Cooking - TV show

Hi guys

For today post, just a short anecdote.


I was invited to a TV cooking show. Filming took place on monday, 24th August.

The actual program will air on 7th September.


I will try to upload it to Utube. Even though most of you are not familiar with the Hebrew language, I think you will enjoy.


Have a great weekend.


Elinoar , aka Lior

Kubbeh - cooked & fried

The earliest archaeological evidence for wheat cultivation comes from the Levant.
Originated in the Middle East, wheat has been a staple food since ancient times .

Wheat easily processed into various types of food. Wheat is the major ingredient in most breads, crackers, cookies, doughnuts, muffins, macaroni, pizza, and many prepared dishes. Wheat is common thickener in soups and sauces.


Semolina
Semolina is a wheat by product, coarsely ground durum wheat, a highly glutinous (hard) wheat. It is also made into the staple couscous. Semolina is used in many brands of dried pasta because of its ability to stand up to kneading and molding.

The Greeks believed that burgul, another by product of wheat, was a gift from Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Its uses are numerous. From salads to soup, from breads to desserts. It is a nutritious extender and thickener for meat dishes and soups. Bulgur will absorb twice its volume in water and can be used in place of rice in any recipe.


Kubbeh - Ethnic jewish-iraqi traditional dish for stuffed semolina patties in pumpkin sauce. Highly recommended. Kubbeh can be made by semolina or bulgur.


Kubbeh in pumpkin sauce

150 gr' semolina, salt, 3/4 cup water

1 chopped onion, 100 gr' minced meat, oil, 1/4 teas. baharat*, pinch cinnamon

Sauce - 1/2 kg. cubed pumpkin, 1 grated tomato, 1 lemon juice, 2 tabs. sugar, pinch pepper, pinch paprika, 100 gr' raisins, 1 tomato paste, 4-5 C water, salt, according to your taste.

Pour semolina into a bowl. Add salt and water gradually until mixture is flexible and convenient to work with. Wet hands and creat semolina balls. Placed on waxed paper.

Pan fry the onion with some oil. Add meat and fry it until meat loses its pink color. Season. Cool .

Create a hole in each ball , add some filling. Close ball and tight well while create flat patties. Take small pot, heat oil and add pumpkin, tomato, spices, raisins, sugar, lemon juice, tomato paste and water. Bring to boil and insert in the flat semolina burgers. Cook for 30-40 minutes on low heat.

Highly recommended dish.

Fried Kubbeh

3/4 lb bulgur
3/4 lb ground beef or lamb
2 onions
4 tabs chopped mint leaves
1 tabs chopped parsley
1 teas baharat
1 tesp cumin
1 tsp cinnamon
Salt and pepper
Oil for frying

Soak bulgur in water for 20 minutes. Squeeze out as much watr as possible. Place onion, burghur, 1/2 lb beef and herbs in a food processor and run the machine to grind it into a fine dough. Add a little water if it becomes too hard. Season with salt, pepper, pcumin and cinnamon. Chill.

Chop 1 onion and cook it in oil until translucent. Add beef and stir until the redness disappeared. Season with salt, pepper and baharat.

Wet your hands , make balls with the dough and using your finger to make a hole in each patty, aiming at having a thin wall. Place 2 teas filling inside each patty and close giving them an oval shape. Deep fry . Eat warm.

Enjoy

Elinoar, aka Lior

My daughter's 18th B-day cake

It is realy a simple cake even though it looks complicated.

300 gr' chocolate
400 gr' soft butter
5 separate eggs
1 egg white
1/5 C sugar
1 tabs. sweet red wine
3 cups self raising flour
Jam


Cream # 1
200 gr' chocolate
10 tabs. water
4 tabs. cocoa powder
t tabs. sugar
50 gr' butter
1 tabs. chocolate liquer


Cream # 2
3 pck heavy whipping cream
100 gr' chocolate
3/4 C sugar


Heat oven to 180*C / 360*F. In a small pot over low heat melt chocolate with butter and set aside to cool.

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites with 1/2 C sugar into a foam and put aside. Beat egg yolk with the wine. Mix together egg yolk with chocolate mixture.

Add the flour, mix well and place the mixture into a baking pan 26" and bake for approximately 45-50 minutes.


Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate cream (# 1). Mix all ingredients beside butter and melt over low heat. Add butter and cool.

Melt chocolate (cream # 2) and cool. Beat heavy cream with the sugar into a steady foam, divide the creamin half. Add to 1 half the melted chocolate. Keep cream in the fridge until use.

With a knife, cut cake into 3 layers. On the bottom pour half the chocolate cream (# 1). Over it whipping cream and cover with 2nd layer and spread - generously - the jam. Over jam pour whipping cream and cover with last layers.

Spread the remaining chocolate mixture on it and cover with the whipping cream.
Decorate it to your taste.


See ya soon

Elinoar, aka Lior

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Next issue - middle eastern dish. Worth waiting for :-)

While reading this post have your speaker on.

Pea & vegetable soup

Good morning, everyone..... It is morning in Israel you know....LOL



I came to know (that is virtually of course) William Anatooskin, aka Uncle Bill a while back around 2002 when I had an e-journal via yahoo. We co-op then and sure will continue .


BTW, the e-journal archive still exist should you want to look and find good recipes.

Lior's kitchen talk e-journal


Uncle Bill has published a cook book and is a recipe developer for any budget.
He started cooking watching his mom use a bit of this and a bit of that..... (aren't all mom's alike?)



Uncle Bill's Pea & vegetable soup


3 tabs. butter
1 tabs. extra virgin olive oil
1 onion chopped small
3 large garlic cloves chopped small
4 C chicken or vegetable broth
4 C hot water
3 tabs. chicken soup base
3 white nugget potatoes, washed and cubed
4 young carrots, washed and sliced
3 tabs. chopped fresh dill
2 tabs fresh parsley chopped
1 C cauliflower florets, cut into small pcs
1/5 C celery ribs - finely chopped
2 cups fresh peas or frozen petite peas
1/2 sweet red pepper
2 green onions, chopped
3/4 teas white pepper
1/2 teas salt (or more according to your taste)
6 tabs. idaho potato flakes
1/2 C whipping cream




In a cooking pot, melt butter and add olive oil. Add chopped onions and saute’ on medium-high heat for about5 minutes. Add garlic and saute’ for another 2 minutes. Add chicken broth and water and bring to boil.

Add chicken soup base, cubed nugget potatoes and cook for 4 minutes. Add carrots, dill weed, parsley and continue to cook for another 5 minutes or until carrots are just tender, but still firm. Add cauliflower, celery, young peas, red pepper, green onion, white pepper, seasoning salt, potato flakes and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.

Reduce heat and add whipping cream slowly, stirring all the while when adding. Adjust seasonings to taste. Remove soup from heat and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Refrigerate any unused portions.



Enjoy

Elinoar


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If you are in need for a special recipe, do not hasitate to write me and ask for it.

Chopped Liver - Jewish Style

Well, Richard, here it is . . .

600 gr' chicken liver - clean

3-4 onions - chopped

4-5 hard boiled eggs

salt, white pepper

1/2 C schmaltz or butter - for the non-kosher keeper, as me :-)

About schmaltz


While You'r reading this blog turn on your speaker and listen to some schmaltz too.

Fry onions till gold. Take out onions and add to the same pan the chiken liver. Fry it for 7 -8 minute more or less on low heat.

Place in a ball, add fried onions, eggs, spices.

Grind / mince .

Great to eat it with onion jam and toasted bread.

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Should you want to prepare Liver Pate, use the same ingredients beside the eggs.

Grind and transfer liver through a strainer. Add 1 Tab brandy and place in a glass dish.

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If you need any Jewish / Israeli or Middle eastern recipe, do not hasitate to ask for it.


Have a great weekend


Elinoar, aka Lior

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Next post : about Uncle Bill - Stay in touch

Oven baked Sweet Potato

Oven baked sweet potato


Just peel, spice and bake it. Easy dish and perfact fot those hot humid days.



3 - 4 peeled sweet potatos - cut to pcs
salt and white pepper
5 - 6 tabs. olive oil


pre heat oven to 400*F. Put baking sheet on oven pan.

Mix sweet potatos with spices and olive.

Place on baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes.

Recipe request corner

Hi, I remember the recipe for chopped liver you gave me, the

only problem, I can't remember where I put it.

I like using chiken livers, also some schmaltz.

Thank you. No one makes it except the delis in NY.

Thank you, Richard Mallin

Next Post, Richard. Promiss :-)

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If you need any recipe, especially Jewish, Middle eastern or Israeli, dont hasitate to ask for it.

See ya soon

Elinoar, aka Lior