Chapter 1

Cooking with autumn fruits and vegetables.

Autumn Fruit Salad Recipe
Peel, core and chop 1 apple, 2 pears, 1 persimmon, 1 bunch of grapes.
Also peel and add 1 pomegranate and 2 tangerines.
 Finally, stir in some apple juice and serve!

Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
FOR THE DOUGH
1/2 kg flour
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp salt
1 cup lukewarm water (as much as it takes)
FOR THE FILLING
1.5 kg peeled yellow pumpkin
2 dry onions finely chopped
3/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup rice

1/2 cup greek trahana (like frumenty)
4 eggs
300 gr grated feta cheese
Salt, freshly ground pepper

Preparation
FOR THE DOUGH
1. Sift the flour into a bowl.
2. Make a well in the middle and add salt and olive oil.
3. Little by little we add the water until we have a pliable dough that does not stick to the hands.
4. Divide the dough into two. We make balls of the dough.

FOR THE FILLING
1. Clean the yellow pumpkin from skin, seeds and fibers. Either chop it with a knife into thin slices or grate it on a coarse grater.
2. Heat the olive oil and wither the onion for a few minutes until it becomes transparent.
3. Add the yellow pumpkin and saute until it melts and absorbs all its liquid, about 15 minutes. Then add the rice, salt and pepper.
Leave on the fire for 5-6 minutes.
4. Leave the filling to cool.

5. Later add the grated feta cheese and the beaten eggs and mix very well.
6. Open 2 thin sheets of dough
7. Grease a 32 or 34 cm shallow pie pan. Spread the first sheet. Oil it with a brush and
8. Empty the filling. Turn the sheets protruding from the edges of the pan onto the pie.

9. Place the 2nd sheet. 

10. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil. Sprinkle with a little water with your fingers.
11. Bake the pumpkin pie in a well preheated oven at 180°C on the resistances, on the last rack, bottom down, for about 1 hour, until well browned.- gold
12. Let it cool a little and cut the pumpkin pie into pieces

Preserves from plums and pumpkin. 
You need: 2 kg of plums, a pot, sugar, jars
Step 1:
Wash the plums and remove the pits.
Step 2:
Put the plums into a pot and sprinkle them with sugar.
Step 3:
Cook over low heat until the plums release their juice (for at least one hour).
Step 4:
Scoop the plums into jars and seal tightly.

Step 5 – Pasteurization:
Preheat the oven to 110°C (230°F). Pasteurize for 20 minutes.

Pumpkin in Vinegar:
You need: A large pumpkin, vinegar, a pot, sugar, water
Step 1:
Wash the pumpkin and cut it into cubes.
Step 2:
Put the pumpkin into a pot of boiling water and wait until it comes to a boil again.
Step 3:
Place the pumpkin pieces into jars.

Step 4:
Prepare the vinegar brine. Pour 5 cups of water into a pot, add one cup of sugar, and optionally add allspice and cloves. Bring everything to a boil and wait until the sugar dissolves.
Step 5:
Pour the brine into the jars with the pumpkin.

Quince Paste
Main Ingredients:
•    Cleaned quince pulp (peeled and deseeded): 1 kg
•    Sugar: 750 g (70-80% of fruit weight)
•    Juice of 1 lemon

Preparation Steps:
1.    Clean Fruit: Peel, core, and chop the quinces. Weigh the pulp.
2.    Boil: Cover the pulp with water in a pot. Boil until soft (approx. 30-40 min). Drain well.

3.    Mash/Purée: Blend into a fine purée using a hand blender or food processor.

4. Mix and Cook:
o    Return to the pot, add sugar and lemon juice.
o    Cook over low heat, stirring constantly (1-2 hours).
o    Key Indicator: The mixture thickens and darkens; when stirring, the bottom of the pot becomes visible.
5.    Pack and Set:
o    Pour into molds lined with greased parchment paper.
o    Smooth the surface and let cool/solidify (several hours or days).
6.    Store: Keep in an airtight container or wrapped in cling film in the fridge.

Norman Tart
Flour: 250 g
Salt: one pinch
Sugar: 40 g
Butter: 125 g
Egg: 1
Tablespoon of cold water: 1
Put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes
Apples:5
Liquid fresh cream: 20 cl

Eggs: 2
Almond powder: 100 g
Sugar: 50 g

Put it to oven for 30 to 40 min for 180°C

Hazelnut cake

Ingredients
•    100 g hazelnut flour
•    250 g all-purpose flour (00 flour)
•    4 eggs
•    150 g sugar
•    1 sachet baking powder
•    50 g chopped hazelnuts
•    Milk, as needed

Method
1.    Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
2.    Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside.
3.    In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar using an electric mixer for at least 5 minutes, until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
4.    Add the sifted all-purpose flour mixed with the baking powder and the hazelnut flour, stirring gently with a spatula.
5.    Gradually add a little milk at a time until you obtain a thick, smooth batter.

6.    Finally, gently fold in the whipped egg whites, using upward movements from the bottom.
7.    Pour the batter into a 20 cm (8-inch) round cake pan, level the surface, and sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts.

8.    Bake in a preheated fan-assisted oven at 180°C (350°F) for about 35–40 minutes, checking doneness with a toothpick.
9.    Once baked, remove the cake from the oven, let it cool, then take it out of the pan.

                                Chapter 2

Cooking for Christmas.

King cake
Almond powder: 160 g
Eggs: 2
Melted butter: 80 g
Roll out puff pastry
Pour the mixture into the center
Brush the top with an egg yolk
„chiquetage”
Put it to oven for 30 to 40 min for 180°C

Cinamon biscuits
Ingredients
•    250 g all-purpose flour
•    80 g brown sugar
•    120 g cold butter, cut into small pieces
•    1 egg
•    15 g ground cinnamon
•    A pinch of salt

Method
1.    Mix the flour and the baking powder together in a bowl.

2.    Add the cinnamon and a pinch of salt.
3.    Cut the butter into small pieces and add it to the bowl.
4.    Rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks sandy.
5.    Add the brown sugar and knead.
6.    Add the egg and knead everything quickly until you get a smooth dough.
7.    Shape the dough into a flat disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
8.    Roll out the dough on a floured work surface and cut out the biscuits with cutters.
9.    Place the biscuits on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
10.    Bake at 180°C for 15–20 minutes, until golden.
11.    Let them cool and enjoy your cinnamon biscuits!

Gingerbread cookies

Ingredients:

Honey 400 g

Sugar 225 g

Margarine 200 g

Water 83 g

Dark chocolate 100 g

Wheat flour 1000 g

Gingerbread spice 25 g

Soda 7 g

Step One:
Place the honey, sugar, margarine, and water in a bowl and bring to a boil. Let cool for about 5-10 minutes. Add the chocolate and stir until the chocolate melts.
Step Two:
Pour the dry ingredients into a pot, then pour in the cooled liquid mixture. Mix until smooth. Wrap the prepared dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill at 5-8˚C for about 12 hours. Then roll it out to the desired thickness, cut out various shapes, and bake in a preheated oven at 180˚C for about 8-10 minutes

Melomakarona Greek Christmas honey cookies
Melomakarona are one of the most popular treats in Greece during the Christmas Holidays with their intense homely smell full of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg making every house smelling like Christmas!
Ingredients

FOR THE DOUGH
240 gr sunflower or corn oil
240 gr light olive oil
50 gr cognac
160 gr of fresh orange juice
1 tbsp baking soda

200 gr fine granulated sugar
1 tbsp powdered cloves
2 tbsp powdered cinnamon
2  oranges zest
900 gr all-purpose flour
2 tbsp baking powder

FOR THE SYRUP
400 gr of sugar
400 gr of water
400 gr thyme honey
½ lemon (waxed)
2 Cinnamon sticks

A few whole cloves

Orange peel
Ground walnut (for sprinkling)

Instructions
1. First sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. We leave them aside.
2. Put the olive oil, sunflower oil, cognac, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, orange zest in another bowl.
3. With a wire, mix them well so that the sugar dissolves and melts.

4. Dissolve the baking soda in the orange juice, stir to start the reaction and pour it into the mixture.
5. Mix the ingredients with the wire.

6. Finally pour in the flour gradually and mix at the beginning with the wire. When it starts to firm up, fold gently by hand.

7. It doesn't take much time
8. The dough should be soft, oily and smooth.
9. We take a piece the size of a walnut and start shaping them. Spread them thinly on the baking sheet.
10. Pierce their surface with a fork and make patterns and holes. This will help them soak up the syrup properly after they are baked.
11. After shaping the first two pans, put them in the oven.
12. Bake in a well preheated oven on the middle rack in the air for about 25' at 160ºC.
13. They are ready when they are well browned and crispy.
14. Let them cool completely and then syrup them

SYRUP
1. Put the honey and the rest of the ingredients in a pot and from the time they come to a boil, boil for 3 minutes.
2. Skim off the foam that forms on the surface.
3. After boiling the syrup, leave it at a low temperature. The intensity of the stove should be at 1 or 2, just enough that it trembles and simmers.
4. Dip the cold honey macaroons in the hot syrup, a little at a time and leave them for about 20 seconds on each side.
5. So they form correctly, remain honeyed and fluffy and crumble in the mouth without being heavy, hard and dripping.
6. At the end, while they are still hot, sprinkle them with chopped walnuts.

TIPS
When preparing the Melomakarona dough, it is important not to overwork it. If you mix the dough for too long it will cause the oil to separate from the mixture and result in a cookie that has a very oily taste. Just knead lightly with your hands or a spoon until the flour has incorporated and the dough is really soft.
Also always make and bake your Melomakarona on the same day. If you store the dough in the fridge to bake later, the oil will also separate from the mixture. So set aside about 1 hour, get your melomakarona ingredients ready and let’s bake!

Strawberry & Whipped Cheese Santa Claus Treats
 Ingredients (for 18 Santa Clauses)
* 18 Large strawberries
* Whipped cheese or Greek-style yogurt (preferably plain)
* A little sugar, honey, or syrup (optional)
* Chocolate chips or mini chips (for the eyes)

 Step-by-step Instructions
1. Wash the strawberries,
Kids can help wash and gently dry them with paper towels.

2. Cut the strawberries (adult step)
* Cut off the green tops.
* Then cut off the pointed tip — this will be Santa’s hat.
3. Fill with whipped cheese.
* If the cheese is a bit tangy, mix in a little honey or sugar.
* Use a spoon or a piping bag (or a plastic bag with the corner cut).

4. Make the hat
* Place the strawberry tip on top of the cheese.
* Add a small dot of cheese on top to make the pom-pom.
5. Create the face
* Add two chocolate chips for the eyes.
* If you like, draw a small mouth with melted chocolate.

                    Chapter 3

Cooking with aromatic herbs and edible flowers.

Spring Herb Frittata
Ingredients
•    Eggs
•    Baby spinach
•    Chives
•    Parmesan cheese
•    Salt
•    Edible flowers for decoration

Method
1.    Wash the vegetables carefully.
2.    Chop the chives.
3.    Cut the baby spinach.
4.    Break the eggs into a bowl.
5.    Add some salt.
6.    Whisk the eggs well.
7.    Add the vegetables and mix everything together.
8.    Add the Parmesan cheese.
9.    Pour the mixture into a baking tray.
10.    Bake in the oven at 180°C for about 20–25 minutes.
11.    Decorate with edible flowers before serving.

Sandwich spread with edible flowers:

Ingredients:

1. cottage cheese

2. plain yogurt

3. dried edible flowers

4. watercress

5. any spices to taste

Step 1 Pour the yogurt and cottage cheese into a bowl and mix.

Step 2 Add the dried edible flowers and watercress.

Step 3 Season to taste and spread on sandwiches. 

Snailbutter
Semi salted butter: 125 g
Take the butter out of the fridge one hour before
Fresh parsley: one small bunch
Garlick: one clove
Shallot: 1
Lemon: 1
Cut the butter into pieces and mash it with fork until smooth.
Squeeze the lemon juice.
Chop or blend the parsley with the Garlic clove and the shallot.

Mix the lemon juice and the chopped herb mixture into the butter.
Spoon the mixture onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
Slice into rounds just before serving.

Bread with Tomato and Oregano
Bread with tomato (*pa amb tomàquet*) is a traditional recipe from Catalonia that is widely enjoyed throughout Spain. It’s simple, Mediterranean, and very suitable for children.
 Ingredients (for class)
• Slices of bread
• Ripe tomatoes, cut in half
• Olive oil
• A pinch of salt
• Aromatic herbs: oregano

 How to make it with children
1. Each child takes a slice of toasted bread.
2. Rub half a tomato onto the bread (they love this part because they “paint” the bread red).
3. Add a few drops of olive oil with a small spoon.
4. Sprinkle a little chopped oregano on top.

LADENIA
LADENIA is the traditional Greek pizza made traditionally by housewives   during times of fasting such as days before Easter, with ingredients of Greek nature: tomatoes, onions, oregano, basil, rosemary and of course plenty of olive oil (hence the name);
Ingredients

For the dough 

250 gr. water, lukewarm 

8 gr. dry yeast

 1 tbsp brown sugar

500 gr. wheat flour

50 gr. olive oil 

salt, pepper

On top

100 gr. olive oil

2 sc. garlic

1 onion

700 gr. tomatoes

salt, pepper

1 tbsp dry oregano

Fresh oregano

A little fresh basil

Fresh rosemary

1 tbsp granulated sugar

1/2 tsp. vinegar

Instructions
Pour the water, yeast and sugar into a glass or measuring cup, and mix with a hand whisk. Leave the mixture for 5-10 minutes to activate the yeast.
Put the flour, olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano, and the yeast mixture in a small bowl. Knead until we have an elastic dough.
Cover with film and leave in a warm place (we put it near the radiator and covered it with a blanket) to double in volume. It will take 30-90 minutes.

Spread 50 g on a pan. olive oil and put the dough so that it covers the entire surface of the pan.
Mince the garlic and cut the onion into thin slices and the tomatoes into large pieces, and put them in a bowl.

Add the remaining olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, rosemary, sugar and vinegar, and mix.
 
Spread all the vegetables and herbs over the dough in the pan and bake for 60 minutes.
 
Serve hot or cold
Good appetite

                Chapter 4

Cooking with spring fruits and vegetables.

 Fruit Skewers with Mint
This is a recipe with a very Mediterranean and Spanish touch, as it uses mint and fruits like strawberries—ingredients closely linked to our cuisine and the countryside. The combination of fruit with mint is very common in fresh desserts.

Ingredients
• Strawberries
• Grapes
• Melon or watermelon
• Skewer sticks
• Mint

How to make it in class
1. Bring the fruit already cut into large pieces.
2. Each child threads 3–4 pieces onto their skewer.
3. Place a small mint leaf in between pieces so it smells wonderful.
 
With the leftover mint, we made a delicious lemonade. We simply squeezed two lemons into 1 liter of water and added a few washed mint leaves. We put it in the fridge, and when you come back from recess, it’s ready to refresh you.

Fruit salad:
Ingredients:
3 apples, 2 bananas, a peach in syrup, blueberries, green grapes.
Preparation:
Step 1: Wash all the fruit thoroughly.
Step 2: Cut the fruit into smaller pieces; peel the apples and bananas.
Step 3: Put all the fruit into a bowl and mix well.

Frozen yogurt with strawberries and honey
Ingredients
--A kilo of strawberries
--500 grams of strained yogurt
--7 tablespoons of honey

Procedure
At firts we pick the ripe trawberries from our garden
Then take a kilo of strawberries and wash them very well
Melt the strawberries in the blender until they become a pulp
Weigh 500 grams of strained yogurt
Put the yogurt and strawberry pulp in the mixer bowl and add 7 tablespoons of honey. Mix well
Pour the mixture into a bowl and put it in the freezer for 1 hour
After one hour, take the mixture out of the freezer and mix it again with a hand mixer. Repeat twice every one hour.
Leave it in the freezer for about 6 hours and then enjoy

Apple-Kiwi smoothie
Ingredients
1 apple
2 kiwis

1. Cut into pieces
2. 150 mL of water
3. Mix
4. 30 minutes into fridge
Enjoy!

Tricolour Fruit Skewers

Ingredients
•    Kiwis
•    Bananas
•    Strawberries
•    Wooden skewers

Method
1.    Peel the kiwis and cut them into slices.
2.    Wash the strawberries and remove the green tops.
3.    Peel the bananas and cut them into slices.
4.    Take a wooden skewer.
5.    Put a piece of kiwi on the skewer.
6.    Add a slice of banana.
7. Finish with a strawberry.

    Smacznego