Gourmet recipes - Pumpking-pastry with caramelized syrup

Recipe products

400 g puff pastry
900 g grated pumpkin
80 ml vegetable oil
1/2 packet of cinnamon
100 g white raisins
1 coffee cup of sugar

For the syrup:

1/2 coffee cup of sugar
1 coffee cup of water

Directions:

Caramelize the sugar for the syrop. Add water and leave to cool down. Leave the pumpkin to fry in grease. Add the sugar and the raisins. The sugar makes the pumpkin emitting a juice. Fry until it boils up and a thick creamy mixture is obtained. Arrange in a greased with vegetable oil tray in the following order: pastry-mixture, pastry mixture… Smear the last pastry with some oil. Slice into triangles. Bake in preheated to 180 degrees Celsius(356 degrees Fahrenheit) oven, middle grate, 40-45 minutes. The inner pastry should turn browny. Put out to cool down(it should be warm, not hot). Pour with the cold syrup. Serve the meal only when it is completely cool.

Gourmet recipes - “Eights”

I want to introduce you to this attractive gourmet recipe. It is kind of sweet bread with interesting shape. With the products shown below you can produce eight “Eights” :).

Recipe products

500 g white flour + 80 g for additional kneading
3 eggs
8 g dry yeast
50 g sugar
40 g butter
Grated peel of 1 lemon
0.2 g vanilla
150 ml lukewarm fresh milk
1 yolk for smearing
Sugar for sprinkling
Chopped walnuts for sprinkling

Sift 500 g flour. Sprinkle with yeast, sugar, vanilla and lemon peel. Cut the butter above. Beat the eggs and add the milk. Knead the dough using spoon. Put 80 more grams of flour when the rest of the flour is consumed and knead until smooth and soft dough. Cover and leave on heat until doubling in a volume. Knead again and divide into 8 balls. Shape them into wicks with width of around 15-20 cm. Shape into eights and arrange in a tray with baking paper. Cover to rise again. Smear with yolk diluted in vegetable oil when they are ready. Sprinkle lavishly with sugar. Sprinkle with some chopped walnuts. Bake in preheated to 180 degrees Celsius(356 degrees Fahrenheit) oven. They will be ready in around 20-25 minutes.

Gourmet recipes - Biscuits

This nutritious gourmet recipe I picked up for you in order to show you that tasty and healthy can be easily combined. These easy for cooking biscuits are perfect for small launches.

Recipe products

300 g white flour
100g white whole grain flour
50 g oat flakes
Peels of half a lemon
220 g brown sugar
4 middle-sized eggs
125 g butter
0.3 g vanilla
4 g ginger
3 g baking soda

Sift the flours. Add ginger, soda, vanilla lemon peels. Sprinkle with sugar and oat flakes. Chop the butter above. Rub with hands until crumbs are obtained. Add the eggs one by one while kneading the dough. Thick sticky mass is obtained. Arrange in covered with baking paper tray using spoon. Bake on 2 levels at 180 degrees Celsius(356 degrees Fahrenheit) oven with fan on. Take out when they begin to brown from the upper side( around 10-12 minutes).

Gourmet recipes - Cream “Vanilla”

Cream “Vanilla” is pretty useful gourmet recipe. This cream can be directly consumed or used in sweets. It takes some time to be cooked but once it’s ready you will see that it’s worth the effort.
(more dessert gourmet recipes)

Recipe products

1 l fresh milk
3 whites of egg
4 yolks
200 g sugar
100 g flour
20 g butter
0.6 g vanilla
Sticks for decoration

Beat the whites of egg with some of the sugar and leave aside. Put aside ¼ of the milk. Beat the yolks with the flour and fill up the ¼ of the milk until thin mess obtained. Heat the rest of the sugar and the milk on the hot plate. Add the yolk mixture with continuous stirring before it boils up. Put the butter when the mixture begins to thicken. Stir constantly until the mixture become thicker. Put in the vanilla before putting away from hot plate. Leave to cool down completely. Put the yolk mixture with stirring in the whites of egg mixture as soon as it cools down until homogeneous mixture is obtained. Put in appropriate cups and decorate with chocolate sticks. It can be served with topping of your choice. I use this cream on biscuit cakes.

Gourmet recipes - Home made chocolate cake

Every body likes chocolate I suppose. Our gourmet nature is like that. Even people who are on strict diets prefer to eat the dish that is tastier than one which is not. From my book of gourmet recipes this time I selected a chocolate cake that is not supposed to be eaten by people who are on a diet.
(more of my cake gourmet recipes)

1st layer:

3 eggs
150 g sugar
100 g flour
0.1 g vanilla

2nd layer:

3 eggs
150 g sugar
90 g flour
15 g powdered cocoa
0.1 g vanilla

For the cream:

90 g natural chocolate
200 ml cream(I used “Hopla”)
200 ml none-fat milk

For the syrup:

200 ml none-fat milk

For the glaze:

90 g natural chocolate
80 g milk chocolate
8 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons water
30 g butter

Method of cooking:

(For one layer) Beat the whites of egg with the half of the sugar to snow. Beat the egg yolks with the other half. Mix and stir with spoon. Sift the flour in the mixture. Add vanilla and stir well. Pour in a cake pan which bottom is covered with baking paper. Bake in preheated to 180 degrees Celsius(356 degrees Fahrenheit) oven for 20 minutes(You can check whether is ready using skewer). Bake the second layer the same way as the first but mix the cocoa and the flour and sift it onto the egg mixture. Slice the layers lengthwise using thread.
Melt the chocolate in water bath. Add milk. Leave to cool down. Beat the cream using pulverizer. Add 2/3 of the mixture and stir until homogeneous.

Putting together the cake:

Put one of the halves of the white layer in the cake pan. Cover with the half of the cream. Put the other white layer and push slightly. Pour the rest of the melted chocolate. Put one of the black halves of the black layer onto the others. Pour the half of the milk over the cake. Put the rest of the creame. Put the last half of layer above. Pour the rest milk. Leave the cake aside covered for 12 hours so the layers will not dry. Put the glaze.

For the glaze:

Melt the chocolate in water bath. Add butter and the boiled mixture of water and sugar. Stir until homogeneous mixture is obtained. Pour in the middle of the cake. Leave the mixture to flow along all sides of the cake. Make the surface smooth. Leave aside for a few hours so the glaze can dry. Decorate with cream spray.

Gourmet recipes - Buns with curds

It is said that the first step to the man’s heart passes through the stomach. Men actually have a gourmet nature. This was the gourmet recipe I prepared for St. Valentine’s Day.

Recipe products

300 g white flour
100 g curds
110 g curds
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
A pinch of salt

Sift 200 g flour with baking soda. Beat and add the egg. Add yogurt, curds and salt. Knead the dough with a spoon. Add the rest of the flour by sifting it little by little. Knead until the whole amount is absorbed and soft and smooth dough is obtained(around 15 minutes). Leave to rest for around 10 minutes. Sprinkle the smooth surface with flour and shape the dough into flat cake with thickness of around 1 cm. Make figures using moulds(in my case hearts). Fry in oil. The oil should not be heated too much because it will burn the outer side of the buns and inner side will remain uncooked.

Serve with honey, powdered sugar or cheese.

Gourmet recipes - Sweet with oat flakes

Haven’t you wondered if there is something delicious and healthy at the same time? This one is brought to you by “Treta Vazrast” newspaper and it is not part of my book with gourmet recipes but it’s really healthy and tasty. All who tried it liked it at once. You can offer it in wide range – from gourmets to people who are on a diet. Try it!

(A recipe form “Treta Vazrast” newspaper)

Recipe products

150 g oat flakes
200 ml lukewarm milk
150 g butter
250 g sugar
150 g ground walnuts
A pinch of baking soda
4 eggs
Jam (if you wish)
Coconut chips

Cooking directions

Pour the milk over the oat flakes and leave them several hours to swell up(I use fine oat flakes). Beat the butter with the half of the sugar until it gets foamy. Add ground walnuts, baking soda and yolks. Add this mixture to the soaked oat flakes and stir well. Add the mixture obtained before to the beaten to snow whites of egg and the remained sugar. Pour in a tray. Make the mixture smooth from the upper side and bake in a moderate oven (180-200 degrees Celsius, 356-392 degrees Fahrenheit) for 35 minutes. You can smear the obtained layer with jam if you wish. Sprinkle with coconut chips and make additional decorations if you wish.

Sweet with banana

Recipe products

1 teaspoon sugar
2-3 bananas
Cake pastry
60 g butter
Coconut chips

Cake pastry products:

250 g sugar
80 ml vegetable oil
1 baking powder
300 ml yogurt
350 g white flour
3 vanillas


Burn sugar in teflon coated tin until light brown. Arrange the bananas when the sugar cools down. Cover them with cake dough. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius(356 degrees Fahrenheit) for around 35-40 min. Smear with butter while the pastry is still hot. Put in a dish and sprinkle with coconut chips.

Gourmet recipes - Pumpkin jelly cream

The idea for this cream recipe came by a friend. So i decided to share it with you :). It's very easy and it's not time consuming recipe. If you like it you can also see my other gourmet recipes. Or just visit the section with my gourmet desserts.

And here is the recipe

For 5 cups

Recipe products

400 g pumpkin without seeds
2 big-sized apples
200 ml of milk(0.1%)
10 g gelatin
4 teaspoons honey(or to taste)
You can add cinnamon and walnuts if you wish

Peel the apples and remove their seeds. Slice into cubes. Slice the pumpkin the same way. Boil on steam for around 30 minutes. Strain them as soon as they cool down. Add honey. Dilute gelatin in milk in water bath. Stir the gelatin mixture while adding to the mashed mixture(you can add cinnamon or other aromas if you wish). Put in appropriate cups(you can sprinkle with ground walnuts). Put in fridge for 4-5 hours.

Gourmet recipes - Sweetmeat “Aroma bucket”

Recipe products

240 g white flour
330 g sugar
180 g white raisins
4 eggs
100 ml yogurt
70 ml olive oil
30 g butter
1 tablespoon cocoa coconut chips
1 packet baking powder
2 vanillas
1 capsule rum essence
1 small jar of apricot jam

Smear the bottom of a teflon-coated tray with butter. Sprinkle the bottom of the tray with raisins, coconut chips and cocoa. Beat the eggs with sugar in a wide and deep utensil using mixer. Add olive oil and milk. Sift flour with baking powder and vanilla and then sift some flour onto the mixture. Stir slightly until the flour is absorbed using wooden spoon. Add rum essence. Pour the mixture in the tray. Bake in preheated to 170 degrees Celsius(338 degrees Fahrenheit) on 3rd level for 30 minutes. Leave to cool down and divide into to layers. Smear one of the layers with apricot jam and stick the two layers together again.
As a result we have one extremely delicious sweetmeat.

Gourmet recipes - Cake with peers and banana

2 peers
15 g butter
1 tablespoon sugar

Wash, clean and slice the peers into stripes. Heat butter with tablespoon sugar and add the peers. Stir for 2-4 minutes and leave to cool down.

For the dough:

2 1/2 teaspoons flour
3 eggs
250 ml orange juice
60 g butter
1 baking powder
3 vanillas
1 teaspoon sugar
1 banana
5-6 biscuits

Sift out flour with vanilla and baking powder. Beat separately whites of egg and yolks with sugar. Stir them. Melt butter and add orange juice to it. Add this mixture to the egg mixture and stir carefully. In this wet mixture add with new sifting flour and stir until it becomes homogeneous. Put cracked biscuits in a teflon-coated or in greased and sprinkled with flour cake mould. Put peers, equally arranged above, and pour half of the mixture. Arrange sliced into circles bananas above and cover with the rest of the mixture. Bake at 170 degrees Celsius(338 degrees Fahrenheit) for 45 minutes – middle level. After baking leave the cake to cool down. Consume after the cake is cool.

See also my muffins gourmet recipes.

Gourmet recipes - Easy and sappy dessert

Recipe products

3 eggs+1 yolk
a pinch of salt
70 ml vegetable oil
250 ml yogurt
320 g cherry jam
0.4 g vanilla(2 packets)
9 g baking powder
180 g white flour
10 g poppy-seeds
Butter for smearing of the tray

Beat eggs and yolk to foam and add a pinch of salt. Add vegetable oil while stirring then add yogurt. Add cherry jam and stir actively. Sift flour with vanilla and baking powder. Sift again while adding to the mixture. Stir with wooden spoon. Smear a tray(30cm length to 22 cm width) with butter. Sprinkle equally with poppy-seeds. Pour the mixture above. Bake in preheated to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) oven on middle grate for 35-40 minutes. Check whether it is ready using wooden skewer. Upturn and cut into small cubes when it cools down.

Gourmet recipes - Cream “Revanche”

I found that tasty recipe in one of my old notebooks with recipes. I hope you like it.

Recipe products

4 eggs
40 g flour
200 g sugar
1 l of milk
2 tablespoons gelatin
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 lemon peel

Separate yolks and whites of egg. Mix white of eggs with 1/2 of the sugar. Add the hot milk to them while stirring. Put on slightly heated hot plate and continue stirring while the mixture begins to thicken. Take away from the hot plate and leave aside. Beat the whites of egg to snow with the remaining sugar. Mix together yolk and white of egg mixture. Stir very carefully until the mixture becomes homogeneous. Add previously soaked gelatin and the lemon peel. Separate into 2 parts. Color one of the parts with cocoa. Put in appropriate bowls alternating cocoa and white mixture. Put in a fridge to cool down for at least 5-6 hours.

Gourmet recipes -"Check-mate" Cake

Prepare two layers, one with cocoa.

Products for one layer:

5 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour for the second layer plus 3 spoons cocoa

For the cream:
1 l fresh milk
1 cup sugar
8 spoons flour
For the glaze:
120 g chocolate
60 g butter
fresh milk about 40 ml

Method of preparation:

For the first layer: Break 5 white of eggs with the half of the sugar using mixer. Then brake 5 yolks with remained sugar. Mix them together, add flour and stir carefully.
For the second layer: Do as you did with the first layer but add 3 spoons cocoa also.
Bake the layers in a mould at 170 degrees Celsius(338 degrees Fahrenheit) 45 minutes on second level oven. Bake them consecutively one after other. Slice each into three circles after they cool down. Make the cream by boiling. When it cools down pour it onto the layers while arranging them in chess-board order. Pour some cream between the circles. After that make the chocolate glaze. Melt chocolate in water bath. Add butter and milk. Stir until you obtain a homogeneous mixture. Pour the glaze onto the cake and make the glaze smooth. You can add grounded walnuts alongside the cake.

Recipes - Lemon Cake

Use a cake mould – 24 cm diameter. The cake consists of three layers. Products for one layer are:

2 eggs
40 g sugar powder
30 g white flour
For the cream:
350 ml milk
100 g sugar
1 egg
25 g flour
30 g butter
150 g liquid cream
1 capsule lemon essence

Mix eggs and sugar with mixer. Add sifted flour. Cover the bottom of the cake mould in which the cake will be baked with baking paper. Pour the mixture in it. Bake in preheated to 170 degrees Celsius(338 degrees Fahrenheit) oven for 15 minutes, average level. Turn off the oven and take the cake out after 5 minutes. That is how the 3 layers should be cooked. Leave them to cool down.
Milk, sugar and lemon essence put on a low temperature hot plate. Stir periodically. Mix egg and flour in a separate utensil. Dilute with some of the warm(but not hot) milk. When the mixture becomes homogeneous pour it in the remaining milk. Stir until the mixture becomes thick. Add butter so it can melt. Leave to cool down.
Mix the liquid cream(previously chilled in fridge) with mixer until it becomes thick. Add this mixture to the mixture described above. Put this between the layers and also use as a glaze. Put in a fridge for around 12 hours.

Recipes - Croissant La Maria

Merry Christmas, friends!

Today i will show you a croissant recipe.

Recipe products

150 g cheese
150 g yellow cheese
150 g butter
350-400 g yogurt
teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
700-800 g flour

Sift out the flour. Grate yellow cheese, butter and cheese (use larger grater) over the flour. Make a pool in the mixture and put salt, yogurt and soda(the baking soda should had been put into the yogurt before using it). Intermix the pastry. Divide into 4 balls and leave for 30 minutes in a fridge. Take the balls from the fridge one by one. Spread each ball out while you get a big circle. The circle must be 2 mm thick. Slice the circle into equal triangles. Roll each triangle from the sharp edge to the wide side(you will get a croissant shape). If you want you can fill the croissants with marmalade or cheese. Spread over them yolk(you must add some drops of cooking oil to the yolk). Bake in preheated oven at 250 degrees Celsius (482 degrees Fahrenheit) on fourth and second level with fan on. Bake around 18 minutes. Serve warm or cool.

Banichki with pumpkin and onion

Another one of my recipes :)

Recipe products

400 g of pastry
500 g shredded pumpkin
2 large onions
200 g sugar
0.2 vanilla powder
6 g cinnamon
50 ml vegetable oil
sugar powder

Heat the oil. Fry the chopped onion until golden. Add grated pumpkin. Fry around 3-4 minutes. Put away from hot plate and leave to become cool. Pour sugar in filling. Add cinnamon and vanilla powder and mix well. Take a couple of pastry sheets, put filling on the one and roll them. Repeat the procedure until no pastry sheets remain. Bake at 220 degrees Celsius(428 degrees Fahrenheit) first 10 minutes. Lower the oven to 170 degrees Celsius(338 degrees Fahrenheit) and bake around 25 minutes until it becomes rosy. Take out to cool down and sprinkle with powder sugar.

Recipes-Pumpkin pie with home made pastry

Products for the recipe

Products for the pastry

400 g of flour

1 egg

1 tablespoon of sugar

2 tablespoon of vegetable oil

1 tablespoon of vinegar

pinch of salt

1 tablespoon of grated orange peel

1 tablespoon of grated lemon peel

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

120 ml warm water

Products for the filling

600 g of grated pumpkin

200 g of grated apple

150 g of sugar

50 g of cracked walnuts

vegetable oil

20 g of chocolate(for the decoration)

Knead аn average solid pastry from the products. Leave the pastry for 30 minutes. Divided it on 9 balls. Roll out each ball on sheets with a diameter of 26 cm and width of 1 mm. Cover a cake pan with a baking paper. Put in the pan a sheet, grease the sheet with vegetable oil and cover with filling(only grated lemon and grated orange peels, and sugar). Repeat the procedure 4 times. When you put the fourth sheet, put in filling and cracked nuts. Don’t put filling on the last sheet . Cut diagonally on 8 pieces. Bake at 200 degrees Celsius in preheated stove(on high level) for 35 minutes. When it’s ready, melt the chocolate with vegetable oil in water bath. Decorate the pie with the melted chocolate.

The pie can be consume after 24 hours.