The “Fun Way to Independence” Cookbook

Polish Recipes

Polish vegetable salad

Ingredients

4 potatoes

4 carrots

1 celery roots

2 parsley roots

4 hard-boiled eggs

can of peas

2-3 tablespoons of mustard

4-5 tablespoons of mayonnaise

onion

5 pickles

salt and pepper

large bowl

knife

chooping board

wooden soon

strainer

pot to cook vegetables and eggs

Preparation

1) Cook the vegetables and eggs about 30 minutes

2) Peel all cooked vegetables

3) Chop all the vegetables and eggs in to small pieces

4) Drain the peas and add them to the bowl

5) Add 2 tablespoons of mustard

6) Add about 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise

7) Add pinch of salt and pepper then mix all ingredients

8) Sprinkle salad with parsley and put in the fridge

Herring fillets in cream

Ingredients

3-4 herrings fillets

onion

200 ml of sour cream

apple

bowl

spoon

grate

knife

platter

Preparation

1) Cut the herring fillets into a small pieces

2) Chop the onion and add it to the bowl

3) First peel apple and then start the grating process, add it to the bowl

4) Add a pich of salt and pepper

5) Add sour cream

6) Mix all the ingredients and serve on a platter

Polish minced cutlets

Ingredients

500 g of mixed minced meat (beef+pork)

raw egg

breadcrumbs

onion

salt, pepper, marjoram

oil

bowl

spatula

plate for Breadcrumb

knife

fraying pan

Preparation

1) Put minced meat, raw egg, chopped onion and breadcrumbs into a bowl

2)Add a pinch of salt, pepper and marjoram

3) Using your hands mix the meat and spices

4) Form flat, oval -shaped cutlets

5) Pour breadcrumbs onto a plate and coat each cutlet in it

6) Pour the oil into the pan and heat it

7) Fry the cutlets untill the both sides are golden brown

In Poland, the minced cutlets are also eaten cold on a slice of bread

Polish apple cake

Ingredients

2 cups flour

3 tablespoons of baking powder

3 apples

250 g margarine/butter

6 eggs

1 cup sugar

bowl

hand mixer

baking tray

cup

knife to cut apples

chopping board to cut apples

Preparation

1) Pour into a bowl: flour, sugar, baking powder , salt

2) Cut butter and add into a bowl

3) Add the eggs

4) Mix all the ingredients

5) Grease a baking tray

6) Pour the cake mixture into a baking tray

7) Cut apples into slices and put them on top of the cake mixture

8) Bake apple cake for about 45 min. In the oven preheated to 180 degrees

9) Sprinke apple cake with powdered sugar

Polish cheesecake

Ingredients

10 eggs

1 kg of cottage cheese or cream cheese

block of butter (200-250 g)

orange rind from 2 oranges

Thick vanilla yoghurt

40 g of powdered sugar

vanilla pudding powder

large bowl

hand mixer

baking tray

spoon for mixing egg whites in cheesecake mixture

grate

baking parchment

Preparation

1) Combine butter, cottage cheese, egg yolks and powdered sugar

2) Mix everything until smooth

3) Add vanilla pudding powder, orange rind and thick vanilla yoghurt

4) Mix everything again

5) Beat the egg whites

6) Add egg whites and mix it gently

7) Line a baking tray with baking parchment

8) Pour cheese mixture into a baking tray

9) Heat oven to 180 degrees then put ready cheese mixture in the oven

10) Bake your cheesecake about 45 to 60 minutes until browned

11) Remember to turn off the heat, open the oven and let cheesecake cool inside. Sprinkle your cake

with powdered sugar

Greek Recipes

Bean soup

Ingredients

Half 1/2kilo medium beans

1 cup olive oil

1 big onion

3-4 carrots

1 tbsp tomato paste

Some salt and pepper

3 celeries

Preparation

1) At the evening, soak the beans in plenty of water. In the morning rinse and boil them in water for 20

minutes.

2) Wash out, put back in the pot and add enough water to cover all beans, about two fingers above. Put

the grated onion, carrots, celery cut into chunks, the tomato paste and olive oil.

3) Boil the soup over medium heat, with covered pot for about one hour. Then add some salt and

pepper. The boil even 20 minutes and ready!!!!

Large bun

Ingredients

3 kilos of flour (300grams+2.700grams)

1 glass of lukewarm water

180 grams fresh yeast or 6 tbsp dry yeast

½ tsp salt

8 eggs

A tbsp machlepi powder

A tbsp kakoules powder

A tsp Chios mastic powder

1 orange zest

1 orange juice

600 ml of warmluke milk

3 cups of sugar

300 grams of hot melted vegetable butter

Roasting

3 yolks of eggs

Sesame

Preparation

1) In a large bowl add the warm water, salt and dissolve the yeast. Pour 300 grams of flour and stir.

Cover the bowl and place in a warm place until doubled in volume.

2) In a second large bowl pour the eggs, spices, the orange’s zest and juice, milk, sugar and

stir.

3) In this second bowl, add the yeast mixture and then the rest of the flour in installments (2.700

grams) by working the mixture with hands, without kneading, until moistened flour and make dough.

4) Then we get the melted butter with the handfuls and gradually pour in the

dough. Knead continuously, fold it many times, so that the dough to suck all the butter. The dough should be warm

and buttered.

5) Cover with greaseproof paper and then wrapped in a blanket. Let it stand in a warm place until

tripled in volume (5 hours). The dough is ready when the pressing it gently with your finger, the imprint remains.

6) In a clean and dry surface, shape the dough pieces, we make smooth braids and

braided pigtails.

7) Put two braids into an oven tray layered with greaseproof paper and leave in a warm, humid

place, till they double in size to 20 minutes.

8) Suffuse with egg’s yolk diluted with a little water at the surface of the bun.

Immediately pour the sesame seeds to stick to surfaces.

9) Bake buns with rows at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. It should not be overcooked, because

it dries easily.

Traditional Greek salad

Ingredients

2 large tomatoes cut tight at 8 each

1 cucumber cut into slices

1 green pepper chopped into rings

1 red onion cut into rings

10 Kalamata olives, preferably without the stone

150g feta

2 tbsp vinegar

analogous olive oil

salt

oregano

Preparation

1) Chop into small pieces the tomatoes.

2) Chop into rings the cucumber, pepper and onion.

3) Put all the vegetables into a bowl. Pour the olive oil, salt and vinegar.

4) Then stir it all together and decorate the salad with cheese and oregano.

Semolina halva

Ingredients

1 cup olive oil

4 cups water

2 cups coarse semolina

3 cups sugar

1tsp.cinnamon powder

Preparation

1) In a pot pour and heat the oil.

2) Pour the semolina. For a while, stir with a wooden spoon continuously, until the

colour turn to light brown. Reduce the heat to medium because semolina can be burnt quickly.

3) Pour the sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon continuously for only 30 seconds.

4) Take away the pan from the heat. Then, pour the water while you are stirring

-be careful of the heated bubbles- and pour the cinnamon.

5) Immediately, put the pan again on the heat.

Stir with a wooden spoon continuously. Making sure that the halva has dried well and is ready, pour it in a form.

6) Allow to remain some time in the form. Then, turn it upside down on a plate and take off the

form. Pour some cinnamon above.

Perek

(Traditional cheese pie)

Ingredients

6 or 8 round foils

2 eggs

Olive oil

1 tsp. of salt

3 cups milk

Filling:

Feta (greek cheese)

Preparation

1) Spread with oil the baking pan.

2) In another baking pan add the milk, eggs, salt and the olive oil and mix them up to make a

homogeneous mixture.

3) Dip into the mixture, one to one the 3 foils to wet them thoroughly and place them in

the oiled baking pan.

4) Drop the filling, over the entire surface of the third foil.

5) Cover with the other 3 foils, having them also well wet, repeating the same process.

6) Finally, pour the mixture that is left, over the foils, from the top. Bake in a preheated oven at 180

° C for about 20 minutes.

Romanian Recipes

Baked Apples

Ingredients

6 red apples ( large size)

3 Egg withes

200 g sugar

Vanilla

200 g ground wallnuts

Preparation

1) Make soft foam from egg withes, sugar and vanilla. Mix the

foam with grounded walnuts.

2) Spine out apples with a special device to remove it.

3) Fill in the apples with the mixture from egg whites, sugar

and walnuts. Heat the oven and put the tray with filled apples for 30 minutes in.

Egg plant salad

Ingredients: 4 large eggplants

1 large onion

1 yolk from a boiled egg

1 yolk from a raw egg

1/2 l vegetable oil

Salt

1 teaspoon mustard

tomatoes and green salad for decoration

Preparation

1) Grill and peel the eggplants. After they cooled, chop

them and the onion Mix the choped eggplants with the onion.

2)Mayonnaise Mix the yolk from the boiled egg with one spoon vegetable

oil and one teaspoon mustard.Add the yolk from the raw egg and then keep adding vegetable oil till you reach the

desired amount of mayonnaise.

3) Mix together the mayonnaise, eggplant and onions and add some salt.

Polenta with cheese and cream fresh

(sour cream)

Ingredients:

1/2 kg corn flour

1l water

1 teaspoon salt

500g white cheese

500 ml cream fresh (sour cream)

Preparation

1) Add 1 teaspoon of salt into the water and bring

water to a boil. When the water start boiling, add the corn flour very gradually while stirring constantly to avoid

lumps. Simmer over low heat stirring frequently until it thickens and starts to pull away from the sides of the pot.

2) Put the polenta in a tray or a wide plate. Mix the

cheese with the cream and some salt, then put the mixture on top of the polenta

Romanian traditional pumpkin pie

Ingredients:

1 pumpkin

700 grams wheat flour

25 grams dry yeast

350 ml warm milk

1 egg

50 ml sunflower oil

2 tbs sugar

a powder of salt

vanilla

cinnamon powder

Preparation

1) Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds and grate it into a bowl.

Mix with sugar, vanilla, powder salt.

2) Make a pastry from flour, the egg, warm milk and yeast,

sugar, salt. Let the pastry to fermentate few minutes. Meanwhile, mix the grated pumpkin with sugar, oil and the

flavors into a pan on the stew, about 10 minutes.

3) Make some sheets from the pastry and fill them

with the pumpkin. Put into preheated oven for 45 minutes, medium heat.

We can serve hot or cold, powdered with iceing sugar.

Romanian traditional autumn vegetable stew

Ingredients

4 potatoes

2 carrots

2 peppers

1 zucchini

1 egg-plant

1 cauliflower

1 green celery

1 tomatoes sauce

2 onions

2 garlics

100 ml oil

parsely

Salt

Pepper, thyme, bay leaves

Preparation

1) Pell all the vegetables, then chop them into small pieces.

2) Add the oil into the big pan and put in the

chopped vegetables, in this order: onion, carrots, peppers, boiled cauliflower and eggplants, zucchini, potatoes, garlic,

tomatoes sauce, salt and pepper.

3) Move them into a tray and bake it in the preheated oven for an hour. For better cooking

cover the tray with aluminium foil. We can serve hot or cold with chopped herbs on top.

ENJOY ! POFTA BUNA !

Turkish Recipes

Kisir (taboule- turkish bulgur wheat salad)

Ingredients

1 ½ cups cracked wheat 2 tbsp tomato paste 1/3 cup olive oil

(fine bulgur)

1 tomato ½ bunch of fresh parsley 3-4 leaves of lettuce

lemon juice 1 ¾ cups boiling water salt

Preparation

Put fine bulgur in a large bowl, stir and leave it absorb water add tomato paste, olive oil,

add boiling water. 10-15 mins. lemon juice and salt. Let it cool.

Chop tomato finely chop parsley and lettuce finely. And add them to bulgur and stir.

You can serve it with lettuce leaves and pickles or pickled chili peppers. ENJOY!

Sweet pumpkin

Ingredients

3 Ibs pumpkin (1500 gr) 3 cups of sugar walnuts clotted cream (optional)

(More or less according to you)

Preparation

Cut the pumpkin larger than bite size, spread sugar evenly on the surface

clean the seeds, peel them and and let them stand 4-5 hours to

place them in a large pot. dissolve the sugar.

After the sugar dissolved, place the pot after cooling it, garnish them with clotted cream

On a low medium heat and cook 40-50 mins and walnuts or any kind of nuts.

Until the pumpkins are darken.

Menemen (scrambled eggs with vegetables)

Ingredients

1 onion 3 green peppers 3 tomatoes

1 tbsp olive oil salt 2 eggs

Preparation

Place oil, chopped onions, peppers peel and chop tomatoes and add them.

and some salt into a pan. Cook Stir and cook.

until they’re soft. Stir occasionaly.

Add the eggs. It’s done when the eggs Serve it with bread while still warm.

are cooked.

Manti

Ingredients

Preparation of dough

3 glasses of flour 4 eggs 1 glass of water

1 dessertspoon of

salt

Put the flour,

eggs, salt and

water into a bowl

Knead dough Knead it until it is

tough

Seperate dough

into small

pieces and

round up

Cover it with a clean

cloth and wait for 15-

20 mins

Ingredients for stuffing

Preparation of stuffing

2 onions 400 gr

mincemeat

Some parsley Some salt Some black

pepper

Mince onions Put mincemeat into a

bowl

Mince parsley Add onions, parsley, salt

and black pepper in the

bowl

How to make manti

Take one piece of

dough and add some

flour

Spread dough Cut dough into

small pieces

Put some mixture in the

middle of pieces

Put together the

corners

Put together the

other corners

Put together

them again Do the every pieces

like that

Boil some water in a

saucepan

Add some salt and put

mantı into the water,

boil them until it is soft

Some yoghurt

Ingredients for sauce

Sosun hazirlanişi

4 spoons of butter

3 pieces of

garlic

A little sumac A little

peppermint

A little chili

pepper

Melt butter in a pan Crush garlic Add garlic in yoghurt Put manti in a plate, add

yoghurt with garlic and melted

butter and sumac, peppermint,

chili pepper. It is ready. Enjoy

your meal

Gözleme

Ingredients

PREPARATION OF DOUGH

3 glasses of flour

1dessertspoon of

fresh yeast

1dessertspoon

of salt

Some warm water

Put the flour

into a bowl

Put the yeast and

salt in the middle of

the flour

Add some warm

water onto the yeast

and melt the yeast

Knead dough Make a dough as soft

as an earlobe.

Some cheese.

Preparation

Seperate dough into

small pieces and round up Roll the pieces Put some cheese on

the dough

Fold the dough into

half from two sides

Then fold the other

sides amd make a

square

Pan the two sides

in an oily pan

Pan all the pieces

like that.

English Recipes

Fruit Salad

Ingredients

Bananas

Apples

Pears

Satsumas

Strawberries

Kiwis

Grapes

Fruit juice

Chopping board

Knife

Bowl

Preparation

1)Collect the equipment

2)Chop the bananas

3)Chop the apples

4)Chop the pears

5)Chop the kiwis

6)Chop the strawberries

7)Peel and segment satsumas

8)Put the grapes into the bowl

9)Add the fruit to the bowl

10)Pour fruit juice into bowl

11)Divide the fruit salad into dishes

12)Serve and enjoy!

Sheperd’s Pie

Ingredients

Potatoes

Carrots

Mince meat

Stock

Tomato puree

Oil

Chopping board

Knife

Saucepan

Dish

Oven gloves

Peeler

Wooden spoon

Preparation

1)Chop the onions

2)Chop the carrots

3)Peel the potatoes

4)Chop the potatoes

5)Fill a pan with water

6)Boil the water

7)Put potatoes in the water

8)Pour the oil into the pan

9)Heat the oil

10)Add the onions and carrots

11)Add the mince meat

12)Add the tomato puree

13)Add the stock

14)Drain the potatoes

15)Mash the potatoes

16)Put the mince meat into a dish

17)Cover with potato

18)Bake in the oven for 30 mins. and serve

Pancakes

Ingredients

Eggs

Flour

Milk

Butter

Salt

Bowl

Plate

Fork

Jug

Spoon

Whisk

Frying pan

Preparation

1)Sieve 2 cups of flour into bowl

2)Add a pinch of salt

3)Whisk 2 eggs and 210ml of milk in jug

4)Pour mixture into a bowl

5)Mix ingredients together

6)Put butter into frying pan

7)Turn on hob to melt butter

8)Pour some mixture into frying pan

9)Cook pancake until brown

10)Flip pancake

11)Be careful when flipping!

12)Serve and enjoy

Apple Pie

Ingredients

225g plain flour

Pinch of salt

Cold water

3 large apples

Sugar

140g butter

Caster sugar

Preparation

1)Slice apples

2)Stew apples and leave to cool

3)Preheat oven to 200c

4)Sieve the salt and flour into a bowl

5)Rub in butter until mixture is like breadcrumbs

6)Add the cold water

7)Using your knife/hand, firm up the mixture

8)Divide the pastry in half

9)Roll out one half to fit the plate

10)Trim the edges with a knife

11)Place the apples and sugar on the pastry

12)Roll out the other half of the pastry

13)Moisten the edge of the bottom half of the pastry

14)Place the pastry on top of the apples

15)‘Flute’ the edges of the pastry

16)Prick the surface of the pie

17)Cook pie in the oven for 20-30 mins.

18)Slide onto serving plate and sprinkle with caster sugar

Custard

Ingredients

Single cream 55ml

1 pint milk

1 vanilla pod

4 egg yolks

30 g caster sugar

2tsp cornflour

Saucepan

Whisk

Bowl

Wooden spatula

Jug

Preparation

1)Simmer milk, cream, vanilla pod (remove pod after a few minutes)

2)Whisk the yolks, sugar, cornflour in a bowl

3)Pour hot milk onto eggs. Keep whisking

4)Return to pan and heat gently. Stir with wooden spatula until thick

5)Serve in a jug once hot

6)To keep hot, stand in a pan of water and cover top with clingfilm

Bon appetite!!!!!!!!!