Beouf salad

Another of my favorites.....

Ingredients:
- 6-7 big potatoes;
- 6 carrots;
- 1 big parsnip;
- 1 big celery  - the root (or even two);- one big chicken brest or one big piece of beef;
- one onion;
- 10 pickled little cucumbers.
For the mayo:
- 2 eggs - one boiled and one not.
- sweet mustard;
- salt, oil.

Preparation:
Put into a pressure cooker: the meat (chicken or beef), the carrots, the potatoes, the parsnip, the celery (s), the onion. Nothing cut just peeled and washed. I know someone who didn`t peel them so please do :))
Also, add some salt too.

From the moment it starts boiling let it to simmer another 30-45 minutes ( if you use chicken) or 60 - 75 minutes (if you use beef).

After it`s done set the vegetables and the meat aside to cool a little and throw out the onion.
When all are cool start cut them in small pieces. Also cut in small pieces the pickled cucumbers too (drain the cucumbers juice!!!)

After all are chopped blend them all, add salt, the ground pepper and the mayo, blend it again and voila...the salad is done.


The mayo: In a mixer bowl put the boiled yolk, the raw yolk, salt and a teaspoon of mustard. Mix them all together and add oil (slowly) until you obtain the right quantity of mayo that you need.

I like to eat the salad with some black olives.....You can try it....


יאָר!

Chicken and oat soup

I didn`t belive that i would like this kind of soup but i was surprised how good it is. So try it with all the confidence.
Ingrediente:- 2 chicken thighs;
- 2 medium carrots;
- one small onion;
- a little piece of celery ;
- one bay leaf;
- 6-8 pepper grains;
- a half cup of oat
- a half of a tea spoon of white ground pepper
- one spoon chopped parsley;
- 2 spoons butter.

Preparation:
First you must soak the oat in 2 cups of water for at least one hour.

The carrots and the celery must be cut into 1 cm pieces. The onion must be cut in 4 pieces.

Put 7 cups of water into a pot. Put to boil with the bay leaf, pepper, the carrots, the onion, the celery and the chicken thighs. Simmer for half an hour, than filter the soup.

The chicken thighs`s bones will be removed, the same for the skin. After that you must cut the meat in small bits.

After you are done with the chicken you must drain the oat. Than  put the butter (2 spoons) into a pan and fry the oat for 3-4 minutes.  After that put the soup over the fried oat and simmer it another 30 minutes.

 In the end, after those 30 minutes, add salt, the white pepper and the bits of meat and simmer another 3   

minutes. After it`s done add the chopped parsley and cover the pot for a few minutes.

Buen apetito!

Rigatoni al forno

I made the decision to create two blogs about cooking - one in romanian which is http://madampuffy.blogspot.com/ and one in english for my friends from different countries in the world. So if you will see some spelling or grammar mistakes please have patience with me. I try to improve my english every day.....


So, the first recipe is `Rigatoni al forno`, one of my favorite dishes.


Ingredients:
- a bag of rigatoni;
- one small carrot finely grated;
- an onion finely minced;
- 250 - 300 gr. mincemeat - beef or pork;
- 8 - 10 slices ham;
- 10 mushrooms - i always use champignon;
- spices (thyme, basil, pepper, chilli) according to taste;
- grated cheese  and a bit of parmesan;
- tomatoes sauce;
- butter/olive oil;
- a little cup of breadcrumbs.

Preparation:

You must boil the rigatoni first with some salt and olive oil added in the boiling water.

While the rigatoni are boiling you must fry the carrot and the onion until they soften. After they soften add the mushrooms (finely chopped). Let them all fry until all the juices from the mushrooms decrease. Then add the mincemeat and the ham (chopped). Keep frying.
When the mince meat is done add the tomatoes sauce, salt and spices, all according to taste.
After another 5 minutes the sauce is done.

Blend the sauce with the rigatoni.

After that you must take an oven trey, grease it with some butter or olive oil, add some breadcrumbs just to cover the butter/oil. Put the rigatoni (blended with the sauce earlier) in the tray, add the grated cheese and the parmesan and put it in the oven. Might take from 20 to 40 minutes, depending of the oven so keep checking the trey to see when it`s done.

Bon appetit!