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Making Blackberry jam

Summer time, as many other 'berries' comes in summer time, we can find many blackberries on market. Many kind of dessert or food we can make with this black fruit. This time I will make blackberry jam for my Cheese cake topping...

Cheese Stick

One of my favorite for spending my weekend in front of TV all day. With big cup of tea or coffee, I can eat one whole jar alone. Simply to make and quick... let's prepare.

Ingedients:
- 250 grams flour
- 50 grams Tapioca.
- 1/ 4 teaspoon baking soda
- 50 ml of cooking oil.
- 1 egg
- 25 ml water
- 100 grams of cheddar cheese, grated
- 1/ 4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/ 2 teaspoon of garlic powder.
- 1 teaspoon salt
- A little bulyon block (optional)

How to make:
1. Mix flour, tapioca and baking soda, set aside.
2. Stir in cooking oil, eggs and water until blended. and add into the flour mixture.
3. Add the other seasonings and cheese. Knead until smooth. In this process there may be additional wheat flour if the dough is not yet smooth. Let stand for 15 minutes.
4. Milled dough thin and cut into pieces. Fry in hot oil until golden brown and crispy.
5. After the cold keep into airtight jar and serve.

CHEESECAKE WITH BLACKBERRY JAM

Selam. Merhaba from Turkey.

I love this cake because it's so soft and delicate.. can not avoid to eat more than one piece.. first time you read the recipe, maybe you think the step so complicated, but actually it's simple as long as you follow step by step.

Ingredients A:

1) ½ cup whole milk
2) 40 g unsalted butter
3) 125 g cream cheese

Ingredients B:
1) ½ cup flour
2) 1 full tablespoon cornstarch
3) 2 egg yolks
4) 1 teaspoon lemon juice / lemon
5) 1 tsp lemon Zest

Ingredients C:
1) 3 Whites egg
2) ½ cup granulated sugar

Ingredients D:
Blackberry jam 1 tablespoon (or other fruit jam)
1 tablespoon warm water
Strawberry / peach / orange / kiwi, as your like for topping

How to make:
1. Prepare a 18cm baking dish, spread with butter, cover with baking paper, grease with butter again. If using a pan that can be dismantled confirm watertight pan (wrap with aluminum foil). Prepare marinade pan for water, fill with water until 1/4 only. Enter the water-filled pan to oven, pre-heat the oven to 160 ° C.

2. Mix ingredients A: butter, milk, and cream cheese in small saucepan, heat over low heat, stir until all ingredients melt and blend. Use medium heat so cream will not burn.

3.When the cream still warm, add flour and cornstarch (Ingredients B) into the pot of cream cheese. Stir until blended. put the egg yolks, lemon zest and lemon juice .Make sure all the ingredients perfectly blended. set aside.

4. Beat the egg whites, granulated sugar until the 'soft peak' . Add this egg whites into previous batter in 3 batches. Fold to combine well. Pour batter into greased pan and lined with baking paper. And water bath bake/au bain marie.

5. Bake for 45 minutes. Test with a toothpick. If still sticky, baking time can be added 10-15 minutes.
Note: recognize you own oven character, the surface of the cake should be golden yellow (not brown)

6.After cake set, while it's warm, take out carefully the cake. Because the cheese cake is very delicate, be careful when flipped it.

7. For topping: warm blackberry jam with boiled water on the stove (just make it warm and can be mixed). Brush the surface of the cheese cake with jam. Garnish with blackberry. Or you can vary with other fruits as desired.

Enjoy.

Fındık Patatesli Tavuk Budu Paçası (Turkish Chicken thighs and potato)

Malzemeler:

6 adet tavuk budu
1 çay bardağı mısır yağı
3 adet büyük domates (kabuğu soyulup kare doğranmış)
3 adet soğan (ince doğranmış)
8 diş sarımsak
4 adet büyük patates
Tuz, karabiber
½ demet maydanoz (İnce kıyılmış)
½ demet nane (ince kıyılmış)
2 çorba kasığı sirke
2 su bardağı su

Yapılışı :

Tencere içinde yağı kızdırın. Soğanı ve sarımsağı koyup. Karıstırarak biraz renk aldırın. Butlari ilave ettikten sonra. Agaç kaşık ile alt üst ederek biraz kızartın. Uzerine domates ve 2 bardak su ekleyin. Kaynamaya bırakın. Üzerinde olusan köpüğü alın. Patatesleri ilave edip.. 20 dakika kısık ateşte pişirin. Lezzetini kontrol ettikten sonra. Nane veya maydanoz serpiştirerek. Servis yapın.

Afiyet Olsun.

English

Ingredients

6 pieces chicken leg
1 tea cup corn oil
3 large tomatoes (chopped square shell peeled)
3 onions (finely chopped)
8 cloves garlic
4 large potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
½ bunch parsley (chopped fine)
½ bunch mint (finely chopped)
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 cups water

How to cook:
Heat oil in saucepan. Put the onion and garlic. Stir a little until transparent. add Chicken legs. With wooden spoon upside down and fry a bit. Add the tomato slices and 2 cups water. Let it boil. Remove the foam that might be appear. Add potatoes and stir again .. Cook on low heat 20 minutes. After checking the taste. Sprinkle with mint or parsley. Serve.
Enjoy your meal.

Sehriyeli Pilavı (Turkish Pilaf)

Turkish Pilavı or Pilaf has a different cooking method compare to Indonesian rice cooking method, which through two stages (We're talking "old fashioned way", not using an electric rice cooker ). That is cooked 1st in boiling water until half cooked and then steam it.

Turkish Pilavı only through one cooking stage. Another difference is mostly Turkish pilaf used vegetable oil (or olive oil) and butter and adds arpa şehriye (orzo)

Ingredients and How to make:

- 2 cups of rice, wash and soak with warm water approximately 30. Drain.
- 1/2 cup arpa şehriye / orzo pasta
- 1/4 cup olive oil

- 2 Tbsp butter
- 4 cups hot chicken broth (can be replaced with hot water plus stock bullion). If the type of rice you used, will need more broth, can be added the amount.
- Salt to taste.

Heat olive oil and butter in a heavy-bottomed pot. Put arpa şehriye (orzo pasta) stir until dark brown color (do not let burn). Then add rice, stir again until rice mix with oil. Reduce heat to medium. Add hot broth and salt, stir well again. Close tight and shall not be opened until the water dries out about 10 minutes.

Lowest the heat as possible you can, lid on again, and continue to cook over the lowest heat for approximately 15 min.

Turn off the heat. But do not open the lid during the first 5-10 min.

After 5-10 min, the lid can be opened and Turkish Pilavı can be served warm.

Arpa Şehriye

Arpa Şehriye (Turkce language) or Barley noodle, is one kind from pasta / macaroni family. Can be use as mixture to make Turkish Pilavı , soup ( Çorba) or other food in Turkish kitchen.

Chicken Steak with mushrooms sauce.

Selam Everybody...Merhaba from Turkey...

One of my Favorite meal is Steak. Since I'm in Turkey, I hardly ever to find Steak restaurant in my city, maybe because people here prefer to eat local food or some worldwide food with local taste.. so, I tried to make my own steak in my small kitchen.. here the result.. Chicken steak with mushrooms sauce..

Ingredients:

For chicken Steak.
* 4 boneless chicken breasts-Gently smashed to slightly flattened.
* ¾ cup corn flour
* ¾ cups AP flour
* about 1 tbsp bread crumbs
* Pepper powder, salt, garlic powder.
* half lemon, juiced
* 50 gr of butter for frying.

For the mushroom sauce.
* 300 g button mushrooms, washed and chopped.
* 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped.
* 1 medium onion, finely chopped
* ½ tbsp flour, dissolve with ½ cup water.
* Worcester sauce and light soy sauce (each about 1 tablespoon)
* Pepper powder, sugar, and salt to taste.
* ½ cup chicken broth or bouillon block.
* 1 tablespoon butter for sauteing.

How to make the steak:
1) Rub chicken with lemon juice, salt, garlic powder, and pepper. Let stand until the spices soak, keep in the refrigerator.
2) Mix all the flours. Coat the chicken with the flour both side and fry until golden brown surface and chicken is cooked. Just use medium heat so the chicken can be cooked up well.

Mushroom sauce:
1) heat the butter, put garlic, onions, saute until fragrant. put mushrooms, stirring about 5 minutes. Seasoning with Worcester sauce, soy sauce, sugar, pepper powder, and a pinch of salt. Stir until all ingredients mix well.
2) Put chicken broth (or you can use warm water and add stock block), add the flour solution. Stir until thick, taste it to control.

How to serve:
Place the chicken steak on a serving plate, pour the mushroom sauce. Serve with potatoes and other vegetables. Serve while hot.