Stuffed Turkey.

Hello everybody.

Today we had a big festive lunch, stuffed turkey with all accompanying dishes.

Recipe from my sister which turned out very good, turkey was very moist and well done, I soaked it yesterday in brine containing salt,pepper corns, cinnamon stick, cardamom, rosemary and vinegar.

This morning I dried it very well then stuffed it with sauteed onions and bread ( whole loaf of toast without crust edges) then I added lots of butter between skin and flesh with spices and salt.

spices,butter and bread stuffing.
Wrap the turkey very well with foil paper and bake for 4 hours, begin with very high heat for the first half hour then lower it to medium or a bit less for remaining time. Remove foil last half hour so that it’ll be roasted and golden.

golden and done.

Along with it, I made potato gratin, rice with spices and meat on top, veggies, corn salad, butter sautéed red cabbage with cloves and rocca apple cranberry salad.

potato gratin.

sauteed red cabbage.

rocca apple cranberry salad.

A big success thank God.

Stuffed Mushroom and Courgette Flowers.

Hello everybody.

Too hot to cook today and nobody gave me any answers about what they want so I did what I found.

End result was some okra in olive oil with garlic, onions and tomato and no meat, vegetarian style. Then I decided to do some stuffed mushrooms with garlic, coriander, cheese, breadcrumbs salt pepper and chili, and since I have some courgette flowers that I intended to fry I stuffed them same as mushrooms and all together in the oven.

Result was super, all gone in minutes

light nice lunch.

okra with garlic onions and tomatoes.

stuffed mushrooms and courgette flowers.

stuffing.

great appetizer dish.

Veal Escalope and Potatoe Skins.

Hello everybody.
Though I still have some cauliflower from yesterday but nobody accepted the idea to eat from it again,so rather than making something small with it I decided to keep it in the freezer and make something new.

After searching in my Beef cookbook for something different to do I made this recipe, though I have previous failures in cooking veal this way but I liked this one and result was great, veal was tender inside and crispy from outside.

On the other hand I baked potatoes instead of making fries so as to try to minimize the damage, when done I sliced them lengthwise, removed pulp and mixed it with cream cheese, cheddar cheese, herbs and chili powder, filled potato skin again and roasted them.

Ingredients and method of veal:
* lean pieces of veal.
* one small grated onion, salt, pepper, mixed herbs and paprika.

Egg batter:

* 1/2 cup flour.
* 3 eggs.
* 2 tablespoons milk.

* Coating:

* 2 cups breadcrumbs.
* 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.
* some herbs and paprika if you like.

* rub spices, onion and herbs all over veal.
* mix flour, milk and eggs very well.
* coat veal with egg batter.
* coat with breadcrumbs Parmesan mixture.
* refrigerate for 1-2 hours then deep fry in very hot oil till golden.

Serve with potatoes and salad, made Ceazar today.

veal,egg batter, breadcrumbs.

filled potatoes.

pickled olives,chili peppers and carrots.

comfort food for sure.

Fish and Hash-browns !!

Hello everybody.

Weekend almost over 🙁
Was on my way back from an errand with my son, stopped by Ocean fish store upon his request, wanted fish and chips for lunch.
I always try to avoid deep frying so will cook fish in the oven and make hash browns instead of fries. I even removed fish fillets thin ends to make some rice on the side.

Ingredients and method:
* fish fillets.
* potatoes.
* onion.
* basmati rice.
* whole walnuts.
*lemon juice, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic for seasoning.
* flour , beaten egg and breadcrumbs for coating the fish.
* cinnamon, all spice, cardamom, nutmeg for seasoning of rice.

* cut fish to big pieces and leave thin and small ends for the rice.
* season flour then coat fish with it.
* dip in eggs then breadcrumbs.
* line them in a well oiled pan and cook in a medium heated oven for 25-30 minutes.
* grate potatoes ,add salt and pepper then mix well and leave in a sieve till all water is out.
* in a nonstick pan heat some oil then make heaps if potato mix. You can use metalic moulds to make a nice shape.
* flip on both sides till golden.

As for the rice:
* saute flour coated fish in some oil till golden then remove from pan.
* in the same oil saute finely sliced onions till tender.then add rice seasoning.
* add a bit of water to onions and leave to simmer 10 minutes.
* add walnuts and fish fillets.
* wash rice and add on top.
* cover with water till above rice by 1 inch.
* add more spices if you desire so as rice is brownish.
*simmer on low heat till done.
* serve with tahini sauce and toasted pitta bread.

Healthy delicious meal ♡♥

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