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Mushroom and Spinach Pie with Baharat Spices
Baharat is an exotic North African spice blend that is also used in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Jordan. This popular spice blend is added to recipes in much the same way, as Indians would use garam masala. Getting the balance of spice is important in (read full article)
michel roux’s gougères + ‘pastry’ reviewed
I had originally intended it to be Paris week on the blog, highlighting a different restaurant from our recent 5 restaurant/2 night trip, each day. However I’m still light years from finishing the reviews, so in its place is a fittingly French (read full article)
Summer Salmon Wraps
Ingredients: 2 4-5oz salmon fillets 4 sheets filo pastry 1 oz butter Zest and juice 1 lime 1 tsp grated ginger 1 spring onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, pressed 1 Tbsp fresh coriander, finely chopped Salt and pepper Directions: Mix together lime (read full article)
Simple Cooking - Torta di Ricotta
Several weeks ago my dear friend Corrie called to let me know that she may be able to wrangle a spare ticket to the Antonio Carluccio luncheon at ANZ Pavillion at the Arts Centre. I was absolutely thrilled because Antonio is one of my all time food h (read full article)
5 Greek Recipes With Spinach
Spinach is very popular in Greece - especially in pies. Fresh spinach is used and is an integral part of the healthy Greek diet. Here are some recipes you can try - just click on the names to go to the recipes. Spinach Pie - Spanakopita This is (read full article)
Galaktobouriko with Orange Blossom and Vanilla Syrup
It's no real secret that I have an incredible sweet tooth. Consequently if you've been reading Gourmet Worrier for any length of time or have bothered to take a look at the recipe index, you'd see that dessert clearly takes precedence here. Hence, I (read full article)
I’ve come up with some ‘restaurant style meals’ and i want to know which one you’d be happy to eat.?
I’m 15 yrs old, been on junior cookery courses and ganined many fans (from what people say) and award whilst i’ve been cooking for only 3 years. I really want to become a successful chef as a career. so i just wanted to run some meal idea (read full article)
Filo Parcels with Prawn, Ricotta and Swiss Chard
This is a quick and easy to do, you can have all the ingredients bought in from the supermarket or if you have time can have a bash at making the Ricotta and using chard from your garden. I bought the filo pastry which is so easy to use, on each lay (read full article)
Greek Spanakopita Recipe With A Healthy Tzatziki Recipe Made With Spinach and Phyllo
This Greek classic recipe is my favourite savoury pastry to eat. I made this Spanakopita for lunch today and served it with a traditional Greek salad. I don’t make this very often because my husband and I will eat the whole pan in one sitting. It&# (read full article)
Maryland Salmon and Tarragon Leaves
Ingredients: 4 fresh salmon fillets 150 ml dry white wine 1 onion, finely chopped 1 bay leaf 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup plain flour 450 ml milk 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, chopped 1 lemon, zest only 65 ml soured cream 225 g filo pastry Dir (read full article)
Moroccan Serpent Pie
If I were a more ambitious blogger that was in the habit of blowing my own trumpet, I'd probably claim that this pie was a result of pure genius. But the truth of the matter is that most of my greatest accomplishments in the kitchen are often a resul (read full article)
How to make Phyllo/Filo dough
I have been getting so many requests for making Puff Pastry and Filo/Phyllo dough. But for some reason, readers have been missing the posts where I have shown how to make these pastries. Hence, after getting tired by adding the links in reply to so (read full article)
How To Make Your Own Greek Filo (Phylo) Pastry
A lot of Greek recipes - mainly the pies - use filo (phylo) pastry. You can buy this from the shops, but it's so much better if you can make it yourself. So in this post you can see how to do this. I've used the example of spinach pie (spanakopita) h (read full article)
12 Greek Sweets
I've put together here a list of popular and tasty Greek sweets. Just click on the links to go to the recipes.BaclavaThis is probably one of the best-known sweets from this area of the world and quite rightly so, in my opinion! You should be able to (read full article)
Baklava Heaven on 2nd Ave
Real deal baklavas at Gulluoglu CafeI don't go gaga over baklavas but I had a really good one at Gulluoglu Cafe on 2nd Avenue. This Turkish franchise recently found it's second New York home (the first one in Coney Island, Brooklyn) in an unassu (read full article)
Monday crisy crisp – Warm mango, banana and pineapple crisp with mascarpone cream
Le petit croustillant du lundi – Croustillant chaud de mangue, banane et ananas, crème au mascarpone I adore filo dough but never use it. Do you believe it? I can drool over appetizers and desserts made with filo dough but when it’s ti (read full article)
Dealing with Rejection
One of the ways I deal with rejection is to busy myself with multiple tasks and numerous new ventures. Yes, some of the more enlightened ones among us would refer to this as 'denial' but hey, it's my denial so I guess I'm entitled to outwork it my wa (read full article)
Greek Leek And Cheese Rolls (Prasoboorekakia)
These are easily prepared and tasty little rolls that you can have as a side dish on the table or as part of a buffet. The cheeses used are regatto and Greek anthotiro, which is quite widely available abroad. As I said, they can be prepared easily an (read full article)
Chicken Vegetable Filo Pastry
100gm Mozarella shredded cheese12 sheets of filo pastry60gm melted butterFilling:30gm chicken pieces (mince)150gm mix vegetables(broccoli,asparagus,snow pea)¼ of a capsicum (cut in small cubes)1 tsp sesame oil½ tsp light soy sauce(salty)1 tbsp thic (read full article)
10 Minute Appetizer
Good morning, everyone.When you think of a three course meal, you think restaurant. You think long wait. You think TOO MUCH WORK. Well ladies, think again. Last night I cooked a three course meal for four people under twenty minutes. Below is th (read full article)
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