Fried Calamari

Ingredients

• 500 gr calamari, cut into thick rings
• 1 Tbs sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 Tbs lemon juice
• 4-5 Tbs flour
• 1 C flour
• about 3/4 C soda water

Directions

1. Mix sugar with baking soda and lemon juice. Soak calamari in this mixture.
2. Let rest for 2-5 hours or longer in the refrigerator.
3. Rinse and drain soaked calamari.
4. In a bowl mix flour, 1/2 tsp salt and a pinch of pepper.
5. Dip calamari in flour mixture.
6. In another bowl mix 1 C flour and soda water. You have to obtain a thick mixture.
7. Dip the floured calamari into the flour- soda mixture.
8. Fry the calamari in hot oil- until brown and crispy.
9. Drain calamari on paper towel.
10. Serve hot.

Salmon or Tuna Mousse

Ingredients

• 2 cans tuna , or red or pink salmon, drained
• 3 Tbs mayonaise
• 1/4 C ketchup
• 2 Tbs lemon juice
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
• 1 small package gelatin, mixed with a little cold water till thick. Then add water to make 1/2 C.
• A pinch of salt and pepper
• 2-3 drops tabasco
• 70 mg cream fraiche

Directions

1. Put the tuna or salmon in  food processor or with a hand blender blend it.
2. Add everything apart cream , continue blending.
3. At the end fold in cream.
4. Pour into plastic wrapped container.
5. Refrigerate  for at least 5 hours. 

White Bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 C water
• 4 Tbs dry milk
• 4 Tbs oil
• 2 Tbs sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 4 C bread flour
• 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
• 2 Tbs starter (mahmetzet)or (sourdough)- see recipe in the blog

Directions

1. Add the ingredients into the bread pan in the order listed above- up to the starter
2. The starter you add some seconds after the machine starts to function
3. When bread is baked, take it out of the pan
4. Let bread cool thoroughly before slicing

Spinach Salad

Ingredients

• 2 Packages spinach for salad
• 1/2 C olive oil
• 1/2 C white vinegar
• 3 1/2 Tbs honey
• 1 C dry apples or dry abricot or dry cranberries

Directions

1. Shake well all sauce ingredients in a closed jar
2. Place spinach in a large bowl
3. Just before serving pour the sauce over spinach
4. Toss well
5. Add dry fruit

Carrot Salad

Ingredients

• 8 Carrots
• 3-4 green onions
• 10 sweet pecans, chopped thick and some left hole to garnish

Sauce Ingredients

• 1/4 C oil
• 1/4 C white vinegar
• 1 Tbs brown sugar
• 1 tsp Mustard
• 2 clove garlic, crushed
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. Wash and trim carrots
2. Grate them in a food processor with the coarse grater attachment or with julienne attachment
3. Place in a serving bowl. Add green onions
4. Shake well in a closed jar all sauce ingredients
5. Pour the sauce over carrots. Toss well
6. Sprinkle over the pecans

Walnut Cake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 3/4 C sugar
• 1 C flour
• 100 gr butter (room temperature)
• 4 Tbs milk
• 1 package vanilla sugar
• 1/2 package Baking powder
• 1/2 C walnuts, chopped
• 1 Small apple, chopped into small chunks or 50 gr chocolate chips

Directions

1. Grease a tube pan
2. In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites
3. Whisk together butter and sugar
4. Add egg yolks
5. Add flour and baking powder, milk, vanilla sugar
6. Fold in walnuts and chocolate or apple
7. Fold in egg whites
8. Pour the mixture into the greased pan
9. Bake in 180 C preheated oven for about 45 minutes