Strawberry jam,

Yesterday and today I have had  bit busy with making strawberry jam for the winter. It has been very long time, since I did make it last time, but I must admit, it felt very good to do it again :)

For 6 liters strawberry jam I used:

7,5 l fresh strawberries ( First time I used 1,5 l fresh strawberries and other time 6 l fresh strawberries)
1,3 kg jam sugar from Dansukker. (Due I made two different days jam, then first 1,5 liter jam I used  330 gr. Jam sugar 1+3 and other time I used 1 kg ordinary jam sugar)
1,1 l water (first time 3 dl water and other time 8 dl water)

I let it cook both times around 10 minutes and same time they cooked, I smashed strawberries with potato smasher, so that instead whole strawberries came more smashed strawberries in jam, since I like that more. Feels more equal mix.

After they had been cooked 10 minutes, I added sugar and let cook another 2-3 minutes. Took off the foam and I was put it to 0,5 liters jars.

Now it is cooling and later they will find the place in storage, so that it would be good to take in winter time.

Chicken Wok,

In Friday evening, we decided to have a nice and cozy evening with good food and good film.
For a good food we decided to make a chicken vegetable wok and rice and as for film, we decided to have Harry Potter and Half blood prince :)
In the end, the evening was very nice and we had successful. Food was very good and we both liked it. We decided to do it another time as well :) But of course. The food had to be good :D The main ingredients was chicken and we know, that if I have to choose a meat, I would prefer chicken or fish :) Ingredients for wok are: chicken, paprika, carrot, champignon, celery, ginger, salt, pepper, bamboo, broccoli.

Something new,

 Today I tried something new and that tasted very good, even thought I forgot to add some ingredients :) I made a healthy butter instead the ordinary butter. It included a piece of garlic, one avocado and little salt and pepper. It should also include a little mayo, but I forgot that and I came to remember that when we had eaten for a while. Must admit, it tasted very good also without a mayo. We tried last week with mayo as well, because when I did it as I got to know from a friend. It tasted good as well, but for me, I really liked with out mayo, because it had bit more fresh taste and hopefully less calories as well :) But small cheating is allowed :) It tastes very good with fresh baked baguette :) And, I must admit, I have started to like the avocado :) Before I did not liked it, now, I want to eat it more and more :)

Chocolate coffee cake,

Here I am again as I promised last night.
In weekend we had guest over to our house. As small tradition, every time we have someone over and visit us, I will make some cake or some other kind of dessert. This time I decided to make a cake for a coffee. When I thought, what would be good and tasty, when I came to an idea to make something I have done and same time what I have not done. Result was chocolate tip coffee cake :D And it was good. Even the final touch I made with chocolate cream, it came out. I had no recipe for that, so I thought that I will give a try for it anyway :D If it would not come out, when it would not be first time :D And as wisdom says also, we learn from our mistakes. End was that it came out. It was eatable and it was very good :) I liked it, and as I got to know, when also others liked it. And that was most important for me, because they was the judges for it.

 

The clementines gave a freshens and bit sour taste but the taste was amazing. That has gave me idea, that I should try more in other times to have combination with dark chocolate and clementines. 

Light and White Chocolate Mousse,

In New Year's eve we wanted to make something different and something good. Result for that was light and white chocolate mousse. I wanted that, I could also make one portion mousse also with dark chocolate, but that did not work out :D As they say, second time would might come out better :D So the dark chocolate so called mousse was as the ingredients for the chocolate cake, what I made today.

It is very easy to make and it goes also quite fast. Just bit white chocolate, bit light chocolate and as I thought also bit dark chocolate, whip cream and egg and after all is mixed together it is done and can be eaten, but as we did, let to stay on fridge some hours, when it was better. Clementines gave very good taste together with chocolate. Taste what it gave was fresh and bit sour.

Bon Apetit!

Chocolate cake,

Today afternoon I baked a cake, what I had postponed some days before. Today, I had to make it, else one ingredients had gone bad and that would had been most sad of it. Result what came out, was very good and tasty. Perhaps some had would liked more moist into the cake, but after I tasted it, I think, it was very good.
After it came out from own, it looked bit naked,

 

So, I thought that  it needs some filling...

... and some decorations...

... and it was ready to eat :) Bon Apetit! 

Christmas sponge cake,

 For the christmas day for lunch I made a sponge cake. For at give christmas taste, I was put again cinnamon and cardamom and also bit ground cloves. It made the sponge cake to taste and smell as christmas. I wanted to add also spice for ginger bread, but they had sold it out, so I had to stay with the spices I got. I also added a little marzipan to dough and it left a soft taste. Since I wanted to get some colours into the cake I used a pieces of candied fruit. Result was actually very good and best was it together with ice-cream. in the top before I was put it to oven I was put bit pearl sugar and chopped almond. 

Christmas fruit cake,

In christmas eves morning I baked a christmas fruit cake, so that we could have something good for coffee we had after we had packed open all our presents. The taste for cake was christmas as well as it had christmas smell. I think the smell came from cardamom and cinnamon mix. I must admit, cake tasted well as well :P All who had it liked it :) Fruit what was used in cake was blueberry and blackberry.

Lussekatter,

Here in Sweden people has tradition to eat from Advent to Christmas buns what is here called "Lussekatter" It is bakery what has as ingredients saffron and raisins. They taste actually quite good and interesting :) This year I must admit, I liked them more, than I liked them last year. I think one reason is also that now I am used with them, last year it was something totally new for me. They look like S. Tastes good :P

Tiramisu,

Friday evening I thought that it would nice to have something as dessert on Saturday lunch just before Tommy's dad will go back to home and we into city for make last Christmas shopping, because next week, will come busy week and just time will fly.
So, I did not want to spend all evening in the kitchen and thought, could I find something easy to make. In some reason I saw Tiramisu receipt and thought that no, I will not do it, because it takes probably so long time and I had no plan to spend hours and hours at the kitchen, since we had guest and also I felt bit tired after the long day. But I also know that I like tiramisu and I started to read it. My surprise was, that it does not take that long time, as I thought that it will take. So, I thought, why not. I have ingredients at home and I could try. It can only have to way result :D It would be eatable or it would be thrown away :D  My result was, that all family liked it :D I just made a small adjustments :D Instead of liqueur I used whisky :P And it was better than the one I have eaten before, since whisky brings somehow more flavours to it.

Here is result in pictures :) If anyone would like to have a recipe,when feel free to ask :)

Christmas table,

Today we will have our first Christmas table with our company :) It feels just so good, because, that is a sign, that we are good what we are doing, since from the beginning to now, we have had a nice increase of costumers and we like it. It makes us Happy :)
We will have nice time and perhaps we get a christmas present from Santa too :D WE have to get :D We have been good girls this year :P

GI - Chocolate cake

There are so many people who likes to loose weight and thinks that it is end of the world if there is no desserts or cakes what can be done. We like also once in a while a cake and therefore this one is our one favourite.

Ingredients:
12 bites:

100 gr butter
300 gr dark chocolate ( over 70% cacao)
4 egg
½ dl fruit sugar
little salt
½ dl nuts

For serving:
2 dl whip cream
½ lime peel
2 table spoons chopped lemon melissa

Preparations:
Put oven to 175 degrees. Melt butter and after that include chocolate bites and mix it until all is melted and one mass. Divide egg whites and yellows. Whip egg whites separately and egg yellows with sugar and salt on other bowl. Mix whipped egg yellows with melted butter and chocolate and mix it through. Annex whipped egg whites and mix all so that it is mixed correctly thorough. Take around 23cm baking form and put all mix in. Roast nuts on dry pan and include them to cake and put all this form to oven for ca. 15 minutes. Let it cool down.
For serving whip whip-cream and if it is hard, put lime peel and lemon melissa inside and mix a little. Just cut piece of cake, and put spoon of cream next and ready to eat :)

Carrot gratin

Today I made something easy and low fat food for lunch and for my surprise it tasted very good, so I decided to share that also with other people.

Ingredients:
500 gr Carrots
200 gr Turkey ham
5 egg
100 gr Philadelphia cream cheese
Salt
Pepper

Preparation:
Bolts or chop raw carrots. Boil them a little time until they are semi-soft. Chop the ham and can then roast a little time, but not necessary. Mix egg and cheese together and mix bit with salt and pepper. Bake in oven on 180 degrees around 30-40 minutes.