GREECE

Stuffed peppers

Ingredients

10-12 green peppers

a cup of rice

parsley

spearmint

1/3 cup of olive oil

salt & pepper

minced meat

a big onion

two cups of tomato sauce

Directions

Wash the peppers and slice their tops off

in a frying pan, simmer the onion, then the rice, the minced meat and in the end add the tomato sauce and all the spices

stuff the peppers and put them in a baking tin

pour some olive oil and tomato sauce over the peppers

cook in the oven for about an hour

Tziyerosarmas- a recipe from Thrace

Ingredients

1 part lamb entrails

1 part lamb suet

1 tbsp fresh chopped spearmint

1 cup of rice

1 egg

olive oil

salt & pepper

Directions

Boil the lamb entrails, drain them and cut into small cubes.

In a bowl, mix the cubes with the rice, the spearmint, some olive oil and salt & pepper.

Put the lamb suet in lukewarm water . Then place it in a baking tin and spread it open. Put the filling onto the suet and then fold it from its edges to wrap and close it in shape of a big hamburger.

Brush with the egg and cook in the oven until it turns golden red and crunchy.

Frumenty with chicken

A Traditional Thracian recipe

Ingredients

800 gr of chicken

half cup of sour Tracian frumenty

1 chopped onion

fresh grated tomato

olive oil

salt, pepper and red sweet pepper (spices)

Directions

In a bowl soak the frumenty in two cups of water.

In a pot simmer the onion in some olive oil.

Then add the chicken and fry it slightly until it turns golden brown in colour.

Season with the spices, add the grated tomato and saute for another 10 mins.

Add the soaked frumenty along with the water and boil for about 30 mins.

Batzina- a pie from Thessaly

Ingredients

6 grated zucchini

300 gr grated feta cheese

2 eggs

half cup milk

three fourths of a cup olive oil

flour ( enough to form a semi-liquid batter)

Directions

Grate and then drain the zucchini.

In a bowl mix the zucchini, the eggs, the feta cheese, the milk and half of the olive oil.

Then add the flour needed to form a semi-liquid batter.

Grease a baking tin and place the batter on top of it.

Sprinkle with the rest of the olive oil.

Bake in the oven at 180 C for about 1- 1 1/2hrs.

Milk pie with lemon flavour

Ingredients

1 lt milk

1 packet of pastry sheets

1/2 packet of butter

1 cup of semolina

6 eggs

1 1/2 cups of sugar

1 lemon peel

icing sugar

cinnamon

Directions

In a pot heat the milk, the sugar, the semolina and whip them into a cream.

Remove the pot from the heat, add the butter and stir constantly.

After cooling the mixture, add the lemon peel and eggs and stirl again.

Slice the roll of pastry sheets finely.

Add the finely-sliced pastry sheets into the cream and mix.

Grease a baking tin and put the cream into it.

Bake in the oven at 180 C for 50 mins.

Sprinkle with icing sugar and cinnamon when cold.

POLAND

TOMATO SOUP

What you need:

4 liters of water

5 table spoons of tomato concentrate

1 table spoon of butter

1 onion

salt, pepper, sugar

2 table spoons of cream

1 spoon of flour

pasta

How to do it:

Put water, butter, tomato concentrate, salt, pepper, onion into a pot. Boil for 20 minutes. Put flour into the mug, mix. Pour the mixture into the soup, add cream, boil for 3 minutes. Serve with boiled pasta.

Enjoy your meal :)

GOŁĄBKI - STUFFED CABBAGE

You need:

1 kg of rice

1 kg of minced meat

tomato concentrate

1 cabbage

spices ( salt, pepper)

1 spoon of butter

How to do it:

Boil rice for 15 mins. Fry meat with spices. Put cabbage into hot water for few minutes, then separate leaves. Put boiled rice and fries meat into the bowl, mix together. Add salt and pepper. Put small portions of this mixture onto the cabbage leaves and roll them. Put them into the dish resistant. Make the tomato sauce - put the tomato concentrate into the pan, add butter, water and boil few mins. Add some spices, salt, pepper. Pour the sauce into the dish resistant and bake in hot oven for 1 hour.

PIEROGI - STUFFED PIES

Dough ingredients:

2 glasses of flour

0,5 of glass of water

1 egg

Filling:

o,5 kg of cooked meat ( chicken, pork or veal)

1 egg

2 slices of bread

pepper

salt

HOW TO DO IT:

Cook meat in water with vegetables and salt. When it is ready take it out and grind it. Add an egg, more salt and pepper. Put bread into the bowl with water, after few minutes take it out and press out water, add to meat. Mix all ingredients.

Put flour and water into a bowl, add an egg and make dough. Then, put a small portion on the table and roll it. Use a glass to cut out small rings. Add meat on each ring, fold it and stick. Put the pies into the bowling water and cook for 10 minutes. Serve with melted butter with onion.

SERNIK - CHEESE CAKE

You need:

1 kg of cottage cheese

6 eggs

2 packets of pudding

1 glass of sugar

250 g of butter

lemon peel

vanilla

How to do it:

Put butter into a bowl, add sugar and mix. Then, add eggs and mix again. When the mixture is smooth add cheeses, pudding, vanilla, lemon peel and mix. Pour the mixture onto the baking sheet and put into hot oven. Bake for 1 hour. When it is ready take it out of the oven and let it get cold. Serve as a dessert.

Enjoy your meal :)