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Re: Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Feta

This is perfect for summer and I adore eggplants! Going to make this soon!

Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Feta

Ingredients
1 Medium Eggplant
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
3 tbsps Olive Oil
Splash White Wine, optional
250 gr Feta Cheese
1 Roma Tomato or Several Cherry Tomatoes.
1 Tsp Oregano
1/4 Tsp Red Chili Flakes, optional
Parsley, as a garnish
Red Wine Vinegar, to taste
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Preparation:
We cut the eggplant in half and score the flesh with a sharp knife.  We remove the flesh, leaving enough to hold the skin together and using care not to pierce the skin.  We coat the interior with olive oil and season lightly with salt. Then we place the eggplant hollow side down in a baking dish. We bake for 10 minutes in a 375 degree oven, until the skin begins to soften.  In the mean time, we cube the flesh of the eggplant.  We add the olive oil and garlic to a pan over medium heat and saute until it begins to brown.  We add the eggplant, splash of white wine, oregano and chili flakes.  We cook until the eggplant softens (but does not become mushy).  We remove the eggplant skins from the oven and stuff with the eggplant mixture. We return to the oven and cook for another 10 - 15 minutes. When the eggplant skin softens we remove it from the oven.  We top with the cheese and tomato and sprinkle with oregano and we broil until the cheese begins to brown.  We sprinkle with parsley and serve with red wine vinegar.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Re: Easy spicy sweet red pepper salad

Am sure you will love it with fresh bread!

Dix Love,

Re: Easy spicy sweet red pepper salad

Love this, going to try it!

Easy spicy sweet red pepper salad

Ingredients:
500 grams soft feta cheese
3 garlic cloves
6 sweet red peppers (canned)
1 tbsp kayenne pepper
1/2 cup olive oil

Preparation:
We strain well the sweet red peppers on absorbent kitchen paper.  We add all the ingredients in the mixer bowl with the lancets.  We mash the ingredients and we put it in the fridge to cool.  It is imperative that the feta cheese we use is soft and moist.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Vezir salad spread (turkish recipe)

Ingredients:
1 cup walnuts
2 cups parsley
1 tbsp tomato paste
2-3 garlic cloves
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cumin
½ juiced lemon
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:
We blend everything together making sure to keep some of the texture of the walnuts.  We serve with fresh bread.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Re: Stained glass cake

Nice! Let me know how that turned out!

Simple cake

Ingredients:
500 grams self rising farina
250 grams butter or margarine
440 grams sugar
5 eggs
260 ml milk
1 tsp baking powder
Vanilla or orange zest

Preparation:
We beat the butter and gradually we add the sugar till mixture gets fluffy.  We add the eggs one by one and continue the beating for another 3 minutes.  Gradually we add the farina inside of which we have mixed the baking powder and the milk along with the vanilla or orange zest and mix lightly.  We butter and flour a baking tin.  We bak in medium preheated oven for 1 hour.  We let it cool, we can add sugar powder.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Re: Stained glass cake

You gave me a perfect idea for the filling!

Dix Love,

Re: Stained glass cake

This cake looks so cute! And the recipe is so very easy!

1 egg well mixed with 150g of sugar
200 g of butter mixed separately
250g ground biscuits (I use "Petit-Beurre")
100-150g of raisins that spent a couple of hours in a bowl full of rum, well drained
200g of finely chopped jelly candy.
Mix everything together, form the desired shape and add standard chocolate coating on top.

Enjoy!