Mozaik Pasta Mosaic Cake

Ingredients:

60 ml unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup ground sugar
1/2 cup milk
4-5 heaping tbsp.. cocoa
1/4 cup hazelnuts, crumbled, lightly roasted (optional)
300 gr social tea biscuits, use thin ones or Turkish Ulker or Eti Petit Beurre

Recipe:

Mix all the ingredients, except the biscuits, in a large plastic bowl with a spoon.

Break the biscuits into small pieces. Put them in the mixture and mix together.

Place the mixture in the center of a 50 cm long piece of aluminum foil.

Give it a long log-like shape with the spoon.

Then with the aluminum foil, first fold over the long sides tightly, then fold the rims. Give it a log shape with your hands. Put it in freezer.

Leave it there for at least 2 hours.

When you want to have some, open the aluminum foil, slice 1 inch thick slices and serve while still cold.

You can keep the rest in the freezer covered with the aluminum foil.



Hope you like it

Enjoy


Sherwet
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Kestaneli Pasta Chestnut Cake

Ingredients:

1 kg Chestnuts or 2 cans of whole chestnuts, each 439 gr (15.5 oz)
2 1/2 cup (250 gr) powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
60 ml unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tbsp. cocoa
250 gr frosting
1 package tea biscuit
1/2 cup warm milk
1.5 liter round shape Pyrex bowl

Recipe:

Boil the chestnuts and peel them off. Blend with a food processor. Add the butter, powdered sugar and egg yolk, and knead. Divide the dough into two. Leave one half plain. Add the cocoa to the other half and mix.

Soak each tea biscuit in milk for a few seconds and line them inside the bowl along the sides and bottom. Place the plain puree all over the surface of the biscuits. Place the puree with the cocoa in the middle. Cover the top with the remaining biscuits, again soaked in milk. Cover the Pyrex bowl with plastic wrap and leave in the fridge overnight.

The following day, use a long knife to loosen the sides of the chestnut cake. Place on a service plate upside down. Cover the cake with frosting. If you like, you can also decorate with grated chocolate and cherries as shown in the picture.

Hope you like it

Enjoy

Sherwet
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Savory Spinach-Gorgonzola Custards

Ingredients

·         1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed

·         1 tablespoon butter or margarine

·         1 tablespoon olive oil

·         2 large onions, cut in half and thinly sliced

·         2 teaspoons brown sugar

·         5 ounces crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (about 2/3 cup)*

·         3 large eggs

·         1 1/2 cups half-and-half

·         1/4 teaspoon salt

·         1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

·         1/8 teaspoon pepper ·         Garnish: crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

Preparation

1.      Drain spinach well, pressing between paper towels to remove excess moisture; set aside.

2.      Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add oil and onion, and sauté 5 minutes. Stir in sugar, and cook, stirring occasionally, 20 more minutes or until onion is caramel colored. Reserve 1/4 cup onion; spoon remaining onion mixture evenly into 6 lightly greased 6-ounce custard cups; sprinkle with cheese.

3.      Whisk together eggs and next 4 ingredients until blended. Stir in spinach. Spoon evenly over cheese, and place custard cups in a 13- x 9-inch pan. Add hot water to pan to a depth of 1 inch.

4.      Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes or until almost set. Remove cups from pan. Let stand 10 minutes; unmold and top with reserved onion. Garnish, if desired.

5.      *1 (4-ounce) package crumbled blue cheese may be substituted for 5 ounces Gorgonzola.

6.      Note: Savory Spinach-Gorgonzola may be baked in a lightly greased 9-inch square baking dish.

 Hope you like it

EEnjoy

SSherwet : )

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Macaron à la châtaigne

Macaron à la châtaigne

170g ground almonds
140g icing sugar
60g flour
4 large egg whites
100g light muscovado sugar
60g caster sugar
70g cooked chestnuts, in small pieces

Preheat the oven to 190°C.
Line a 30 x 40cm pan with baking paper.
Blitz the ground almonds and icing sugar in a food processor. Mix in the flour.
Whip the egg whites until stiff, add the sugars and continue whipping until they form firm peaks.
Pour over the almond mixture and incorporate gently. Mix in the cooked chestnut bits and pour the batter into the lined pan.
Bake for 18 minutes and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Note – you could also pipe the batter into small rounds for a macaron-look.

Hope you like it

Enjoy

Sherwet

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تشيز كيك بأكواب الكنافة

فى رمضان تعتمد الأسر على أطباق الكنافة كحلوى أساسية على موائد الشهر الكريم، تقدم الشيف بسمة بكر طريقة تحضير الكنافة على طريقة مختلفة، وهى بالتشيز كيك:

المكونات:
1 علبة حليب مكثف محلى
2 أكواب من الكنافة
1/4 كوب زبد
300 جرام جبن كريمى أو كوب و ربع
1/3 كوب كريمة خفق
2 ملعقة صغيرة جيلاتين بودرة بدون طعم
1/4 كوب ماء دافئ

الطريقة:
يسخن الفرن لدرجة حرارة 200 مئوية
نعد صينية كب كيك كبيرة الحجم عدد 6 أكواب، وتدهن بالقليل من الزيت أو الزبد..
نذيب الزبد وتخلط جيدا مع الكنافة حتى تتشربها تماما، ثم نوزع الكنافة على الأكواب بالصينية، ونضغطها جيدا بالأيدى، ثم تخبز بالفرن مدة 15 دقيقة أو حتى تصبح ذهبية اللون..
نخرج الصينية من الفرن، ثم نحضر الحليب المكثف المحلى، ونضع منه ملعقة صغيرة داخل كل كوب كنافة مخبوز..

لحشوة التشيز كيك:

 نقوم بخفق الجبن مع باقى الحليب المكثف وكريمة الخفق جيدا بواسطة الخلاط الكهربائى حتى يمتزج الخليط جيدا ويصبح ناعم القوام..
نذيب الجيلاتين فى الماء الدافئ جيدا ثم نصبه فوق الخليط السابق عن طريق مصفاة للتخلص من أى تكتلات بالجيلاتين، ويخفق جيدا مع خليط الجبن..
نصب خليط الجبن داخل أكواب الكنافة، وتبرد بالثلاجة مدة لا تقل عن 6 ساعات، ثم نخرجه، ونزينه بكريمة الخفق مع صوص الفراولة أو الشوكولاتة

أتمنى تعجبكم

تحياتي

شيرويت

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Quotes about Love

“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” Sam Keen

“I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.” Charles Dickens

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” Milan Kundera

“I`m good but not an angel, I do sin but I`m not the devil. I`m just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.” Marilyn Monroe

“Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.” Nicholas Sparks

“They say that loving eyes can never see, but that`s a fool`s axiom. Sometimes they see too much.” Stephen King

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.” Joan Crawford

“Love is like an ocean. With many ups and downs.” David A. Lewis

“To love is to recognize yourself in another.” Eckhart Tolle

“Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world.” Nicholas Sparks

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.” Tom Robbins

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving.” Woody Allen

“It's possible to love more than one person at a time.” Stephanie Meyer

“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?” Lily Tomlin

“The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.” Oscar Wilde

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Sherwet

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Quotes about Life

 “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”  ― Dr. Seuss

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” ― Mother Teresa

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.” ― Woody Allen

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”  ― Jimi Hendrix

“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”  ― Bob Marley

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”  ― Albert Einstein

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ― E.E. Cummings

“If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.” ― Amy Tan

“Always do your best. What U plant now you'll harvest later” ― Og Mandino

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Enjoy

Sherwet

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