikserde cirpin. Erimis cikolatayi ilave edin, tekrar cirpin. Son olarak pudra sekerini de azar azar ekleyerek dusuk devirde tum malzemeleri karistirin. 

Kekiniz soguyunca kremayi kekin uzerine surun.


Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease a 23cm cake tin with a removable base and line with a disc of parchment paper. Melt the butter in a saucepan and then whisk in the cocoa powder and datk beer.  Remove from the heat and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda and sugar.  Make a well with the back of a spoon and pour in the melted butter mixture along with the eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract. Pour into the prepared cake tin and place in the oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out completely clean. When the cake is baking, make the frosting.

To make the frosting, melt the chocolate in a bowl placed on top of a saucepan filled with a little water boiling over a low heat. Remove from the heat to cool for about 10 minutes. Place the butter and mascarpone cheese in a bowl and beat until fluffy and combined. Mix through the melted bitter chocolate and then gradually sift and beat in the icing sugar until you have a smooth, spreadable mixture. To assemble the cake, place it on a cake stand and spread with frosting



Minestrone

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Malzemeler:

1 adet kuru sogan / 1 onion
1 adet tatli patates / 1 sweet potato
2 adet kereviz sapi (yapraklariyla birlikte) / 2 celery stalks with leaves
1 adet havuc / 1 carrot
1 adet kabak / 1 zucchini
1 su bardagi barbunya / 1 cup red kidney beans
1 adet pancar / 1 beetroot
2 çorba kasigi zeytinyagi / 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 su bardagi domates puresi / 1 cup tomato puree
4 su bardagi su / 4 cups water
2 adet defne yapragi / 2 bay leaves
Tuz, karabiber, kuru nane / salt, pepper, dried mint

Hazirlanisi:

Barbunyayi bir gece onceden islatin. Uzerini gececek kadar suda 20 dakika haslayin. Hasladiginiz suyu dokun. Barbunyalarin uzerine 4 su bardagi suyu ve domates puresini ekleyin. Defne yapraklarini atin.
Tum sebzeleri kup kup dograyin. (minik minik olacak, biraz sabir istiyor :))
Sogan, pancar ve havuclari tencereye ilave edin. 20 dakika daha pisirin.
Daha cabuk pisen sebzeleri yani patates, kabak ve kereviz saplarini ve yapraklarini ekleyin. 40 dakika daha pisirin.
Pisirmesi biraz uzun suruyor ama pistikce tatlar birbirine geciyor ve corba lezzetleniyor.
Tuzunu, karabiberini ekleyin, atesten almaya yakin zeytinyagini ilave edin. Defne yapraklarini cikartin.
Corbaniz hazir, afiyet olsun.

Preparation:

Add red kidney beans to the pan and cook about 20 min. with 2 cups water. Pour the water and add 4 cups water and tomato puree on to the beans. Add bay leaves.
Dice all vegetables. It takes quite long, be patient 🙂
Put onions, beetroots and carrots into the pan. Cook about 20 min.
Add potatoes, zucchini, celery stalks and leaves and cook 40 min more at medium low heat or all the vegetables become tender.
Season with salt, pepper and dried mint.
Last add olive oil. Remove bay leaves.
Your soup is ready, bon appetit!