Tarta.se invites you to learn from a professional pastry chef how to make decadent sweet traditional Swedish pastry called "Semla". Semlas are very common in Nordic countries and recipes vary a little from country to country, yet as a general idea it is a sweet cardamom bun filled with marzipan and whipped cream that is traditionally served on Fat Tuesday and are associated with Lent.
Recipe Semla (enough for 20 buns):
200 g of water 30C*
1/2 pack of yeast
2.3 / 4 dl flour
3 dl flour
80 g butter
1 dl sugar
1/2 egg
Here's a a traditional recipe that guarantees to rekindle some good old, sweet memories. Rice cooked in the goodness of ghee, cardamom, nuts, sugar syrup and infused with the aroma of cinnamon.
Scented with pistachios and cardamom and drizzled with a rosewater glaze, these little cakes are as beautiful as the love story which insprired them – watch to find out more!
This is a super tasty almond chai latte that you can make in just minutes at home :-)
It is dairy free and 100% vegan!
Just put all of your ingredients in a blender and let the power of the blender create your hot frothy drink for you. So delicious and also great served cold over cereal or as a milk for oats and porridge... YUM!!!
Yokheh or Youkheh or Kaak is a traditional Iranian Pastry. http://www.aashpazi.com/yokheh
IMPORTANT: Making Yokheh is a bit tricky. Read the recipe thoroughly before trying.
Ingredients:
1 1/3 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup (2 oz / 57g) Walnuts
1 Egg
4 Tbsp (2 oz / 56g) Unsalted Butter
1 Tbsp Powder Sugar (Confectioners Sugar)
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Tsp Ground Cardamom
1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Yeast (Instant)
Preparations:
1- Warm 1/4 cup water to 110º-120º F (43º-49º C).
This recipe video is brought to you by FAGE Total Greek Yoghurt. More recipes can be found on our website: www.uk.fage.eu.
The full recipe from this video can be found here:
Serves: 6
INGREDIENTS:
6 ready made pancakes
Topping:
300g Total Greek Yoghurt
12 tbsp maple syrup
16 cardamom pods
2 bananas
Handful of raisins
Handful of walnuts
METHOD:
In a frying pan, heat the maple syrup and add the cardamom pods and sliced banana. Cook for approximately 1 minute and mix in the raisins. Serve on top of the pancake/s with a big blob of Greek yoghurt and a scattering of walnuts.
The flavour of apples is so good cooked in a cake. This is my favourite apple cake recipe. What makes it so special is the combination of cardamom and lemon. It’s also wonderfully moist. It will keep well for up to a day.
Ingredients
• 150 gunsalted butter, chopped, softened
• 220 g(1 cup) raw sugar
• 2eggs
• 150 g(1 cup) plain flour, sifted
• 1 tspbaking powder
• 60 ml(¼ cup) pouring cream, plus extra, to whip
• finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 3-4red apples
• 2 tspcardamom pods
• shredded coconut, for coating
Cook's notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and coat the base and sides of a 20 cm round cake tin with coconut. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer, whip the butter and 165 g (¾ cup) sugar until light and airy. Add the eggs, one by one, beating well after each addition. Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl, then fold into the butter mixture. Fold in the cream and lemon zest, then spoon into the prepared tin.
Using a mortar and pestle, grind the cardamom, then combine with the remaining 55 g (¼ cup) sugar.
Core and cut the apples into thin wedges, then toss to coat in the cardamom sugar. Arrange the apples on top of the batter. Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Meanwhile, whip the extra cream.
Get your morning started with this delicious and nutritious breakfast porridge that uses quinoa as it’s main ingredient, this complete protein is an excellent way to start your day!
Sarah Carey is the editor of Everyday Food magazine and her job is to come up with the best ways to make fast, delicious food at home. But she's also a mom to two hungry kids, so the question "What's for dinner?" is never far from her mind -- or theirs, it seems! Her days can get crazy busy (whose don't?), so these videos are all about her favorite fast, fresh meals -- and the tricks she uses to make it all SO much easier.
Ingredients:
* 2 lbs of boneless,skinless chicken thighs.
* 4 large garlic cloves- crushed.
* 1 Tbs of cardamom.
* Salt and pepper.
* 2 Tbs all spice or the mixture of 7 spices.
* 3 Tbs olive oil
Directions:
1- Start by trimming the fat of the thighs then, dice chicken thighs
to your favorite size
2-Combine garlic, salt, black pepper, all spice and ground cardamoms and olive oil
3- Stir until very well combined
4- Add the chicken and stir very well with the marinade
5- If you have time let it marinade for 2 hours or more
but it is ok to cook right away too... If you want to freeze then you should stop here
6- Over medium- high heat cook the chicken until all the liquids evaporates and it gets little golden brown.
7- Serve as a wrap or with rice or pasta.
Matt Duggan, general manager for LAs Lucques, makes bitters by combining the oven-dried peels of four oranges, one pint of vodka, and some cardamom, allspice.
Douglas Ford, sous-chef of LAs Lucques, sharpens his vegetable peeler every day to keep it in tiptop shape. Most of us sharpen ours . never. Douglas demon.
Watch more! Genevieve Brazelton teaches her quick and easy method for making delicious, fresh limoncello. Shell cover the the proces.
Time to taste the next most popular category of cocktail bitters: citrus/orange. This dynamic blend of heroes works well in gin, vodka and lighter spirits.
Let's continue the South Indian food series with the famous Pepper Chicken curry! Yum!
WRITTEN RECIPE: http://goo.gl/VkhhhA
INGREDIENTS:
1 small chicken (1.5 pounds / 0.5 Kg) cut into medium sized pieces
2 cups plain yogurt + 1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 small onions
2 green chillis
3 small tomatoes
A large bunch of fresh cilantro
10 fresh mint leaves
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon of whole cumin seeds
Masala Ingredients:
4 teaspoons of white poppy seeds
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
4 whole cloves
1 green cardamom pods
4 cinnamon sticks
1 whole mace
4 teaspoons of whole black pepper (peppercorn)
1/2 a medium sized onion
