Chicken Stuffed with Rice, Smoked Cheese & Dried Plums

The top of this stuffing of Christmas chicken or turkey, if you prefer, is smoked cheese, dried plums and freshly melted butter, which is usually used in our traditional kourabie. An extra flavor in the rice filling the chopped bacon but other secrets yet for a really festive meal.
Yours!

Happy Holidays

work: 30′

time: 2h:30′

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Sweet & Spicy Apple Chutney

Chutney or Chatni is a sauce/spicy jam from Kitchens of India, which can vary… One offshoot has rooted in Anglo-Indian cuisine to gain even as many variations and adapt to another flavor culture.
It is usually with vegetables and fruits, such as onion, garlic, rhubarb, apples, peaches, orange, plum, etc. with which one can make a milder pickle. Add vinegar or apple cider vinegar in recipes of Chutney English style, aimed traditionally give long life, so as to maintain for use throughout the year. Brown or dark sugar (usually Demerara to replace the jaggery in some Indian sweet chutney) and spices, which are usually used, fenugreek, coriander, cumin, cinnamon.
The whole produces a sweet and spicy pickle, with sweet and fruity flavors, with a strong presence of ginger, but a softer product, which in Western Kitchen is built to accompany savory dishes. Usually eaten with Cheddar cheeses or cured meats and poultry, usually in cold meals a pub.
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εργασία: 15′

χρόνος: 30′

πολύ εύκολο:

Spiced Plum Pound Cake

The large round and aromatic plum fruits are called vanilla. Succulent fruits with beautiful dark blue-mauve color, have a sweet taste and excellent aroma. They are a good source of vitamins A & C and are high in fiber and highest antioxidant capacity. Suitable for cakes, sweet tarts, jams, compote and juice.
Here they are used in a leading role to become a very juicy and moist cake with a peppery aftertaste, seductive colors and flavors, which give the warm spices such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves and the pepper.
As it is baked the house is flooded with rich aromas of spices and fruit.
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work: 20′

time: 1h:40′

easy:

Plum Loaf

Dried plums with sweet dark flesh and walnuts give to this cake a very special flavor. Tight, mellow, moist texture without crushing when we cut it. It keeps fresh the next day.
Enjoy a juicy slice of cake with a scoop of ice cream. So from healthy snack turns into candy stature.
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work: 10′

time: 1h:10′

easy:

Plum Tart

Plums have flesh sweet and juicy and contain several antioxidants, like everything, dark purple-blue fruits and vegetables. Eaten raw, in jams or dried as a snack.
Here comes into a tart to a delicious grater flour basis, jam and chocolate cream with a strong presence of almond.
Try it!

work: 25′

time: 2h:00′

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Plum Jam with Spices

Plums, apart from being very tasty and sweet fruits, when ripe, also have a beautiful ruby ​​color. By extension, they make a very tasty jam, with a fantastic pink-red, transparent color, the same ruby!
The process is so simple, that in a little time we have a spicy, red, light jam for the first meal of the day. Our breakfast!
Enjoy the almost ethereal flavor and you will feel very proud to make your own jam, so much better than those you buy, which are laden with sweeteners, for my taste.

work: 00h:15′

time: 01h:45′

very easy: 1/5

Fresh Fruit Crumb Pie

Pie, made with delicious nectarines and vanilla in a tasty biscuit base with light coating of crumby dough. The cream filling with an almond mixture intensifies the flavor and makes it juicy, soft and special.
The combination of all these, although quite time consuming, as we have to prepare three different things, compensates us with a hearty, fragrant, fruity pie.
The dough base, is a very easy and manageable dough that can also be used in savory combinations, without the sugar of course. I recommend it and is worth a try.

work: 01h:00′

time: 01h:40′

difficult: 4/5

Homemade Bread

Enjoying a hot fresh bread, made at home, is a very pleasant for all of us who cook for our families, our friends, and of course, for ourselves.
Make it and dare to combine wonderful flavors: Spices, herbs, dried fruits and whatever else we like. The result will be a fluffy delicious homemade bread, with all our love!

work: 1h:00'

time: 3h:00'

medium: 3/5

Dried Fruit Dessert with Greek Yogurt

A dessert with dried fruit, honey, and Greek yogurt to welcome the festive days of Christmas or the New Year!
Easy to make, and we put it in the refrigerator to wait for us to savor it. It suits our festive table!

Dried fruit (fruit that a large part of their initial water content is removed) such as raisins, figs, dates, apricots, etc. is one of the bases of the Mediterranean diet for millennia.

They have a long tradition, which dates from the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia. They are prized for their sweet taste, nutritional value and long lifespan.
Even today, the consumption of dried fruits is widespread.

Happy New Year!

The recipe

Dried Fruit Dessert with Greek Yogurt

can be found in the book «Γλυκά»