January 8th, 2011 | 7 Comments
Celebrating à la julia’s first anniversary!
preparation: 10 min | difficulty: ★★★★★
© 2011 Tony El Batal
serving portion: 1 person
ingredients
- 2 shots raspberry liqueur
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- 2 shots triple sec
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- ice cubes
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- 1/2 lime
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- 2 Tbsp sugar
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- 1 mini candy cane
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directions
- Place the sugar in a plate; with the lime cut in half, wet the rim of the martini glass then dip it into the sugar.
- In a shaker, pour the raspberry liqueur, triple sec and splash of lime; Shake it until it’s very cold.
- Finally pour the drink inside the glass and place the mini candy cane. Cheers!
Tags: candy cane, lime juice, raspberry liqueur, sugar, triple sec
Posted in cocktails & drinks | 7 Comments »
November 23rd, 2010 | 9 Comments
preparation: 30 min | baking: 6 min | difficulty: ★★★★★
© 2010 Tony El Batal
serving portion: 4 persons
Manoucheh Dough
- 500 g flour
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- 1 Tbsp salt
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- 1 Tbsp sugar
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- 1 Tbsp instant yeast
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- 1 ½ cups warm water
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- ¼ cup vegetable oil
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Mixed Cheese Topping
- 1/2 cup feta
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- 1/2 cup mozzarella
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- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
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directions
- Mix the flour, salt, sugar, instant yeast, warm water and oil, knead to obtain soft dough; Leave to rest in a covered bowl for 20 minutes until the dough doubles its size.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal balls and stretch into circles 2cm thick; Press down with the fingers to make marks on the dough.
- Preheat the oven to 250°C for at least 10 minutes; Meanwhile mix all three cheese together and spread evenly on the four circles.
- Arrange on a baking tray and bake for 5-6 minutes until puffy. Prick with a fork in some places to avoid excess puffiness
Tags: 3ajine, breakfast, cheese, cottag cheese, feta, jebneh, man2ouche, Man2oucheh b jibneh, mozarella, vegetable oil
Posted in cold & hot sandwiches | 9 Comments »
September 3rd, 2010 | 3 Comments
preparation: 30min | cooking: 20min | difficulty: ★★★★★
serving portion: 2 persons
ingredients
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- 75g basic sushi rice, for the recipe click here; 100ml water
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- 75g sushi rice cooked with beetroot water; 100ml water of home cooked beetroot
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- 75g sushi rice cooked with saffron; 100ml water
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- avocado
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- 3 sheets of nori
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directions
- Divide the rice into 3 different small sauce pans; adding the above amounts of water accordingly
- For basic sushi rice recipe click here.
- Save the water of cooked beetroot and use it in the basic sushi rice recipe.
- For the last kind of rice also use the same recipe but add some threads of saffron to give the yellow color.
- For the mosaic maki please check the below illustrations; Don’t forget to add the avocado in the center between the 4 pieces; Cut in bites and enjoy the look and taste
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illustrations
valentine maki
Posted in mini bites | 3 Comments »
