Homemade wholemeal pizza

I like pizza, but the only problem is with the takeway version , they are very unhealthy, and to much fat in it. But since i started to do my own version at home, i never ordered . The method is so simple, and you can put nearly everything use like toppings. Yesterday i baked a vegetarian one with a hot chilli.

HOMEMADE WHOLEMEAL PIZZA

For the dough: (enough for 4 large pizza)
1 cup wholemeal flour (250 gr)
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp salt
pinch of sugar
1 cup of lukewarm water
1 tbsp of dried yeast
little dried oregano/fresh ground pepper


For the tomato sauce:
tin of passata (tomato puree, 250gr)
1 cloves garlic (peeled, crushed)
1 tbsp brown sugar
some chopped sundried tomato
olive oil
salt/pepper

                                                                
For the dough you just put all the ingredient together, knead until smooth and elastic (5 min) , and let it rest for 20 min covered. After you can use straight away, or keep in a fridge. (Or even in a freezer, and you use later)
For the sauce you just fry a garlic on olive oil, add brown sugar, passata, sun dried tomato,salt and pepper. Cook for 5 min, and it is ready to use.

I doesnt baked my pizzas in the owen, i did just in a pan, because its much less time, and the crust will be nice and crunchy. The method is simple, you just stretch the dough for a size of your pan, and on a little olive oil start to bake the pizza, and in the same time you can put the topping on, 10 min baking, and ready!

Lemon chicken with roast courgettes and peppers

Here In London the autumn is officially here, or maybe even the winter, because the last weekend was freezing cold, scarfs, hats, winter coast .......everything ready to wear. Mostly i enjoying this period of the year, the long winter days, the lights, and the heavy meals...But of course some days i really miss the summer ...and that days in the kitchen you easily make something fresh, what can remind you for the sunshine. For me one day it was the smells of lemon, and the colorful roasted fresh veggies..

LEMON CHICKEN WITH ROAST COURGETTES AND PEPPERS

chicken breast 

1 lemon (you need the peel, and the juice too)

2 cloves of garlic (peeled, chopped)

2 courgette (chopped)

1 californian pepper (chopped)

1 onion (peeled, chopped)

1 medium red chilli (chopped)

olive oil

salt/pepper

First you need to make the marinade for the chicken, and leave in there for couple of hours, or overnight. This mixture is half juice of lemon, peel of lemon, 1 cloves of garlic (crushed), olive oil, salt and pepper.
For the veggies just put them in a baking tray together with some lemon juice, chilli, chopped onion, 1 chopped garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper. You can also put the half lemon too. Bake them for half hour on 250 degrees C., and during this time you can fry the chicken breasts in a pan.

Barnes Farmers Market

This small market is one of the oldest farmers market in London. And i am sure one of the loveliest too. Is situated a heart of Barnes village, near the Barnes Pond. Every saturday the place is pack with full of fresh fruits, veggies, cheeses,breads and homemade produces. I think its a great idea to go and visit this market and also Barnes on a saturday morning, this is what i did the last weekend too!

Yellow peas pottage with chicken stew

Because the winter is just around  a corner, the warming , comfort foods are coming, and we need them:) I often cooking this dish, and i always changing something little. The origin recipe is from Hungary, and because i am from that beautifull small country , the smell, and the taste remind my for my home. We cooking pottage from nearly every vegetable, and often serve with a stew, which makes the whole dish spicy, and more delicious.

YELLOW PEAS POTTAGE WITH CHICKEN STEW

for the pottage:

yellow split peas ( 500 g , soaked couple of hour before cooking)

1 onion (peeled, chopped)

2 garlic cloves (peeled, chopped)

smoked bacon

olive oil

half lemon

salt/pepper

for the stew:

8 chicken drumstick ( you can use thigh as well)

2 onion (peeled, chopped)

1 garlic cloves (peeled, chopped)

vegetable oil

smoked paprika (3 tbsp)

salt/pepper

For the pottage first fry the onions on olive oil, add the chopped bacon, and the garlic. Stir a little bit and when the onions are soft you can add the yellow split peas with half liter of water, and the half lemon. Season with salt, and pepper, and cook together until the peas are soft, and the whole dish is creamy.
For the stew first fry the 2 onions on oil , add the garlic, and when it is soft pull of from the gas, and mix with the smoked paprika.(because if you fry, the paprika powder is become bitter) Add the drumsticks, and put it back on a heat , add 2dl water, salt, pepper, and with  a lid on cook for 30 minute.
Serve the dish with sour cream, and fresh parsley.

Cinnamon scented orange and almond cake

I doesnt bake cakes to often. I have problem with a recepies, because i never follow them  as it should be, and it is a big chance to end up with a completely disaster.... Not just a laziness, and i doesnt like measuring, i have a idea how can i make it better , and easier of course. This are my reasons. But this time succeeded something really delicious, and something which is remind me for the winter and for the celebrations.

CINNAMON SCENTED ORANGE AND ALMOND CAKE

2 egg

almond ( a haldful, grated)

granulated sugar (half mug)

vegetable oil (half mug)

cinnamon (1tbsb)

vanilla extract ( or fresh vanilla pods)

1 orange

honey (3 tbsp)

wholemeal flour ( half mug)

plain flour (half mug)

soda bicarbonate (1bstp)

extra thick creme fraiche

castor sugar ( 3 tbsp)

For the measuring i used a standard sized mug (250 ml), because its easy, and you dont need to use scale. First of all you need to preheat the owen (200 degrees C.) .After separate the eggs, and beat the 2 egg whites until it is hard. In the other bowl put the egg yolks, the granulated sugar, and mix it. After add the oil, the juice if a half orange, the grated almond, cinnamon, honey, vanilla extract, and the flour. Mix it too, and  in the end fold in carefully the egg whites. Put in to a baking tray , and bake for a half hour.
When its cool, you can mix the creme fraiche with a juice of a half orange and a castor sugar, and you can do the coating with this mixture. After put into the fridge before serving.

Asian wok chicken stir fry

If somebody asking me about which cousine is my favorite at the moment, my answer will be the asian. This is always changing, but at the moment this is my choise, and the reason is why, the fresh , sweet and sour taste in the same time, and the variations are inexhaustible! I didnt using recepies, i just know what flavors i like together, and i add something more, or less, an the meal never will be the same. But is good, this is the best about it:)

ASIAN STIR FRY 

2 boneless chicken thighs ( chopped)

 fresh sugar snap peas (180 gr, small package)

chestnut mushroom (250 gr, chopped in half)

1 cloves of garlic ( peeled, chopped)

rice noodles (375 gr, cooked)

sesame seed (a handful)

fresh medium green chilli (chopped)

fresh lemon, or lime juice

toasted sesame oil

soy sauce

honey

salt/pepper

The method is very easy, first heat up the wok for a high temperature, and add the toasted sesame oil, chopped garlic, soy sauce, chilli, chicken, mushroom, sugar snap peas, and stir for a couple of minute, and then add the honey, the sesame seeds, and the cooked rice noodles. In the end just season with salt, and fresh ground pepper, and a juice of a half lemon, or lime. Just 10 minute cooking, and you can have a tasty and fragrant dinner!

Pork chops with stewed red cabbage and apples

Usually when i roast a duck, i serve with a stewed red cabbage, because its a classic marriage of this two ingredient, but i alredy tried with chicken, beef, pork, and its working really well also. I did with marinated pork chops at this time, and i roasted a little apple with a meat, its makes the whole dish a little bit unusual, and tastier i think.

PORK CHOPS WITH STEWED RED CABBAGE AND APPLES

for the marinade:

4 pork chops

2 tbsp of soy sauce

2 tbsp of honey

salt/pepper

4 tbsp of olive oil

for the stewed red cabbage:

1 red cabbage (finely chopped)

1 onion (peeled, chopped)

2 dl heavy red wine

4 tbsb balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp brown sugar

salt/pepper

2 apple (just chopped)

For the pork chops the best thing you can do, when you leaved them with the marinade in the fridge for at least 2 hour, or overnight.
First for the cabbage fry the onion on olive oil, when it is soft add the brown sugar, the wine, and a balsamic vinegar, and after a few min you can put the finely chopped cabbage, and on a medium heat cook with a little water for 20 minute.
In the same time you can fry the chops in a pan together with the apple pieces.