Banana pancake

Pancake day was yesterday :) I made banana pancake. Sugar, diary, gluten free...

1 banana 1 egg only what I needed.

I mixed them and tried to shape small coins in the pan using all purpose  rapeseed oil to turn them gold :D

Perfect dessert for everyone, specially for babies from age when you are confident giving eggs. (My son tested eggs in his first birthday cake.)

Squash filled with meat

Today I had the time to prepare this lovely dish. Finally, I was waiting for weeks to make it!!!

I do not want to talk about it too long as these pictures will talk for themselves.

I carved the squash to remove the seeds.

I filled them with minced pork. This part is a bit tricky as the meat must be cooked before filling. 

How to make it?  What to add?

- onion

- garlic

- pork

- herbs, salt, pepper 

- and of course the squash and the cheese

Cut the onion and add it to a pot, simmer it in a little cooking oil. Add the minced meat and the spices, herbs,  and keep cooking. Once it is done fill in the squashes, cover with cheese and put them into the oven.

Bake them for two hours on around 170 celsius. Uncover them and check the squash. If they are about to melt, they are ready to eat.

I had some pork filling left, I put them to the freezer. Next week when I make penne I can use them with some tomato and cheese.

Soup for my baby boy

Today my son woke up having a terrible flu. I decided to prepare this lovely soup. I looked for veggies at home and cut them to small pieces. Put them to a pot and added water.

Once they started to cook I added salt and pepper. This time I let the veggies add their value to the soup and did not add any herb. When it was done I put some chilli paprika just as little as my baby can handle to say goodbye to the flu.

It was really great and easy.

Fudge

I just must share this. In Edinburgh we tasted this special one and I fell in love. Even by the pictures you will understand why.

I don't eat sweets, I am not well educated on fudge either. But now I can tell that I became a better person just because I know how the fudge tastes.

Töltött káposzta - Stuffed Cabbage

This week's star is the cabbage. I found one in my weekly delivery and did not know what to do with it. I wanted to find out something very simple, quick which is good for babies from 8 months old. And obviously I can find the ingredients I need. I could not come up with any better than the stuffed cabbage which is a Hungarian dish, one of my favourites. 

How did I make it? 

I used a small cabbage, half kg mince (best if you mix some different ones), some regular rice to make the meat-dough. I added salt, pepper, red paprika powder and garlic powder. You may serve it with soured cream and fresh bread.

Put the cabbage to a pan and add water, then start cooking it. When the colour changes and it is obviously done, take it out very carefully and leave it to cool. Once it is cold, cut each leaf and place them on each other.

You add everything else to a bowl and mix it - I do it by hand. Then just fill up the leaves and place them to a pot which is exactly the good size, so no cabbage can fall apart. If there are spaces between, put there smoked beef or ham or gammon pieces. Add water enough to cover the little cabbage packs.

Cook it covered. It might take for hours. But worth it, trust me.

Pasta with left-over mash

I made mash the other day but we could not finish all. 

In Hungary there is this great dish we used to eat a lot. It is easy, quick and lovely. If you don't have leftover food you can make the potato fresh, it is also fine! There is no instructions given regarding the amount you use. 

Clean the potato, cut them to pieces and add them to cold water. Add salt and start cooking. Meanwhile prepare the water for the pasta too. Once it is boiling, add the pasta and salt.

When the potato is ready, mash it. You can use some butter or oil. Then mix it with the pasta and add black ground pepper. 

Enjoy!

Mango-bread

What bread?!

Mango. 

Have you ever seen how to eat mango? Turned inside out. That's how the bread should look like. 

The best if you use bread baked to the mango shape, meaning prepared by yourself. I picked a small loaf in the supermarket which feeds four not very hungry guests or two starving ones. The shape isn't that exotic but the taste is lovely.

What did I do?

I grabbed a very sharp knife - not a big but sizeable one. Cut them without slicing, basically just carved in to 2-3 cm deep to get small squares. 

I used pure unsalted butter, corn oil - suitable for baking, rosemary, basil, parsley and mature cheddar. 

I stuck the butter in the cuts, added the others. You can use olive oil, salt or any other spices, herbs as you like. Cover with grated cheese.

It already looks lovely. Put it to the oven and grill it for 20 minutes on 150 °C. Or until either you can smell it or the cheese is golden brown.

Enjoy it with tomato. I loved it in this pure way so my son could taste it, too. If you have no small person to share the plate with, use your imagination and try to match herbs together.

Next time I will make the bread, too.

Let me know your version!